The Black Belt Communists
During the Great Depression, black sharecroppers and the Communist Party waged war against tenant farming in the South.
19796 Articles by: Alex Press
Tearing Down the Walls
The story of the Stonewall Rebellion and the rise of the gay liberation movement.
How Class and Race Immiserate
Class and race operate both separately and together to impoverish huge swaths of American society.
The Many Lives of François Mitterrand
Before Alexis Tsipras, Europe battered François Mitterrand’s reformist ambitions into a sweeping neoliberal program.
Killing Reconstruction
During Reconstruction, elites used racist appeals to silence calls for redistribution and worker empowerment.
The Party and Black Liberation
In its formative years, the Communist Party was pushed by the Comintern to organize against racism.
The Other March on Washington
As Nazism was challenged abroad, A. Philip Randolph led an uncompromising campaign for democracy at home.
Struggle and Progress
Eric Foner on the abolitionists, Reconstruction, and winning “freedom” from the Right.
The Second American Revolution
The Civil War inaugurated a titanic revolution that within years brought slavery to an end and broke the planter class.
Grocery Shopping With Tom Friedman
In his latest column, Thomas Friedman reaches new heights of belligerence — and idiocy.
Party and Ministry
Syriza Minister of Education and Culture Aristides Baltas on the tensions and challenges of working within the Greek state.
Why Is China Letting the Yuan Fall?
There’s been a lot of speculation about China’s recent currency moves, but it’s business as usual for global capitalism.
Unequal Universes
Speculative fiction is an increasingly vocal critic of neoliberalism.
Cracks in Correísmo?
Protests are growing in Ecuador, where radicals must contend with both the Right and Rafael Correa.
Slavery Is Theft
Abolitionists gave us the vital idea that some things should not be for sale.
Forced to Love the Grind
Passion is the new workplace requirement — and one that should be resisted.
Peace for Whom?
The benefits of peace between FARC and the Colombian government will not be widely felt.
The War Is Over
In the Philippines, one of the world’s longest running communist insurgencies is being worn down by the passage of history.
Red Abolitionism
The defenders of slavery rightly identified the ideological links between abolitionism and socialism.
Something to Offer
Unlike many in his party, Eugene V. Debs believed the struggle for black equality was critical to realizing the promise of socialism.