The U.S. Working Class Has a Radical History
Sharon Smith, Haymarket Books author of Subterranean Fire: A History of Working-Class Radicalism in the United State
New Paper by David Barkin: Food Sovereignty – A Strategy for Environmental Justice
By David Barkin. From the abstract: Dominant approaches to rural development have proven unable to confront the struc
New Book, Edited by Dennis Deslippe, Eric Fure-Slocum, & John W. McKerley: Civic Labors – Scholar Activism and Working-Class Studies
From UI Press: Labor studies scholars and working-class historians have long worked at the crossroads of academia and
Eva Swidler on Radical Leisure
From Monthly Review: […] In consonance with what we might call this “leisure ethic” of pre-capitalism, which re
New Book by Robert Latham: The Politics of Evasion, A Post-Globalization Dialogue Along the Edge of the State
From Routledge: Burgeoning national security programs; thickening borders; Wikileaks and Anonymous; immigrant ri
Building alternatives to neoliberalism in Latin America today: An interview with Michael Lebowitz
May 24, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — Leading Marxist author Michael A. Lebowitz has dedic
New Book by Jerry Harris: Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Democracy
From Clarity Press: Democracy is in crisis, from the streets of Ferguson to the struggle in Greece. Throughout the worl
Has the Left Run its Course in Latin America?
By Mark Weisbrot Hardly. Despite recent setbacks, it has led the region’s “second independence,” benefiting hundre
Capital, Accumulation, Production and Employment: A WEA Online Conference
Can We Bend the Arc of Global Capital Toward Justice? is an online conference sponsored by the World Economics Associat
URPE @ The 2016 Left Forum
URPE encourage everyone who lives in or near New York City, or can make it to the conference, to attend URPE’s 7 spo
Striking Verizon workers introduce virtual picket line
The 39,000 striking Verizon workers, members of the Communications Workers and the Electrical Workers from Maine thr
Graduate assistants sue University of Missouri for recognition of union
A long-threatened lawsuit to determine whether graduate assistants at the University of Missouri qualify as employe
CUNY Faculty Union Authorizes Strike
After more than six years without a raise and five years without a contract for its members, the union of faculty and prof
Trump, Racism, and the Future of the Left
By Paddy Quick Trump’s success in becoming the presumptive Republican nominee for president is indeed a shocking indi
Alex Prichard & Owen Worth on a convergence between Marxism and Anarchism
New paper published by Capital & Class. From the abstract: In this article, we argue that despite there being littl
SCEPA Presents Yanis Varoufakis, Live Online April 25th
Yanis Varoufakis will deliver the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) annual Robert Heilbroner Mem
Student Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Springs into Action
The fossil fuel divestment movement continued its momentum this week as students across the U.S. highlighted the need
Democracy Spring protests at the U.S Capitol
Thousands of demonstrators, as part of the social justice organization Democracy Spring, have been staging a mass sit
40,000 Verizon Workers Strike Against Corporate 'Race to the Bottom'
'Up All Night' Protests Sweep France as 100,000 Join Pro-Democracy Movement
Demonstrations this weekend were held in as many as 60 cities and towns across France as well as in Belgium, Germany, and