Theory
All Things Dialectical
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...
Motivation to read and study Beyond Capital by István Mészáros
On more than one occasion I’ve heard the story about the morning of July 19, 1979, when the Sandanistas (FSLN) walked into the capital city Managua. They are said to have turned to each other and asked, “Now what do we do?”
They ha...
Understanding Fascism
Given the ubiquity of accusations of fascism in contemporary political discourse, it’s important we begin our analysis of fascism with a working definition. Fascism is, at its core, one of capitalism's modes of self-preservation in times of deep crisis. It presents itself as...
It was a hot evening in Columbus, Ohio on June 2nd of 2020. That day was the sixth consecutive day of protest as incited by the murder of George Floyd, and the streets of downtown were full of people, though the crowd was still significantly sparser than it had been during the past week. The peopl...
“The human condition is less illuminated by the situation of privileged humans than by the situation of its oppressed majority, and it is here that we must begin our quest.” -Charles W. Mills, Unwriting and Unwhitening the World (2015)
“Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can with confiden...
