Charles E. Ruthenberg: The first leader of the Communist Party USA
By C.J. Atkins (originally posted here) At the time of his death in 1927, he was lauded as “one of the most indicted and imp
What happened to the International Socialist Organization?
By Paul Le Blanc, What happened to the International Socialist Organization (ISO) is that it self-destructed. The out
Socialist Strategy and the Capitalist Democratic State
By Stephen Maher and Rafael Khachaturian, The democratic socialist movement in the United States today is emerging fr
The prevalence of populism after the Great Recession
By Pedro M. Rey-Araújo, Virtually everywhere, since the onset of the Great Recession, populist movements of various
Inside DSA’s struggle to move into the political mainstream
By Doug Henwood, Future historians may well portray the second decade of the twenty-first century as the moment when Am
New Book: Abolitionist Socialist Feminism – Radicalizing the Next Revolution
By Zillah Eisenstein. From Monthly Review Press: The world is burning, flooding, and politically exploding, to the po
New Book: Voices of Latin America – Social Movements and the New Activism
Edited by Tom Gatehouse. From Monthly Review Press: These are uncertain times in Latin America. Popular faith in democ
Why Kautsky Was Right (and Why You Should Care)
By Eric Blanc, Karl Kautsky’s vision for winning democratic socialism is more radical, and more relevant, than most le
New Book: Class, Party, Revolution – A Socialist Register Reader
From Haymarket Books. Edited by Greg Albo, Leo Panitch, and Alan Zuege An expertly selected collection of artic
Feminism and Revolution: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
By Julie Matthaei, This article is partially based on an article that is forthcoming in the URPE AT 50 Special Issue of RR
New Book: For a Left Populism
By Chantal Mouffe. From Verso: Populism, today, is the expression of a crisis of liberal-democratic politics. It is mo
New Book: Feminist Freedom Warriors – Genealogies, Justice, Politics, and Hope
Edited by Linda Carty and Chandra Talpade Mohanty. From Haymarket Books: A collection of compelling narratives highl
New Book: Class War, USA – Dispatches from Workers’ Struggles in American History
by Brandon Weber. From Haymarket Books: An engaging collection of riveting stories about working people in United Sta
Call for Papers: 50 Years of Socialist Feminism
2019 marks 50 years since the publication of Margaret Benston’s “The Political Economy of Women’s Liberation,” a semi
New Book: The Political Theory of Che Guevara
By Renzo Llorente. From Rowman & Littlefield: Nearly half a century after his death, Ernesto “Che” Guevara remain
New Book: Greece and the Reinvention of Politics
by Alain Badiou. Translated by David Broder. From Verso: In a series of seven trenchant interventions Alain Badiou ana
MLK’s Radical Anti-Capitalism
By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor In a posthumously published essay, Martin Luther King, Jr. pointed out that the “black rev
Remembering MLK’s Roots in Labor and Socialist Movements of the 20th Century
By Nathan Newman, As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, it’s worth remembering that his legacy was based firm
New Book: Socialism in the 21st Century
By Richard Westra. From Nova Science Publishers: This easy to read book explores the fundamental ideas of socialism as
Let Down by Reformists, Working-Class Iranians Join Protests
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl60vA0w_eQ&w=760&h=500] Thousands have taken to the stree