An interview with longtime French left activist Patrick Silberstein on the current demonstrations in France
Author: Dan La Botz
DAN LA BOTZ is a Brooklyn-based teacher, writer and activist. He is a co-editor of New Politics.
DSA’s Flawed International Outlook: The Appeal of the Mass Party and its Contradictions
There’s something contradictory in this position that needs to be pointed out. The parties that DSA has focused on weren’t always mass parties. Often, they began as just the kind of plebeian networks or far left grouplets that DSA eschews as irrelevant.
Cuban Protests and the American Reaction
The moment that thousands took to the streets in unprecedented national demonstrations in Cuba on July 11 demanding “freedom,” everyone in Cuba and in the United States recognized that we are at a critical moment.
Right Campaigns to End Abortion in America
White Evangelical churches, which are the driving force of the anti-abortion movement, are also a core constituency of the Republican Party and the most fervent supporters of former president Trump.
Where Should Socialists Stand on Cuba Today?
International socialists should oppose the US embargo and US military intervention in Cuba, but should also support the right of Cubans to demonstrate on any issue that they choose.
Democratic Socialists of America Faces Challenges at Convention
Without fear of Donald Trump and hope in Bernie Sanders, DSA seems to have lost some of its energy. There has been less membership participation in preparation for this convention.
Black Candidates Lead in New York City, Black Socialist Wins Mayor in Buffalo
The big surprise of the New York State election, was the victory of India B. Walton, a Black woman and a self-described socialist in the Democratic mayoral primary in Buffalo, New York, a poor city of 250,000 people, 37% Black.
Nicaragua: Ortega Arrests Opposition Candidates Ahead of November 2021 Election
We should reject the argument made by some on the left that we have to support the dictator Ortega and his government because the U.S. is now opposed to it.
A Century Since the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
One hundred years ago, a white mob attacked the black neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma and in two days killed hundreds of people, burned to the ground every building, and left ten thousand homeless.
Biden, the Oil Companies, and the Environment
Years of education, protest, and lobbying seem to be finally having an effect on U.S. environmental policies, though not without constant Republican resistance and Democratic vacillation—and so far, neither fast enough or strong enough for the change we need.
Progressives Break with Biden Over His Uncritical Support for Israel
For the first time, the Democrats face a small but determined group within the party who demand a break from unconditional support for Israel and support for Palestinian rights.
Republicans Pass State Laws to Restrict Voting Rights: A Return to Jim Crow
Republicans are passing state laws to restrict voting that will particularly harm black voters in ways not seen since the period of Jim Crow.
Will Biden Be Another Roosevelt?
Biden’s progressive domestic policy is motivated by a desire to rebuild America so as to reestablish the global hegemony of American imperialism.
Chauvin’s Conviction and the Future of Policing
The Chauvin conviction was momentous, and could be a turning point, but police reform ultimately depends on building a popular movement for reform in education, health, housing, as well as ending police racism and violence.
Biden to Remove U.S. Troops from Afghanistan
The U.S.-Afghanistan War, which has lasted almost twenty years, has cost the United States 2,300 soldiers’ lives and two trillion dollars, while more than 100,000 Afghanis have been killed.
Union Organizing Drive at Amazon Fails—Why? What Next?
In a major setback for the U.S. labor movement, last week the union organizing drive at the giant Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama defeated.
As American Life Returns to Normal, Mass Shootings Resume
Most Americans, 60%, now favor stricter gun control laws, up by almost ten percent from a few years ago. Yet the U.S. government has proven unable to do anything about this problem. Why is that?
The Children at the Border and the Question of Immigration
Many of these migrants are coming from Central America and Mexico, the former region devastated by the U.S. support for rightwing governments in civil wars of the 1980s and early 1990s, and the latter still suffering from the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Biden’s Plan to Revamp American Imperialism
American socialists face the task of opposing American imperialism while showing internationalist solidarity with struggles for democracy, social reforms, and socialism in countries around the world.
Does Biden’s American Rescue Plan Open a New Era of Reform?
Democrats claim that Biden’s ARP continues the work of Roosevelt and Johnson and that it will transform America. Yet, while these reforms are much needed, none of the programs begins to transform the fundamental structures of American capitalism.
Climate Change Comes to Republican Texas Producing a Disaster
Twenty years ago, Republicans took over Texas’ governorship, house, and senate and then deregulated and neglected the state’s energy systems, leading to this catastrophe.
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