Richmond Tenants Union members rally against evictions on July 1, 2020 The following interview was conducted in June 2020 between a member of CounterPower, a Marxist Center affiliate, and an organizer with the Richmond Tenants Union (RTU). RTU is an affiliate of the Autonomous Tenants Union Network (ATUN). Margaret is a member of the Richmond Tenants Union (RTU), Industrial … [Read more...] about An Interview with a Member of the Richmond Tenants Union (RTU)
Base-building
The Fight Against Fascism: Building Class Power Before It’s Too Late
The German Marxist, Clara Zetkin, stated in her report to the Communist International in 1923 regarding fascism’s rise in Italy, Fascism confronts the proletariat as an exceptionally dangerous and frightful enemy. Fascism is the strongest, most concentrated, and classic expression at this time of the world bourgeoisie’s general offensive. It is urgently necessary that it be … [Read more...] about The Fight Against Fascism: Building Class Power Before It’s Too Late
Organizing the Unorganized: The Left’s Task in the Labor Movement
Strike pickets in New York (1910) Image via Wikimedia Commons The utter rout of the Labour Party in the 2019 British elections has raised serious questions about the immediate viability of an electoral road to socialism “across the pond.” Some commentators have since tried to distance the democratic socialism of Jeremy Corbyn from that of his American counterpart … [Read more...] about Organizing the Unorganized: The Left’s Task in the Labor Movement
Beyond Basebuilding: Towards a Declassed Socialist Movement
Protestors links arms with Nick Lambert Saturday during a protest. A recent salvo of polemics has renewed discussion around the question of unity throughout the emergent US socialist movement. With the DSA convention in August serving as a point of departure, several analyses explain the underlying contradictions of this political moment and offer a way forward. I argue that … [Read more...] about Beyond Basebuilding: Towards a Declassed Socialist Movement
Beyond the Vote: Base-Building for Class Independence in Philadelphia
By: Adryan Corcione, James Yeun, and Ariel Diliberto In the United States today, election results do not represent the will, or number, of the people who live here. Marginalized voters, year after year, are intentionally excluded from our so-called democratic process. Through voter suppression of marginalized people, voting in a capitalist system becomes of interest to … [Read more...] about Beyond the Vote: Base-Building for Class Independence in Philadelphia