Guest Posts
Lenin, Kautsky, and the State
Did Lenin ever really break with Karl Kautsky? Lars Lih says no. But Lenin was clear about the need for the working class to smash the bourgeois state.
Christopher Baum
July 20, 2019The Struggle Continues: From the ISO to Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists
A new communist collective, Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists (CORS), is nearing its official launch. The nucleus of this organization was the Columbus branch of the International Socialist Organization (ISO). An organizer who spent five years as a member of the ISO recaps the final weeks of the ISO and distills some of the lessons which have informed their trajectory as an independent organization.
Coco Smyth
July 12, 2019Abolish the Concentration Camps, Abolish the U.S. Southern Border
The concentration camps at the southern border are symptomatic of the imperial practices of both parties. These camps, along with the southern border, must be abolished.
Caleb De Jong
July 10, 2019No Rainbow Capitalism: The Five Worst Corporations to Kick Out of Pride
Pride parades across the countries are full of corporate booths and floats. We've picked the five most heinous corporate sponsors. These companies drape themselves in rainbow flags while hurting LGBTQ+ people around the world.
Violet Glaser
June 29, 2019New Museum Workers Protest for a Better Contract
Earlier this week, museum workers at New Museum mobilized for a better contract.
Clifford Soloway
June 28, 2019Life After Stonewall: The Struggle Against TERFs and the Far Right
Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists are aligned with right wing views on gender and sexuality. Here is where they come from and why we should fight them.
Signý A.
June 26, 2019Why Socialists Should Never Support District Attorneys
A DSA and AOC-backed candidate for district attorney in Queens is running on the promise to radically reform the DA’s office. However, a DA’s office cannot be reformed. Its entire purpose is to prosecute and imprison people on behalf of the capitalist state.
Maryam Alaniz
June 24, 2019Repression and Resistance in Sudan
In April 2019, after four months of consistent large-scale protests, the President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, was forced to resign. Two months later, protestors have shown no signs of slowing down. Refusing to face the same fate as other nations of the Arab Spring, the people of Sudan have organised, to deadly effect, to resist the military junta and remained steadfast in their demands for a civilian government.
Sou Mi
June 21, 2019Starbucks Is No Trans Ally
The world's largest coffee chain has built an image as a pro-LGBTQ+ company. But it has failed to even prevent discrimination within its own stores.
Autumn Rain
June 10, 2019Reformism and Imperialism – A Reply to Matias Maiello
It is reformists’ fetish of the capitalist nation-state that leads them invariably to adapt to their “own” imperialism. This is a contribution to the ongoing debate about the legacy of Karl Kautsky.
Charlie Post
June 5, 2019