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Author: Nathaniel Flakin

Nathaniel Flakin

Nathaniel Flakin

Nathaniel is a freelance journalist and historian from New York City. He is on the editorial board of Left Voice and our German sister site Klasse Gegen Klasse. Nathaniel, also known by the nickname Wladek, has written a biography of Martin Monath, a Trotskyist resistance fighter in France during World War II, which appeared last year in German and this year in English. He is on the autism spectrum.

  • Silhouette of a crowd cheering in front of a huge sign that says "DIE LINKE," the German leftist party.
    Europe

    Die LINKE: How Left is Germany’s Left Party?

    Seen from a distance, Die LINKE might seem pretty cool: A party that opposes war, capitalism, and all border controls ...
    Nathaniel Flakin
    April 6, 2021
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  • Ideas & Debates

    In Defense of the Transitional Program

    Why Trotsky’s method is crucial for creating a socialist program today.
    Nathaniel Flakin
    April 4, 2021
    0
  • Europe

    Amazon Workers in Germany Are on Strike

    While everyone is talking about the unionization campaign at Amazon in Alabama, there have also been strikes at Amazon in ...
    Nathaniel Flakin
    April 1, 2021
    0
  • Ideas & Debates

    Sometimes Rosa Luxemburg Was Depressed Too

    Rosa Luxemburg was known as a ball of energy — "like a candle burning at both ends." But like every ...
    Nathaniel Flakin
    March 22, 2021
    0
  • Europe

    Police Can’t Stop Gendered Violence — They Cause It

    Liberals often argue, in response to calls to defund or abolish the police, that we need more cops to protect ...
    Ezra Brain
    Nathaniel Flakin
    March 19, 2021
    0
  • Ideas & Debates

    The Commune at 150: Socialists and the State

    Chris Maisano praises “Marxist reformism.” But for Marx himself, the Paris Commune of 1871 showed ...
    Nathaniel Flakin
    March 7, 2021
    0
  • Latin America

    Chilean Socialists Say: Not One Cent for the Cops!

    Chile is going to the polls on April 11. The Revolutionary Workers Party (PTR) is running, and their new one-minute ...
    Nathaniel Flakin
    February 26, 2021
    0
  • United States

    Amazon Is Desperate to Stop the Union Drive in Alabama

    The company is offering a "quitting bonus" and even changing traffic lights. This struggle is not about one factory — ...
    Nathaniel Flakin
    February 25, 2021
    1
  • Europe

    Berlin Residents Have Built a Campaign to Expropriate the City’s Biggest Landlord

    The German state expropriates things all the time, like when it needs to build an Autobahn. When a pit mine ...
    Nathaniel Flakin
    February 25, 2021
    0
  • Europe

    Hanau’s Far-Right Terror Attack One Year Later

    One year ago today, a Nazi terrorist murdered nine people in the German city of Hanau. This was not an ...
    Nathaniel Flakin
    February 19, 2021
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Workers’ Testimonials

  • A Teacher’s Testimonial: “There’s Light at the End of the Tunnel, But We Are Riding in the Last Car”

    Dec 23, 2020
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  • Urban Planning under Capitalism: A Testimonial

    Aug 24, 2020
    0
  • “It’s Now or Never”: Florida Caseworker Calls for Organizing Against Managerial Class

    Aug 8, 2020
    0
  • “We’re Part of the Reproduction of the Working Class”: Interview With An Oakland Teacher

    Aug 3, 2020
    1
  • “Situations Like This Are Why People Strike”: Interview with a Brooklyn Teacher

    Jul 30, 2020
    0

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Trotskyist Fraction

  • Who Is the Trotskyist Fraction?

    Dec 28, 2019
    0
  • The Globalization of the Class Struggle and the Utopia of a Revolutionary Party in One Country

    Dec 23, 2019
    0
  • The Battles of the Trotskyist Fraction

    Jun 26, 2018
    0

LGBTQ+

  • Whither Queer Liberation?

    Apr 19, 2020
    0
  • Queer Oppression is Etched in the Heart of Capitalism

    Jul 5, 2019
    3
  • Queer Struggle, Class Struggle: Reflections on Stonewall at 50

    Jun 28, 2019
    0

U.S. Debates

  • Minnesota is a Blue State. Where is the “Lesser Evil” Now?

    May 30, 2020
    5
  • This Is Why We Need a Party for Socialists in the U.S.

    Mar 5, 2020
    1
  • DSA Convention 2019: This is Not What Democracy Looks Like

    Aug 13, 2019
    3

Women

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    Feminism for the 99%: A Debate about Strategy

    Aug 20, 2019
    0
  • Socialist Feminism Needs Political Representation

    Mar 8, 2019
    0
  • Producing and Reproducing: Capitalism’s Dual Oppression of Women

    Sep 11, 2018
    0

Black Struggle

  • Marxism and Black Struggle

    Aug 7, 2020
    1
  • If They Kill One of Us, We All Rise: Justice for George Floyd and All the Victims of the State’s Racist Violence

    May 29, 2020
    0
  • Black Liberation and the Early Communist Movement

    Feb 9, 2020
    0

History

  • Chile ’73: Was Victory Possible?

    Apr 12, 2020
    2
  • When the North Star Turned Red

    May 12, 2019
    0
  • 100 Years Ago in Berlin: German Revolutionaries Step on the Grass

    Nov 9, 2018
    1