Against Purgatory
A reply to Jacobin
by Adam TurlAdam Turl responds to Bhaskar Sunkara’s “The Left in Purgatory” , the lead editorial in the recent print issue of Jacobin, No. 44, Winter 2022.
From union to workers’ council
J.T. Murphy’s rank and file strategy for revolution
by Avery WearAvery Wear argues that rank and file workplace organization can offer a path to revolutionary workers’ power.
Social movements are how classes struggle
by Colin Barker
Tempest reprints a piece by Colin Barker that argues social movements are essential vehicles of the class struggle.
The U.S. left at a strategic impasse
The case for reorientation on struggle and political independence
by Ashley Smith and Charlie PostCharlie Post and Ashley Smith argue for a new orientation for the U.S. Left.
Cutting history to fit a model
On Eric Blanc and the lessons of the British Labour Party
by Kim MoodyKim Moody responds to Eric Blanc’s piece on the origins of the Labour Party and “the dirty break.”