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In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle of Academic Freedom Edited by Michael Atzmon, John Cheney-Lippold, Gary D. Krenz, Melanie S. Tanielian Michigan Publishing: Disobedience Press, 2026, 198 pages, $24.95 paperback. AMID MOUNTING AUTHORITARIANISM on U.S. college campuses in the last few years, lessons from America’s history of anti-left, anti-socialist state… Continue reading Remembering a Resister

The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon’s Enduring Impact on America By Mark Whitaker 448 pages, Simon & Shuster, May 2025, $31 hardcover. i?The Last Year of Malcolm X and edited other speeches and writings of Malcolm X for the party’s publishing house Pathfinder Press. I knew George and we had many discussions… Continue reading Malcolm as Revolutionary and Icon

Teamster Rank and File Power, Bureaucracy and Rebellion at Work By Samuel R. Friedman First edition: Columbia University Press, 1982. New edition: Routledge, 2026, 314 pages, $61.99 paperback. DID YOU KNOW that in the 1950s and 1960s, members of Local 208 of the Teamsters union in Los Angeles won substantial power on the job, and… Continue reading The Rise and Fate of a Movement

The Young Person’s Illustrated Guide to American Fascism By Sue Coe and Stephen F. Eisenman OR Books, 2025, 180 pages, $23 paperback. WITH MY OWN youth rapidly fading, I am not the target audience for Sue Coe and Stephen F. Eisenman’s The Young Person’s Illustrated Guide to American Fascism. Still, the title conjured up images… Continue reading Fighting Fascism: An Unequal Guide

Across the United States tent encampments set up by students in solidarity with the victims of Israeli bombing in Gaza were forcibly destroyed. “Campus free speech” is a cynical right-wing mantra while imposing political repression and intimidation. JIM WEST THE MOST RECENT assault on U.S. higher education did not begin with Trump’s second inauguration in… Continue reading Past to Present and Possible Futures(1)

ABRA QUINN WAS a lifelong socialist; she was involved in organizing social movements from anti-apartheid and Central America solidarity to the antiwar movement. She died in her home in San Leandro, California, in October 2025, after a recurrence of endometrial cancer. She is deeply missed. One of Abra’s legacies as a socialist is her unique… Continue reading Abra Quinn (1966-2025)

SINCE DONALD TRUMP returned to office, a series of shocking far-right disasters have snowballed. These include open violations of international law under the banner of “anti-drug” operations, a “decapitation strike” to intervene in Venezuela and arrest President Maduro, along with threats to seize Greenland, and launching his “excursion” in Iran. His pursuit of racist policies… Continue reading U.S. vs. China Hegemony in Taiwan

Democratic Socialists of America–backed challengers for Congress have already notched three wins in primary elections this year. In Colorado’s elections tomorrow, Melat Kiros is hoping to join the growing bloc of socialists on Capitol Hill.

I’ve lived In Tracy for 30 years. I’ve watched our town grow from a handful to more than 100,000 residents. Yet, when I logged onto energy.gov to research the government’s plan to restart industrial-scale plutonium bomb core production, I read that the nuclear weapons location in our backyard, Site 300, is a “remote experimental testing facility.”

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Hundreds of workers across Mexico who provide rides and deliveries through apps held a two-hour work stoppage last month demanding fair rates, an end to unjustified deactivations, and ultimately a collective labor agreement with app giants like Uber.

Electrifying everything sounds like the obvious path off fossil fuels, but it requires critical minerals we can’t source quickly enough. Alternative technologies and interventions can cut emissions faster, cheaper, and without mineral bottlenecks.

Pharmacy benefit managers sit at the center of a four-way transaction between patients, insurers, drug manufacturers, and pharmacies. They’ve figured out how to skim profit from every single one of those relationships, explains Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

Billionaire wealth has doubled in five years, and there’s a growing movement to tax it. But there’s a problem: the fate of a national wealth tax may ultimately hinge on a few words buried in an arcane passage in the Constitution.

The growing sovereign citizen movement reflects an America that has lost faith in its democratic institutions.

Leading historian Omer Bartov has called Israel’s crimes in Gaza a genocide. In an interview, he explains that Zionist radicalization is rooted not just in recent events but also in fundamental choices made when Israel was created.

by Layne Hartsell, Max Wilbert and Ntafakabirhi-Aganze Clovis

The article examines the growing global race for lithium in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its implications for local communities, ecosystems, and international politics. It traces how rising demand for batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage is intensifying competition among major powers, including the United States, Europe, and China. The authors place the current mineral boom within the broader history of colonialism, conflict, and unequal exchange in the Congo, and argue that the pursuit of a so-called green transition risks deepening environmental destruction and social upheaval without fundamental changes in consumption and development models.

by Khwezi Mabasa

South Africa’s growing anti-migrant movement blames Black African migrants for unemployment, crime, and strained public services, despite limited evidence supporting these claims. Khwezi Mabasa argues that the country’s deep economic inequalities are rooted in decades of deindustrialization, labor market precarity, and policy choices rather than migration. Drawing on research and labor data, the article examines how migrants occupy a small share of the workforce and are often concentrated in insecure, low-paid jobs. It calls for evidence-based reforms aimed at expanding employment, strengthening labor protections, and addressing the structural causes of exclusion and inequality.

by Nirmal Gorana, Gig and Platform Service Workers Union

The Gig & Platform Service Workers Union (GIPSWU) argues that the new international convention on platform work falls short of workers’ demands for enforceable rights and accountability. While acknowledging issues such as unsafe work, algorithmic control, misclassification, and inadequate social protection, the union says the framework leaves too much to national laws and future implementation. It warns that exclusions, weak obligations, and reliance on ratification could limit its impact. GIPSWU calls for stronger national legislation, collective bargaining rights, wage protection, social security, data rights, and safeguards against arbitrary deactivation and termination.