When St Louis Workers Seized Their City
At the collapse of Reconstruction, black Americans and workers of all races found themselves facing an increasingly authoritarian capitalist political order. In response, they took over St Louis.
4 Article(s) by: Marshall Pierce
Marshall Pierce is a doctoral candidate in political theory at the University of Chicago.
The Social Forces Behind the MAGA Coalition
The glue that holds Donald Trump’s coalition together is not ideological coherence but a volatile compound of empire, spectacle, and grievance. Understanding these tensions helps explain both MAGA’s successes and its weaknesses.
Fascism Destroyed Italy’s Socialist City Halls
After World War I, Italian Socialists built an impressive array of welfare programs, schools, and libraries in cities. Fascist backlash soon revealed the limits of their strength.
When Fascism Destroyed Italy’s Socialist City Halls
After World War I, city hall Socialists around Italy built an impressive array of welfare programs, schools, and libraries. The Fascist backlash soon showed the limits of their strength and the impossibility of relying on urban citadels of power alone.