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When the North Star Turned Red: The Uprising
In 1917, the Social Democrats in Finland had won a parliamentary majority, but the capitalists refused to accept these election ... -
When the North Star Turned Red
100 years ago, the working class in Finland seized power. This little-known revolution is full of lessons for socialists today. -
Karl Marx and Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is commonly associated with drinking, sombreros and many other Mexican stereotypes. It is actually a holiday celebrating ... -
Werner Scholem: Uncompromising to the End
Werner Scholem was a leading light of the left wing of the Communist Party of Germany in the 1920s. A ... -
‘Rumblings of a Coming Storm’: An Anticapitalist Play
On Saturday, the Dixon Place theater in New York will present “Rumblings of a Coming Storm,” a movement theater piece ... -
When 20,000 New Yorkers Attended a Nazi Rally—and 50,000 Joined the Trotskyist Counterprotest
Eighty years ago, American fascists filled Madison Square Garden. The short documentary film “A Night at the Garden” shows disturbing ... -
Reassessing the Legacy of Louis Althusser on His 100-Year Anniversary: An Interview with Warren Montag
Louis Althusser was one of the most disputed scholars in the Marxist tradition. Condemned as a revisionist by some, celebrated ... -
Antoinette Konikow: Pioneering Fighter for Women’s Rights and Socialism
Antoinette Konikow (1869-1946) was a pioneering socialist feminist, advocate for women’s reproductive autonomy, and a founding member of the Socialist ... -
Still Not a Neutral Player on a Moving Train: Carrying Howard Zinn’s Torch in the Classrooms and in the Streets
We remember Howard Zinn on the eighth anniversary of his death. -
Testament of Leon Trotsky
On August 20, 1940, an assassin of Stalin murdered Leon Trotsky. Yet the ideas of the Russian revolutionary remain ...