Michael Broz reviews Neil Faulkner’s book of Marxist analysis on the accelerating ecological and social crisis.
Category: Socialism
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Russia’s Anti-capitalist Intelligentsia
Peter Ranis reviews Ilya Budraitskis’s book on the history of left dissidents in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia.
An Ambiguous Paradise Built in Hell
Dilar Dirik, The Kurdish Women’s Movement: History, Theory, Practice (London: Pluto Press, 2022)
On November 20th, Turkey launched Operation Claw-Sword, a large-scale campaign of drone attacks killing civilians and militants in the predominantly Kurdish regions of Syria and Iraq.1 Then, in . . .
The Ukrainian Left’s View on the Prospects of Peace Negotiations
It is a precious recognition that negotiations in the understanding of the current Russian government can only take place as a continuation of accumulating multi-layered lies, which appears to be the foundation of the public communication strategy of the Putin regime.
21st Century Revolution
A review of activist Ted Glick’s case for a better world, based on higher love, racial justice, and democratic cooperation
On the Eve of National Elections, Looking Backward
Italy’s Rising Black Tide, A Creeping Counter-Revolution
On September 25 Italy will hold elections following the resignation of Prime Minister Pario Draghi and the concern is palpable.
review
Eco-Utopia from Below
A discussion of two recent books — by Peter Gelderloos and by Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass — on eco-utopian grassroots initiatives.
Is China Socialist Because It Reduced Poverty?
Michael Karadjis assesses and rejects the claim that China’s impressive poverty reduction makes it a socialist country.
Book Review: Two Failures of Vision
Doug Greene, A Failure of Vision: Michael Harrington and the Limits of Democratic Socialism. Washington: 2021. 260 pages. Notes. Bibliography. No index.
Doug Greene has written his critical political biography of Michael Harrington, in large part it seems because he wants . . .
Their Values and Ours: The Debate over Western Values and the Values of the Socialist Left
Where does the Left stand and where should it stand on this question of “Western values”?
The Necessity of Organizing DSA Members as Workers
Lastly, the synthesis of skills, experience, and political perspective required in the labor movement, and thereby in DSA’s labor work, are all ultimately based on the experience of organizing in the workplace and in the union.
Passing the Baton
Socialism from Below, Women’s Emancipation, and New Politics
We don’t win against oppression by being nice. We win by proudly violating the patriarchal, xenophobic, racist, sexist, classist norms of capitalism.
When should we stop excusing the Russian invasion?
Ukraine, Self-determination, and the National Question
The Socialism of the Jewish Labor Bund
The Jewish Labor Bund, from its beginning, described itself as a Marxist, revolutionary party, wanting thus to place itself in the camp of those opposed to the reformist tendencies in the world socialist movement.
For a Cuba with Democracy and Solidarity
Sam Farber provides a critical perspective on the economic policies of the Cuban government and of some of its critics, and offers an alternative to both.
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