The Left under Brandon Johnson
Accommodation or struggle?
by brian beanbrian bean argues the need for independent organizing and struggle under Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago
Revolution means smashing the state
by brian bean
Any responsible approach to overcoming capitalism, argues brian bean, must grapple with the need to dismantle the capitalist state and replace it with our own democratic institutions from below.
The legacy of occupation and the fight for a democratic Iraq
Interview with the Workers Against Sectarianism (Iraq)
by brian beanbrian bean interviews Workers Against Sectarianism on the struggle against sectarian politics in Iraq.
Do comrades cross picket lines?
The stakes in the debate over Bowman and Israel
by brian beanbrian bean responds to Hadas Thier’s article in Jacobin, “No, DSA Shouldn’t Expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman”.
Palestine, Bowman, and the DSA
The meaning of democratic, socialist
by brian beanbrian bean argues for continuing to demand both the expulsion of Bowman and a renewed principled commitment to BDS from DSA and the entire U.S. Left.
Iron Dome’s Deadly Lessons
by brian bean
brian bean analyzes the refusal of several socialist elected officials to oppose Israel’s settler colonialism and discusses implications for socialist strategy.
For a free Palestine
A Tempest Collective statement
by brian beanOn behalf of the Tempest Collective, brian bean provides our statement of solidarity with Palestine.
Taking the wrong lessons from history
A reply to Liza Featherstone
by brian beanbrian bean writes a response to a recent Jacobin article comparing recent DSA electoral success to Socialist Party victors in the state 100 years ago, analyzing what lessons are worth following and which not.