The Three Way Fight approach to fascism sees it as an independent force which opposes both the capitalist order and movements of the workers and the oppressed. Daphne Lawless reviews a book containing a number of documents from this tradition.
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Fascism: Neither Horseshoes Nor Fishhooks, But The Three-Way Fight
The Three Way Fight approach to fascism sees it as an independent force which opposes both the capitalist order and movements of the workers and the oppressed. Daphne Lawless reviews a book containing a number of documents from this tradition.
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The Politics of Armed Resistance
Bill Keach reviews Mark Steven’s book “Class War: A Literary History”, a wide-ranging account of uprisings of oppressed classes.
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Intersectional Marxism and the Dialectic
Interpreting Marx for Our Times
Lilia D. Monzó and Cristal B. Flores review the latest edition of Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Programme and discuss its significance for today.
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Refusing to Be a Model Minority
David Renton reviews Shane Burley and Ben Lorber’s recent book, “Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism.”
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A Planned Economy with No Central Planning Authority
Tom Wetzel reviews Robin Hahnel’s proposal for democratic economic planning, based on workers’ councils, consumers’ councils and a non-market price system.
Why Class-Struggle Socialists Fight Elections
Dan Davison argues that socialists should engage in elections as a means for agitation and propaganda, following Lenin and Luxemburg.
Nigel Gibson’s Preface to Frantz Fanon: Combat Breathing
The original impetus behind writing Frantz Fanon: Combat Breathing was the Black Lives Matter movement that exploded across the world after the 2020 police murder of George Floyd.
From the Editors
For months now we, like many people around the world, have been horrified and infuriated by Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and the U.S. government’s support for it. Many in American society have condemned the Biden administration for its refusal . . .
Socialist Internationalism and the Chinese Working Class
An Introduction
Ruo Yan and Andrew Sebald introduce a symposium on the independent working-class struggles in China, calling for international solidarity.
Gender and the Chinese Working Class
Zoe Zhao and Olia Shu analyze many forms of exploitation of women workers in China, such as in family workshops and digital platforms, and their resistance.
Labor Solidarity Through Supply Chains
Foxconn and the U.S. Labor Movement
Zhang Mazi highlights the power held by Foxconn workers and calls on US workers to build solidarity, including by targeting Foxconn’s global supply chains.
Activists on U.S.-China Labor Solidarity
Ellen David Friedman, Alex T. Tom and Kevin Lin discuss the experiences and importance of worker-to-worker solidarity for democratic unionism between the US and China.
Claudia Sheinbaum
What the Election of AMLO’s Protégé Means for Mexico
Dan La Botz critically examines the authoritarian and militarist legacy of López Obrador, and prospects for Claudia Sheinbaum’s presidency.
Reflections of a Student Organizer
Aristotle Wu discusses the strength and the challenges of the US student movement for Palestine, which organized solidarity encampments for Gaza on many campuses.
The Lesser Evil Is Still Less Evil
Rebecca Gordon calls on the US left to vote for the Democrat for President, to prevent Trump’s attacks on workers, women and democracy.
Vote to Save Our Basic Civil Rights
Frieda Afary calls for voting for the Democrats for President, in order to protect the basic freedoms and human rights in the United States.
No Election Can Save Us
Confronting Genocide and Creeping Fascism
Natalia Tylim calls for building the independent Left forces in order to stop genocide and fascism, rather than supporting the Democrats in the upcoming election.
Don’t Just Vote or Not Vote
Dan Fischer calls for focusing on independent grassroots organizing and direct action of the left, rather than ceding ground to the Democratic Party.
The Election and Left Responsibility
Stephen R. Shalom argues that it is moral responsibility for leftists in swing states to vote for the Democratic candidate in the upcoming election.
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