The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Women in the Revolution: The Forgotten History of Las Sandinistas
By La Virgen Memory can be tricky. As time passes bigger chunks are lost, stories have less details, and soon enough the story is buried. Historical memory mimics this on a larger scale with important events and figures becoming forgotten and buried within the history books – with all that’s left being recycled quotes circulating…
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From Below Podcast: Feminism Against Capitalism
We are excited to present the premiere episode of From Below Podcast on International Women’s Days. This coming week we will be releasing introduction episode to meet our hosts Markie and Pedro. For our first episode, released on International Women’s Day 2019, Markie and Pedro discuss two examples of anti-capitalist feminism. The discussion starts around…
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Socialist Dog Catchers (or Presidents) Won’t Save Us
A commentary engaging the debate around the socialist left’s relationship to electoral politics and the call for “A Socialist in Every District.” Patrick Berkman sheds new light on the history of socialist electoralism while spelling out a clear alternative vision. By Patrick Berkman There’s a certain type of socialist that reminds me of highway planners.…
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Elections and Class Struggle in South Africa: The Question of State Power and the Anarchist Response
Below we republish a critical reflection on the question of elections and class struggle – an issue that faces the South African left and which the US left is just beginning to take up again. Editorial note: An important point of context in the opening of the article is the reference to NUMSA (National Union…
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Do All Organizing Roads Lead to Bernie?
A Response to Eric Blanc’s Interview on Dead Pundit Society From a West Virginia Teacher and Strike Leader By Michael Mochaidean On a recent interview with the Dead Pundit Society podcast, episode “Teachers Strike Wave 2019: Denver Edition w/ Eric Blanc” writer and journalist Eric Blanc argued that the recent wave of education strikes are…
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“If You Want a General Strike, Organize Your Co-Workers” Interview with Joe Burns
The following interview with Joe Burns, author of the important labor text Reviving The Strike, takes up the evergreen questions of the role of strikes and building a base within our workplaces. With the recent wave of teacher strikes these questions are back on the radar of the U.S. left but this interview from 2012…