Elite Capture , How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics ( And Everything Else), Olufemi O. Taiwo, Haymarket Books 2022 Very interesting book on Identity Politics and many other issues. Elite Capture is the idea that something was legitimate and was then taken over by elites/privileged players for their own…

Solidifying Anti-Capitalism What is the relationship of Marxism and social movements? Is movement struggle enougn? “Activism without building revolutionary organization is just reformism.” James Radek. On the broad left today there is a growing anti-capitalist consciousness. In movements on ecology, war ,anti-racism etc., it is common for speakers to invoke…

Class Struggle Unionism, Joe Burns, Haymarket Books, 2022 Which Way Forward for Labor? Reviving the Labor Movement This is an excellent overview of the principles necessary for effective class struggle. It explains 3 types of unionism: Business or Pure and Simple Unionism, Labor Liberalism and Class Struggle Unionism(CSU). CSU is…

What Kind of Abolitionism? Beyond Liberal or Anarchist Abolitionism Is there a solution to crime under capitalism? The anti-racist/anti-police brutality movement has turned toward abolitionism in recent years. It has called for the complete elimination of police and prisons. …

REJECT CAMPISM !! Why Campism Divides Workers and is Non-Revolutionary. Neither Washington Nor Moscow, but International Solidarity !! Apologists for Putin’s war on Ukraine cite Russia’s “legitimate security interests”. In this scenario, it is the U.S. through NATO expansion that is soley to blame for Russia attacking Ukraine. This position…

Rebuilding an Anti-War movement in the U.S. — -an Update. Russian Invasion Requires Changes in Slogans The most effective strategies, tactics and slogans will shift with events. As of February 23, the issue of Ukraine took a turn. The Russians invaded. The conflict between the U.S. and Russia was no…

Institutional racism in U.S. history and the U.S. today The 1619 Project — A New Origin Story, Nikole Hannah Jones, The New York Times Company, 2021 U.S. society was founded on racism and is still deeply disfigured by it. Current institutions and social practices have been shaped by America’s original…

Rebuilding an Anti-War movement in the U.S. The main enemy is at home. But the enemy of my enemy is NOT my friend. A.N.S.W.E.R. is not the answer In 1967 MLK called the U.S. government “ the greatest purveyor of violence” in the world. In the middle of the Vietnam…

Reformists Embrace Class Reductionism “Labor in the white skin can never free itself as long as labor in the black skin is branded.” Karl Marx Catalyst and Jacobin have embraced one side of a historical conflict among socialists. They promote class reductionism: that equality can best be advanced by focusing on demands that lift…