Introduction In the course of the last half decade a distinct political consciousness in the youth has heralded a return of an explicitly socialist politics openly hostile to the reigning institutions of the capitalist order in the United States. This mass resurgence has occurred due to the failures, not successes, of the far-left to attain long-lasting gains for posterity … [Read more...] about Introduction to the Dossier on Basebuilding
Marxism
In Defense of Revolution and the Insurrectionary Commune
As the elections draw near, we face an escalation of violence by Trump and his death cult.[1] With the unmistakable threat of a coup this November 3rd and beyond, by invoking the Insurrection Act, Trump could unleash an arsenal of enhanced state repression beginning the night of the election itself.[2] Regrettably, those like the “Dump Trump, Then Battle Biden” … [Read more...] about In Defense of Revolution and the Insurrectionary Commune
The Need For Principles
There is a distinction in the Left right now which divides older parts of the US Left from the newer organizations which have grown since the Trump presidency. On the one hand is a conception of politics as a series of line positions and principles held in abstract. This idea reaches its zenith with a view of people and organizations as having “good politics” or “bad … [Read more...] about The Need For Principles
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
Podcast: A Discussion on Marxist Transfeminist & Queer Theories of Social Reproduction
https://soundcloud.com/kate-doyle-griffiths/kate-jules-and-sophie-riff-on-gender/s-NGwoM Angela Eslava, CUNY student and activist, interviews three writers on gender about the Marxist transfeminist view on skirts and strikes! Andrea Long Chu’s ”On Liking Women,” as an entre to transfeminism and femininity. Not to be missed as an introduction to the new Queer theory of … [Read more...] about Podcast: A Discussion on Marxist Transfeminist & Queer Theories of Social Reproduction