While this mutation is a tribute to the importance of the protest movement against the war in the United States, we cannot ignore its opportunistic and hypocritical nature.
Author: Phil Gasper
How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
Review of Maya Wind’s new book, Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
South Africa: Hanging On
Cyril Ramaphosa presides over a corrupt administration in a weak and stagnant economy and a society with extreme poverty and inequality. South African capitalism is a basket case. How long can it hang on without a massive reaction from its people?
Open Letter from the Student Movement for Palestinian Liberation
We, the Student Movement for Palestinian Liberation, demand institutional accountability and immediate divestment from Israel and its genocide of the Palestinian people of Gaza.
Will they crush the biggest student movement since Vietnam?
In response to peaceful student anti-war protests against genocide, many school administrations have invited police onto campus for violent crackdowns.
Remembering the Portuguese Revolution
The Portuguese revolution began 50 years ago. Labor historian Raquel Valera looks back at the events of 1974-75 and their legacy for the working class and left today.
Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
Online Meeting: The Communist Manifesto
A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document
Join Phil Gasper, Sabrina Fernandes, and Vanessa Wills as they discuss the continued relevance of the Communist Manifesto in today’s political landscape.
Indonesia’s Nepo Baby Takes Charge
Although only just elected, the trajectory of a Prabowo presidency is clear. At best, he will continue Jokowi’s policies, and at worst, he will take the nation in the same direction as the ill-fated Suharto regime.
U.S. Economy: Saved by Immigrants
The pickup in U.S. growth last year came from a sharp rise in net immigration. In simple terms, more workers generate more goods and services.
Lenin’s Revenge: Early Soviet Hidden Voices
A century after Lenin’s death, scholars and leftists continue to discuss the life and legacy of the leader of the Russian Revolution. But a fundamental question remains largely unanswered. What did Soviet citizens themselves think of Lenin?
Gaza: A Ghastly Window into the Crisis of Global Capitalism
Gaza is a real-time alarm bell that genocide may become a political tool in the decades to come for resolving capital’s intractable contradiction between surplus capital and surplus humanity.
Historic Ruling by the International Court of Justice
The ruling against Israel at the International Court of Justice today is historic, notwithstanding that it fudged South Africa’s request for a provisional order for a ceasefire.
Struggle for Memory Continues 50 Years After Chile Coup
We must continue to remember so that no one is forgotten, so that no face is forgotten, and so that our experience is not forgotten.
Why African Americans Should Support Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is about national self-determination—and we need to support the resistance in Ukraine because it is the right thing to do in the face of injustice.
Biden in Ireland: The Failure of Neoliberalism
Ireland’s recent past, north and south, has been miserable—fueled by the “there is no alternative” capitalism promoted by the Irish ruling class and external powers—which will be highlighted and evident in Biden’s visit.
France: An isolated government, but a movement in suspense
The most important fact of the last few days was undoubtedly the wave of police violence in Sainte Soline, near Nantes, on the Atlantic coast, a violence that reveals the feverishness of Macron and his government.
Understanding the uprising in Peru
An interview with Mirtha Vásquez, former PM under Pedro Castillo, on the explosion of unrest against the imposition of Dina Boluarte and the legacy of Fujimori.
Voices of the Ukrainian Resistance
Ukraine: Voices of Resistance and Solidarity is a highly commendable work that gives a needed platform to Ukrainian socialists and trade unionists.
The Nord Stream Pipeline Explosions: Challenging False Narratives
The claim that the Nord Stream gas pipeline was blown up by U.S. special forces, made by Seymour Hersh, is being used to reinforce false narratives about Russia’s culpability for the war in Ukraine.
Solidarity Statement with Protests in China
More than just the lockdown, what motivates these protests is people’s sense of not being heard in a political system that so arrogantly disregards popular opinions.
Two Sixties’ Radicals Recall Fighting Times in U.S. Labor
A review of Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War (PM Press, 2022) by Jon Melrod and Troublemaker: Saying No to Power by Frank Emspak (available at Amazon books).
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