Assata Shakur (1947–2025)
What we recall and admire in Assata Shakur’s legacy is her defiant spirit in the face of oppression.
6 Articles by: Alan Wald
Alan Wald is a member of Solidarity and an editor of Against the Current and Science & Society.
The True Story of the Neocons
The life and death of the ideology that gave us Iraq.
Blood on the Forge Is a Masterful Proletarian Novel That Deserves to be Read Anew
Forgotten for decades, Marxist novelist William Attaway’s 1941 Blood on the Forge is a brilliantly brutal depiction of the connection between racism and capitalism. Haunting and sublime, it will leave you feeling the scars of working-class life.
H. Chandler Davis Was a Lifelong Radical and a Moral Touchstone for the Left
Chan Davis, who died last month at the age of 96, faced down McCarthyite blacklists and imprisonment to pursue a brilliant academic career. Davis knew how to change and learn from political experience, but he always remained loyal to his socialist principles.
When Max Eastman Was Young
For the young Max Eastman, socialism meant open inquiry, cultural experimentation — and above all, freedom.
From Trotsky to Buckley
James Burnham mutated from firebrand revolutionary to National Review co-editor, and today he is getting a second life all over the conservative press.