Degrowth: An environmental ideology with good intentions, bad politics
The planet is experiencing multiple environmental crises: biodiversity loss, deforestation, increased rates of pandemics, chemical pollution, soil depletion, water contamination and shortages, runaway...
14 Sep 202121min
The U.S. empire in Afghanistan: a 40-year catastrophe
The U.S. war in Afghanistan began not 20, but more than 40 years ago. Except for the towering arrogance of the leaders in Washington, it could have ended in November 2001 when the Taliban offered to s...
12 Sep 20219min
Reds in Ed statement on attacks on Critical Race Theory
Originally posted on RedsInEd.org At the instigation of deep-pocketed conservatives, nine states have adopted bans on Critical Race Theory education, and similar bills are being considered in 26 othe...
9 Sep 202110min
What is ideology? An introduction to the Marxist theory of ideology
Marxist ideology is one of the most potent weapons the working and oppressed classes have, a weapon that our class can and has used to not only win reforms but to build revolutionary societies where t...
7 Sep 202130min
Abolitionist solidarity — Black and white — in the struggle against slavery
The full story of the struggle to end chattel slavery in the U.S. has yet to be fully told. History books have always minimized the struggle of enslaved people, who from the beginning in 1619 in North...
31 Aug 202118min
Cubans mark July 26 holiday with support for revolution, opposition to U.S. meddling
July 26 marked the 68th anniversary of the dawn raid on the Moncada Barracks led by Fidel Castro that sparked the revolutionary movement that would triumph six years later in 1959. Due to COVID-19, ma...
31 Aug 20218min
Fascist plots in the U.S.: Contemporary lessons from the 1934 “Business Plot”
“In contradistinction to German fascism, which acts under anti-constitutional slogans, American fascism tries to portray itself as the custodian of the constitution and ‘American democracy.’” – Georgi...
28 Aug 202138min
Communism and Black resistance in the 1930s South
“Hammer and Hoe,” a 1990 book written by historian Robin D.G. Kelley, chronicles the development of a communist movement in Alabama during the Great Depression. It highlights the struggles communists ...
25 Aug 202113min
