Overproduction: The absurdity of suffering amidst surpluses
A popular coal-miner’s riddle from the 1930s summarizes one of capitalism’s most visible and absurd contradictions. After a daughter asks her father why their home is so cold, he tells her they don’t ...
11 Jan 202517min
The class struggle in every commodity: Use value and exchange value
Every year, Pew Research publishes a study on the U.S. population’s political priorities. Their 2024 report shows that, like the previous years, “no single issue stands out after the economy,” with al...
31 Juli 202415min
Capitalist contradictions and revolutionary struggle: An introduction
Hearing or reading about the “contradictions of capitalism” in an article or at a rally might be intimidating, like a foreign language or a term only a certain group can understand. While the contradi...
12 Apr 202419min
Capitalist urbanization, climate change, and the need for sponge cities
According to the United Nations Population Fund’s 2009 report, 2008 was the first time in history that over 50 percent of the world’s population resided in cities instead of rural areas. Because of th...
19 Dec 202320min
Extradition of Alex Saab: U.S. takes effort to starve Venezuelans to new lows
Note: Following the original publication of this article, Alex Saab was extradited to Miami on October 16th 2021, and remains in prison awaiting an appeal. On March 18, The Cape Verde Supreme Court a...
18 Okt 20238min
From allies to comrades
Despite its association with sovereign nations involved in wartime alliances, the term “ally” has become influential in activist circles on the US left. Attention to debates over what it means to be a...
16 Sep 202326min
Liu Liangmo: China’s anti-imperialist, anti-racist, Christian revolutionary (pt. 2)
Liu Liangmo’s story is as remarkable as it is unknown. An anti-imperialist, pro-Communist Christian, with a significant relationship to the Black Liberation Movement and the Indian Freedom Struggle, L...
26 Aug 202324min
