The Black Legion was a white supremacist fascist group headquartered in Lima, Ohio. It grew to hundreds of thousands of members in the 1930s and engaged in violent acts of racist terrorism. Its worst deeds are lost to memory, but they shouldn’t be.
Thousands of US Postal Service jobs are at stake under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s modernization plan, which would close 200 mail processing plants and funnel all mail to 60 mega-plants. Postal workers are organizing to stop the plan.
Donald Trump’s victory at the polls will inevitably reopen the “fascism debate.” But does a populist whose appeal cuts across diverse groups truly fit the fascist profile?
After the Axis powers’ defeat in World War II, many former Nazis and Vichyites recycled themselves as anti-communists. Jean-Marie Le Pen sought to rally such forces with radicalized conservatives in a common front against the red peril.
The struggle against Nazism in France was also a struggle against homegrown reactionary forces embodied in the Vichy regime. Eight decades after a seemingly decisive defeat, the heirs of Vichy are banging at the gates of power in Paris.
It was the apogee of "yacht rock," the ineluctable, smooth sound then dominant in southern California. Slick production, highly melodic music, and clean vocals were the hallmarks of the genre. Thematic concerns ranged from personal ads to margaritas.
The troublesome question of aging.
Was the mid-century dominance of southern Democrats essential to the defeat of Hitler and the triumph of American democracy?
A view inside C&S Wholesale Grocers, America’s secret corporate empire.
A continued lack of engagement with new members will quicken the death of teachers’ union locals across the country.
With next week’s gubernatorial endorsement, we may finally reach the limits of the Working Families Party’s “inside-outside” strategy.
On reactionary novelist James Ellroy and his Underworld USA trilogy’s surprising treatment of communism and anticommunism.
Much of the working class is being forced out into suburbia. We must adapt our organizing strategies to keep up.
Democracy isn’t a barrier to solving global issues like climate change. It's humanity’s best hope.
Syriza is the Left's best chance at success in a generation. But for socialists, the hard part starts after election day.
Progressive narratives about what's driving mass incarceration don't quite add up.
Social movements should focus on targeting corporations and oppressive institutions rather than politicians.
Ella Baker was one of the unsung leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. What can she teach us about movement-building today?
South Carolina's long history of racism and repression continues to haunt the state.