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‘The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology’
The product of several decades of research, this is a book accessibly written but rigorously researched with footnotes meticulously collected for those looking for a jumping off point through various archives.
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“My pink socialism became red as a wound”: Impossible interview from Ukraine
In 2000s Ukraine, Anatoli Ulyanov co-made online media dedicated to art, culture, and politics, and became recognized for his provocative writing style.
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Portuguese elections – ‘Socialist’ party wins but defeat for Left
Dave Kellaway looks at the Portuguese general election result.
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Spanish translations of pamphlets / manifestos published by Daraja Press and Monthly Review Press
We are delighted to announce the online Spanish translations of pamphlets/ manifestos published by Daraja Press and Monthly Review Essays. These pamphlets are parts of the series, Moving Beyond Capitalism – Now! and Thinking Freedom.
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Ecocide or Socialism?
Ecocide–the destruction of the entire ecosystem–is a real prospect. Its possibility has been well known to scientists since the 1980s, if not earlier. Every projection of its pace has under estimated the actual rate of breakdown.
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Mike Taber (ed) – Under the Socialist Banner: Resolutions of the Second International, 1889-1912
Mike Taber has edited for the first time the resolutions adopted between 1889 and 1912 by the nine congresses celebrated by the Socialist International, which is also known as the Second International.
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We make the railroad; the railroad makes us
In 1947, thousands of youth brigade volunteers from around the world joined their Yugoslav comrades in the hills of Bosnia to build a railroad. As the most popular song from the construction sites put it, not only were these activists making a railroad, but the railroad made them.
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Lenin’s Socialism – From the Perspective of the Future: Some considerations
Lenin’s theory of socialism directly derives from the views of Marx and Engels, and it is manifest in his famous work, ‘The State and Revolution.’
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One foot in the present, another in the future: Food Coops
The San Francisco Bay Area loves cooperatives, aka coops, which were invented in 1844 when the Rochdale Pioneers in Lancashire, England banded together to help themselves and their community.
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Are there “foreigners” in the U.S. working class?
Politicians and the media work hard to give the impression that millions of low-wage workers are constantly seeking entry into the U.S. Most U.S. news consumers would probably be astonished to learn that the undocumented population here actually declined during the years from 2008 to 2016. It continued to decline at least until 2019.
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Boring From Within the Bourgeois Press: Part One
Eugene V. Debs may be my all-time favorite American and Karl Marx my all-time favorite journalist. But my employer for a decade was The Wall Street Journal, and for another decade it was the Los Angeles Times.
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Anti-neoliberal candidate Xiomara Castro dominates Honduras’ presidential election
With a significant advantage over the closest contender, Xiomara Castro has emerged as the likely next president of Honduras.
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Dominant PSUV sweeps Venezuela’s ‘mega-elections’
The ruling party won at least 19 governorships with a highly divided opposition landing three.
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Anti-communism, anti-Blackness, and imperialism
In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition‘s Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control.
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Class warfare and socialist resistance: Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela as existential threats to the U.S.
Why do Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela pose such an existential threat to the U.S.? The promise of socialism and their resistance to U.S. class warfare.
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New World Coming: ‘Racial Capitalism’ with Robin D. G. Kelley
James Counts Early is joined by historian and activist Robin D.G. Kelley to discuss Robin’s career work on racial capitalism, multiculturalism and identity, and the history of the struggle for socialism.
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China and the Left
A socialist forum on China and the Left, sponsored by the Qiao Collective, was held in New York City on September 18, 2021.
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Out of the shadows: female Leninists and Russian socialism
In 1922, the great radical journalist Louise Bryant observed that Lenin drew great strength from the women close to him. Her observation contrasts sharply with the exploitative Lenin who has come to dominate historical studies and biographies.
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In the wake of the pandemic: the rebirth of climate mobilizations
One-hundred-thousand students strike. Fifteen-to-twenty thousand demonstrate in Quebec.
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‘From Production to Livelihood – Raymond Williams on Ecosocialism’: Part 3
In ‘Socialism and Ecology’ and ‘Ecology and the Labour Movement’, Raymond Williams is arguing the case for a political convergence. Socialism and the labour movement on the one hand, and the ecological or environmental movement on the other, should join forces and both be transformed in the process.