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The Resolution of the Communards
The Paris Commune was founded 150 years ago today. The working class took power for the first time in history. ... -
Insurgent Communards: The Road to Revolution
The Paris Commune was founded on March 18, 1871. A few days before the 150th anniversary, we look at how ... -
The Commune at 150: Socialists and the State
Chris Maisano praises “Marxist reformism.” But for Marx himself, the Paris Commune of 1871 showed ...What the Current Moment Tells Us About the Importance of Revolutionary Politics
The past three months of social unrest have highlighted the need for broad social change. But we cannot achieve a ...Juneteenth: A Marxist Perspective
This year’s commemoration of Juneteenth --- the day the last of the enslaved Black people in the United States were ...Notes on Class, Political Parties, and the Communist Party in Marx and Engels
Marx and Engels did not provide a theory of the organic political party. But this does not mean that we ...Things to Do in Quarantine: Read Marx!
The thought of reading 150-year-old books on political economy might sound daunting. But Marx was a surprisingly accessible and entertaining ...Furniture that Tells a Story: The Capitalist Destruction of Craftsmanship
Capitalism has made craftsmanship of furniture into something that only the rich can afford. This means that the working class ...Six “Spooky” Socialism Quotes to Enjoy on Halloween
It’s no secret. Marx and Marxists loved to use vivid and yes, spooky imagery: spectres, ghosts, rotting corpses and vampires. ...Socialism, Universalism and Anti-Anti-Racism
Warren Montag and Joseph Serrano take a stock at the ongoing debate on anti-racism, class-wide demands and the fight for ...