Linda Farthing , Thomas Becker, Haymarket 2021 This is a fascinating, infuriating, well written account of the overthrow of Evo Morales in Bolivia in 2019. It also goes into the background and aftermath. It comes at this issue from a leftist viewpoint, very much in support of the mass movements…

Elizabeth J. Perry and Li Xun , Westview Press 1997 This is a fascinating and detailed account. According to the authors, Shanghai was unique in that after the very beginning of the Cultural Revolution (CR), “ worker rebels” dominated over student Red Guards. This makes sense in that Shanghai was…

Socialism Needs Democracy ! Democracy Needs Socialism! Reject Stalinism and Reformism ! The authentic Marxist tradition always stressed that democracy is fundamental to socialism. Marx defined socialism as the “self-emancipation of the working class”. In the Communist Manifesto, he and Engels said that the first step on the road to…

Strategy for Anti-Capitalists: Is the Workplace Central? What is the relation of capitalism to racism, imperialism , social reproduction and ecology? Cannibal Capitalism, How Our System is Devouring Democracy , Care and the Planet — And What We Can Do About It, Nancy Fraser Verso, 2022 This is a very…

Socialism Seriously, A Brief Guide to Surviving the 21st Century Danny Katch, Haymarket 2023 How to Achieve Socialism? — -Reform or Revolution? Do Socialist Office Holders Further the Cause of Socialism? Socialism Seriously, A Brief Guide to Surviving the 21st Century is another entertaining and provocative introduction to socialism by…

The Divider, Trump in the White House 2017–2021 Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Doubleday 2022 Did Trump Represent the Ruling Class? Does Trump have an Ideology? Can There Be Trumpism without Trump? This is an interesting and detailed account of the ins and outs of the Trump regime. Much of it…

China Mieville, Haymarket Books 2022 — -A review “ the Manifesto . a flawed and partial product of its time and yet as something vital” (136) China is an excellent writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His assessment of the Communist Manifesto is full of important insights and provocative observations. It balances the appreciation of “ history’s most…

Typical Plots in Holiday Entertainment Hallmark, Lifetime etc. x-mas movies have similar plots. The main plots are about breaking up with an inappropriate (selfish, inattentive, cheating etc.) partner and finding a soul mate. Most of these connections are white and heterosexual. However, there is a subgenre of Black characters and…

“On Nov. 30, the House of Representatives voted 290 to 137 to block a potential nationwide rail strike by intervening into the dispute between the unions and the railroad companies and imposing a contract on the workers. The Senate now has to consider the action.” Workers’Voice, Nov. 30 The action…