A lot of people think of farmers as working class but don’t let the big trucks and boots fool you. A lot of farms are owned by large companies or families with generational wealth who make their profit exploiting the low paid farm workers who are the ones actually getting their hands dirty.
Even on a good day Hollywood would not allow both sides of the coin to be shown on screen at the same time, as Capital knows what it can allow anti-capitalist art to show, as well as what it can’t.
Unopposed elections are why Republicans keep dragging the state further red without even trying. If we refuse to field candidates, we aren’t starving the establishment. We are literally handing them the keys to the state.
The Socialist Party in Cleveland regularly celebrated May Day, with the largest such celebration in 1919.
In today’s “rough and rash” political environment where debate amongst the broader left tends to be fought in the heavily polemicized social media thunderdome we should actively work within ourselves to approach disagreement with the understanding of mutual interest.
The working class acting together in solidarity has ended authoritarian governments, improved the lives of millions of union workers, and spurred some of America’s most necessary changes such as civil rights legislation, expanded healthcare coverage, and child labor laws.
With the next “No Kings” protest happening on 3/28, our comrade Kevin N reflects on his history in the protest activist scene and its successes and shortcomings as an organizing tool.
An article examining ICE and DHS surveillance technology, which argues that expanding digital monitoring systems have dramatically increased the state’s capacity to track, profile, and control immigrant communities, raising urgent concerns about civil liberties and the normalization of mass surveillance.
Previous entries — Part One, Introduction; Part Two, Electoral Politics; Part Three, Labor; Part Four, Diversity in the SPA The 1910s were a period of opportunity for socialist organizing across the world, and represented the peak of mass membership in socialist organizations in the United States. The country’s economic inequality was becoming more salient, with … Read more
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