The Columbus Worker

Israel’s genocidal offensive in Gaza has triggered the largest and most militant expressions of support for Palestine in the United States to date. The Palestine movement has gained huge amounts of traction in the past year in response to heightened awareness of Israel’s brutal occupation and its et...

The period of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has initiated a breakthrough for support for Palestine within the United States. The U.S. government’s total bipartisan support for Israel, the advocacy of Zionists, and the ratcheting up of Islamophobia in the last two decades of the “War on Terror” has...

In a review of Beyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition by István Mészáros, I briefly mentioned his insights into why capitalism is so extremely wasteful is worthy of separate treatment. The present article probes into that issue.

Mészáros’s study points out that an integral part of capital...

Relief and excitement swept across Ohio once the results of the November 2023 state election poured in. It’s rare in Ohio, or really most of the country, that much of substance is actually at stake on the ballot. We’re all too used to elections where we only get to choose which representative of a c...

It's been over a month since we've released an official and general statement regarding our organizational status at the Ohio State University. This statement will fill in that gap with as much detail as is practical. For those who are more interested in the quick version of where we stand right now...

Note: this statement was a speech given by one of our members at a community vigil for Aaron Bushnell on March 1st.

The self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell has led millions to think through what his sacrifice means and what effect it has. In a certain way, Aaron’s sacrifice Aaron is normal for a...

On December 13th, the Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists (CORS) received notice that the Ohio State University Dean of Students had "determined that there is reasonable cause to believe your organization’s activities pose a significant risk of substantial harm to the safety or security of your o...

Written nearly a century ago, Lenin’s State and Revolution offers evergreen insights for socialists today. Alongside the renaissance in socialist politics in the US, there has been a renewed intrigue into what orientation towards the state socialists must adopt to achieve emancipatory ends. Wherea...

We have to admit there is something wrong in the Middle East. Israel was created by Western imperialism and maintained by Western fire power. We support the Palestinians' just struggle for liberation one hundred percent. We will go on doing this and we would like for all of the progressive people...

Why is Socialism Weak in the United States?

It has long been a popular observation that the socialist movement never took root in the United States as deeply as it has in other countries. This view is not entirely accurate — we have the history of the Socialist Party, the Industrial Workers of the...