Duende: From Scream to Song at the Edge of Insanity
I’m collaborating with Post Carbon Institute on their resilience+ program. This piece was originally written for their module on Emotional Resilience. Sign up now to attend Tuesday’s live event:...
View ArticleAudacity!
Aux armes! May Day in the Olive Grove – Part 1 Students at the University of Arizona in Tucson erected two Gaza Solidarity encampments on April 29 and 30. For more information on the battle for...
View ArticleLearning the Right Lessons From the UAW Loss in Alabama
Late last Friday afternoon, Shawn Fain, president of the UAW, addressed workers at the Mercedes SUV plant in Vance, Alabama, after the union failed in a representation election (2,054 votes in favor,...
View ArticleAn Oral History of The Next American Revolution: Installment 2, First Breaths
[Author’s Note: This is the second excerpt from a work titled An Oral History of the Next American Revolution. This chapter will also provide the substance for a forthcoming RevolutionZ episode...
View ArticleThe ANC and South Africa’s Radical Left, 30 Years After the First...
On the eve of South Africa’s May 29 general elections, Federico Fuentes spoke to veteran South African socialist Mazibuko Jara about the African National Congress’s (ANC) prospects of holding onto...
View ArticleVermin United: Biden, Trump, BlueLeaks and the Repression of Left Protests
“Dissent must never lead to disorder.” – Joe Biden, 5/2/24, Remarks on recent events on college campuses[1] “We pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left...
View ArticleUAW Challenges Mercedes-Benz Union Vote, Demands New Election Over Alleged...
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is challenging the results of last week’s unionization vote at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama, where workers voted against union representation. The UAW alleges...
View ArticleUS-Backed Canadian Mine in Guatemala Threatens Water Supply for Millions
Asunción Mita is a town of roughly 40,000 people in the hills of southeastern Guatemala, near the border with El Salvador. It’s dusty and hot in the dry season — located in the Central American dry...
View ArticleDebrief with May Boeve
The coming years are often referred to as our last chance to get on track to co-existing with our planet — the “decisive decade” is a term used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Many...
View ArticleRepress U., Class of 2024
The academic year that just ended left America’s college campuses in quite a state: with snipers on the rooftops and checkpoints at the gates; quads overrun by riot squads, state troopers, and federal...
View ArticleWhat Does Left Internationalism Mean in the 21st Century?
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has put international concerns front and center for the US left today. Jacobin spoke with three leading internationalist organizers about how leftists should think about...
View ArticleA Professor on “Authorities” Who Order Police to Crush Student Protests
The Washington Post’s journalists recently exposed what many already suspected or knew. Donors from society’s richest 1 percent pressured university administrators and political leaders to use police...
View ArticleBack to Basics: The Fundamentals of Community Organizing
In a new pamphlet, veteran organizer George Goehl lays out the core practices organizers shouldn’t leave behind, even as we seek to evolve the craft of organizing. In 2023, Jenn Carrillo and I began...
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