Guest Posts
MTA: Fares Are Up, Safety Is Down
The MTA raised fare prices this weekend, while the subway continues to have major problems.
Signý A.
April 23, 2019Workers at the American Museum of Natural History Protest Gala for Bolsonaro
The AMNH will host a gala organized by the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce that invited the right wing president of Brazil, Jail Bolsonaro. Workers are demanding that the event be cancelled.
Museum Worker
April 12, 2019Erdoğan’s Electoral Setback and the Path Forward for Socialists
In Turkey’s local elections, the ruling AKP has lost in the country’s two biggest cities, Istanbul and Ankara. As a result, President Erdoğan is seeking a do-over of the Istanbul vote. Meanwhile, the socialist left largely failed to pursue an independent line during the elections.
Barış Yıldırım
April 12, 2019Lenin, the Labour Party, and Democrats
Many socialists in the U.S. are aligning with the Democratic Party, hoping to ride the Bernie Sanders bandwagon. And why not? Didn't Lenin argue that communists should join the Labour Party in the UK? The cases are completely different, and Lenin was consistently opposed to the idea of supporting bourgeois parties.
Doug Enaa Greene
March 27, 2019Looking for Loopholes: On the Misuses of Lenin’s “‘Left-Wing’ Communism”
Lenin's "'Left-Wing' Communism" is often misinterpreted to justify betrayals of revolutionary principle, here we set the record straight.
Doug Enaa Greene
March 20, 2019Why Are Home Health Aides Working 24-Hour Shifts and Only Receiving Pay for 13 Hours?
Home health aides in New York are currently allowed, by law, to get paid for only half of a daylong shift.
Francesca Gomes
February 20, 2019Abolishing Ice by Funding It
In spite of promises to "Abolish ICE," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others voted to fund it on their very first day in office.
Scott Jay
January 11, 2019What’s Next for the U.S. South: Politics and Prospects for the Left
U.S. politics are being continually redefined. What are the implications of a changing South for building the Left?
Renato Flores
December 4, 2018Interview with Professor Stacy Maddern, Critic of the Research Enterprise Education Model
Filmmaker and visual artist RJ LaRussa sat down with Professor Stacy Maddern PhD to discuss his recent dissertation, the future of higher education under capitalism, and the prospects of social change within the current pedagogical structure.
RJ LaRussa
November 30, 2018Race, Class and Gender in the Midterms: Solidarity or Collision?
What the interplay of race, gender and class dynamics teaches us about Trumpism and the 2018 midterm election results.
Thuy Anh Tran
November 17, 2018