Guest Posts
Who Is Beto O’Rourke?
Robert “Beto” O’Rourke is quickly becoming a household name after coming within three percentage points of ruining Ted Cruz’s reelection in Texas. It is hard to overstate the enthusiasm O’Rourke’s campaign generated statewide and nationally. His record-breaking fundraising reached over $40 million, while he nominally refused corporate cash, and he received a series of high-profile celebrity endorsements, including from Beyoncé and LeBron James.
Renato Flores
November 12, 2018Trans Rights Under Attack In Massachusetts
In November, Massachusetts residents will vote in a referendum on trans people’s rights to not be discriminated against in public accomodations.
Signý A.
October 13, 2018Karl Kautsky: From Pope to Renegade
In the last few years, there has been a revival of interest in Kautsky's politics in both academia and on the political left.
Doug Enaa Greene
October 3, 2018‘No Power Greater’: Solidarity and Struggle at CUNY
Adjunct faculty at CUNY have been exploited for decades, but the union leadership has done little to address the problem. A militant, rank and file strategy, grounded in solidarity, is the only winning solution.
James Dennis Hoff
September 23, 2018On Spike Lee’s Silence
In his new film “BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee uses footage from last year’s deadly Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville. But the film says nothing about how the police watched white supremacists to attack counter-protestors. Who is Lee protecting?
Zack Haber
September 8, 2018National Prison Strike Calls for the End of Slave Labor, Inhumane Conditions in U.S. Prisons
Starting August 21st, people incarcerated in U.S. prisons will begin a 19-day national strike. What are their demands?
Eliza Petty
August 22, 2018The Problem of Reformism
Revolutionaries have classically rejected the reformists’ political method of relying on the electoral/legislative process and the capitalist state. Here is why.
Robert Brenner
August 20, 2018When Imperialism Lost: The United Army of Central America and the Defeat of the Filibusters
In 1856, the combined forces of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala beat back U.S.-backed filibuster William Walker’s attacks from Nicaragua.
Rob Lyons
August 11, 2018Nicaragua Encachimbada: A Popular Uprising
April 11 marked the beginning of a new wave of protests in Nicaragua. Now, more than 100 days later, protesters remain committed to their struggle against the Ortega-Murillo regime.
Cristina Awadalla
August 6, 2018More Than Universal Healthcare: The Meaning of Socialism
Young people are turning to socialism, and Democratic Party politicians are adopting the term. But what is socialism?
Doug Enaa Greene
July 29, 2018