Slavery, War, and Revolution
Marx’s Civil War writings wrestle with many of the issues that plague today’s left.
19514 Articles by: Karl Leffme
Karl Leffme is a socialist in New York CIty.
Dialectical Enlightenment
The socialist project isn’t to rebel against the values of liberty, equality, and fraternity, but to show how capitalism is incapable of fulfilling them.
Not Just Nuns
Catholic activists like Maura Clarke, an American nun assassinated by a Salvadoran death squad in 1980, transformed missionary work into anti-imperialist solidarity.
Rebuilding a Workers’ Movement
A new labor federation in South Africa promises to resist the country’s neoliberal kleptocracy, but it faces an uphill battle.
The Privatization Prophets
For years, millionaires and religious zealots have teamed up to preach “school choice” in an effort to dismantle public education.
Finland’s Revolution
The forgotten Finnish Revolution has perhaps more lessons for us today than events in 1917 Russia.
The Struggle for the Congo
Joseph Kabila’s second term as Democratic Republic of Congo president was supposed to end last November, but he’s still clinging to power, despite massive resistance.
Why Is Venezuela Spiraling Out of Control?
Opposition violence and the government’s increasing authoritarianism are both to blame.
The FBI Is Not Your Friend
There’s nothing to celebrate about the FBI — it isn’t, nor has it ever been, a guardian of democracy.
Colombia’s Christian Alt-Right
In Colombia, Internet personalities and religious leaders mobilize opposition to the peace process by drumming-up fears of sexual diversity and “gender ideology.”
Picking up the Threads of Struggle
Two years ago, the Baltimore Uprising pointed the way towards a new, militant antiracist struggle. Today, the young movement must adapt to the Trump era.
Class Struggle Trumps Hate
The Momentive strike proved that when workers take collective action, the politics of Trumpism can be overcome.
The Work in Sex Work
Sex workers are like any other member of the working class — they’re just trying to get by in the face of an unjust economic system.
Yemen’s Disaster
Yemen had the longest and deepest Arab Spring — why did the country collapse into civil war?
Still Not an Activist
Hillary Clinton is rebranding herself as an activist. Don’t be fooled.
A Politics of Solidarity
Solidarity between Muslim and Latino communities is crucial to building the kind of movement that can defeat Trump.
From February to October
In the standard account, February was the good revolution and October was the extremist one. But events in Russia were far more complex than that.
The National Front Isn’t Dead
The French left shouldn’t rest easy — Marine Le Pen hasn’t been vanquished.
The Market Theocracy
The Handmaid’s Tale is less a dystopian nightmare about Trump’s America than a comforting fiction we tell ourselves.
No Third Way for the Planet
An environmentalism that can actually save the planet must do battle with corporations. Mainstream environmental groups have done the opposite.