Place: United States

The significance of the Retiree Advocate victory and the way forward for progressive teacher unionism

Questions and answers on the coming U.S. election

It speaks volumes that the Teamsters have gone in full scale retreat from this early opposition to fascism.

The threat of rising fascism in France, Germany, Britain, and the USA

One has to ask if West’s campaign will advance the progressive movements that he claims to speak for.

Wayne Price reviews Rachel Maddow’s book on US fascism, which lacks a critical perspective on capitalist anti-communism as the cause of fascism.

Daniel Johnson analyzes struggles over historical narratives in the US, and calls for renewal of history from below, against the right-wing censorship.

Fighting antisemitism through solidarity doesn’t just create safety for Jews and all people; it allows us to directly confront the conspiratory core of contemporary fascist and rightwing arguments while building resilient antifascist and left movements.

This August marks the two hundred thirty eighth anniversary of Shays’ Rebellion, an uprising of small-holding farmers and Revolutionary War veterans that shook the foundations of the young American Republic.

Today, fifteen years since he ran for president, it’s hard to remember that Obama was a candidate on the left. He ended up as the bankers’ president

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.

John Washington calls for abolition of borders, which he argues are dangerous, artificial and illegitimate.

In either a Harris or Trump presidency, we’ll need to fight powerful elites to save public education

She was in many ways the ideal candidate for such a left party.,,,And disappointingly, McKinney subsequently devolved into a trafficker in conspiracy theories and antisemitism.

Aristotle Wu discusses the strength and the challenges of the US student movement for Palestine, which organized solidarity encampments for Gaza on many campuses.

Mathew Foresta reports from Gaza solidarity encampments on various university campuses in Los Angeles, which faced threats and attacks from Zionist counter-protestors.

Marian Jones analyzes many forms of resistance for abortion rights, including grassroots abortion funding, underground networks for medication and shield laws for doctors.

Rebecca Gordon calls on the US left to vote for the Democrat for President, to prevent Trump’s attacks on workers, women and democracy.

Frieda Afary calls for voting for the Democrats for President, in order to protect the basic freedoms and human rights in the United States.

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.

Dan Fischer calls for focusing on independent grassroots organizing and direct action of the left, rather than ceding ground to the Democratic Party.