Guest Posts
Liberalism with Extra Steps
G.A. Cohen and Analytical Marxism: We read it so you don’t have to.
Doug Enaa Greene
December 11, 2022Understanding the Carnage at Colorado Springs
The heinous violence displayed in Colorado Springs is a stark reminder of the menacing, lethal threat that today’s determined far right continues to pose to trans and queer people, and anyone living outside capitalism’s imposed sexual and gender boundaries.
Keegan O'Brien
December 4, 2022“We Sold Out the People Who Elected Us”: UC Bargaining Team Member Speaks Out About Union Concessions
Here we publish the testimony of a graduate student worker on strike at the University of California, who is part of the bargaining team for UAW Local 2865. Wednesday night, the bargaining team voted 10-9 to make severe concessions to the university.
Janna Haider, UAW 2865 Bargaining Team
December 2, 2022One Way Out: The Revolutionary Hero of Andor
Not just another Star Wars story set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Andor is a mature science fiction series about radicalization and rebellion against fascism and imperialism.
Doug Enaa Greene
December 2, 2022New School Adjuncts Strike for Higher Wages Amid Ongoing Labor Struggles Across the US
1,300 adjuncts at the new school in NYC are on strike. This strike comes in the midst of other strikes across the country including at The University of California and Starbucks.
Jean Faber
November 18, 2022Historic Strike at The University of California Could Reshape the Terrain of Labor Struggles in Higher Education
Forty-eight thousand workers are on strike at the University of California — the largest higher-education strike in U.S. history. These young workers are demanding raises that allow them to afford rent and childcare in some of the most expensive locations in the country. A successful strike of this magnitude could fundamentally change the terrain of labor struggle in higher education, which has systematically exploited its most vulnerable workers.
Carolina Flores
November 18, 2022DPD Must Not Be Given License to Kill: Justice for Porter Burks and All Mental Health Victims of Police Brutality and Aggression
Detroit Police have killed yet another Detroiter having a mental health crisis. We republish a statement from the BLM group Detroit Will Breathe.
Detroit Will Breathe
November 14, 2022Canadian Education Workers Strike against Anti-Strike Law and Inflation — Labor Leaders Relent
55,000 education workers walked off the job in defiance of a bill that made striking illegal. Amid growing calls for a general strike, the labor leaders accepted a truce instead of relying on workers’ power in the streets.
Ben Marenlensky
November 8, 2022Remembering Mike Davis
Of all the things I learned from Mike, perhaps the most important was that there is no domination without resistance; he always sought to identify the forces engaged in the struggle against exploitation and oppression and to join them.
Warren Montag
October 31, 2022Biden’s Weed Pardon Won’t Release Anyone from Prison — and It’s a Ploy for Votes
Joe Biden says he is pardoning people the federal government convicted for marijuana use. But his action will not release any prisoners, and is meant to obscure the fact that his massive funding for police expansion is a counteroffensive against the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprising.
Daniel Nath
October 24, 2022