Subjects Archives: Class

The revolutionary period left more than a founding image. It created institutions, social expectations, and forms of political work that continue to move within the society built upon them.

Fascism-forward nationalism, held patriotic by Hindutva, portends the imaginary of India as a Hindu Nation. In its pursuit, a “deeper state” has been established whose malevolent operations polarise and religionise the body politic.

The task is to recognize the political capacities that remain and to build relationships with those who continue to organize and struggle, here and abroad.

Caste reality has still not ended, injustice against women has still not ended, and the problems of farmers and agricultural laborers remain unresolved—in such circumstances, the ideological foundation Dr. Gail laid out, and the path of action she demonstrated, continue to guide scholars and activists of the new generation.

To understand why work feels so meaningless today, we need to look at what human labor had to become for capitalism to come into existence.

Congressional Republicans want to sabotage the capital city’s incoming progressive government, and the owners of the DoorDash food delivery app, upset over having to pay their fair share of taxes in D.C., are helping them do it.

The McCarthy Era and the controversies of the 1960s and 1970s might not seem terribly relevant to a new generation of activists. But the old questions remain, and the left still needs to confront them.

China’s Marxist economic policy was developed to deal with a specific country at a specific stage of development. But this does not mean that it is not relevant to other countries.

Just as slavery did not end because plantation owners suddenly developed a conscience, today’s ruling class will fight tooth and nail against making concessions to workers and the oppressed until they are forced to, from below.

A new report finds that governments worldwide are reshaping labour law to favour corporate power.

Every right workers and oppressed people hold was won through struggle. No worker can depend on the courts to defend rights that only struggle can protect.

Unifor Local 252 in Mississauga announced that about 800 workers now have a collective agreement.

In 2015, Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a single pill of Daraprim, an antiparasitic drug used by cancer and HIV/AIDS patients, from $13.50 to $750.00.

Rob Larson’s Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do With Their Money, And Why You Should Hate Them Even More is a fiercely pleasurable polemic.

I do not know if the numbers on the Forbes char are correct but it is quite obvious that Trump and his family are using their positions to enrich themselves.

From Chávez to Maduro and Delcy Rodríguez, let’s look at how racism and classism are weapons to deny popular sectors their right to govern.

The idea of the “creative worker” disguises the fact that all workers are creative-and promotes self-exploitation.

With the AI “revolution” coming for our jobs, our creativity, our politics, our environment, and just about anything else you’d care to think of, it is heartening to see an emerging critique of the shameless boosterism characteristic of so much discussion of the technology.

Three recent reports provide the gory details about massive and growing wealth inequality in Canada.

Organizers are working to have demonstrations take place throughout England, and it’s something that tenants and activists in the United States and other countries can learn from.