History and Traditions

Interview: Siddique Abdullah Hasan

When Lucasville rose up

A prisoner who took part in the Lucasville prison rebellion describes how inmates organized and the legacy of the revolt today. April 17, 2018
Comment: Danny Katch

Why workers have the power to change society

When working people organize collectively, they have their best hope to win change, and they provide a glimpse of how society could be different. April 11, 2018
Comment: Khury Petersen-Smith

1968: When King's murder set off the uprisings

If the year 1968 marked a turning point for struggles worldwide, April 4 and the murder of Martin Luther King was a turning point within the year. April 4, 2018
Comment: Jeff Stilley

When workers shut down Kansas City

One hundred years ago this week, workers in Kansas City organized a general strike that showed the power of class solidarity. March 29, 2018
Comment: Paul D'Amato

What lessons to take from farmer-labor parties?

The history of the farmer-labor parties shows the problems with a strategy of trying to implode the two-party system "from within." March 20, 2018
Review: Paul Buhle

Uncovering a C.L.R. James treasure trove

A republished collection of masterful essays by C.L.R. James will introduce a new generation to a giant of history and Marxism. March 19, 2018
Interview: Samuel Farber

The message of the Free Speech Movement

A participant in the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley in 1964 discusses its lessons for today's struggle for free speech. March 13, 2018
Comment: Elizabeth Schulte

The heights of solidarity at Blair Mountain

The West Virginia teachers gave us a lesson in class struggle, but their miner ancestors taught an equally defiant one a century ago. March 9, 2018
Comment: Nate Moore

Is Marxism only about exploitation?

Because struggles against exploitation and oppression shape each other in many ways, one can't be won without waging the other. March 9, 2018
Obituary: Bill Pelz

An unflinching commitment to democracy

The work of a long-time Chicago socialist reflected a commitment to illuminating our history and the fight for workers' democracy. February 13, 2018
Comment: Brian Jones

A strike for dignity and civil rights in Memphis

Fifty years ago, African American sanitation workers in Memphis began a strike that is now remembered as Martin Luther King Jr.'s last struggle. February 12, 2018
Comment: Eric Ruder

1968: Tet and the watershed in Vietnam

Fifty years ago, an offensive by the armed forces of Vietnamese people fighting for national liberation turned the tide decisively against the U.S. war. January 30, 2018
Comment: Neil Davidson

Leon Trotsky, the historian

Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution commands respect as both a work of history and a rigorous elaboration of Marxist theory. January 24, 2018
Comment: Nicole Colson

The Man in Black goes to Folsom

Fifty years ago, Johnny Cash played two concerts at Folsom Prison that changed music and cemented his place as an advocate for the oppressed. January 12, 2018
Review: Isaac Kreisman

The fable of localism

A former ski coach and radio personality living in rural Vermont is the unlikely hero of climate activist Bill McKibben's novel. January 9, 2018
Comment: Alan Maass

1968: The year that changed everything

The struggles that came to a head or reached a turning point around the world 50 years ago were a profound challenge to a society of rulers and ruled. January 3, 2018
Comment: Todd Chretien

Lessons from a road trip down Route 1917

The editor of a new book on the Russian Revolution reflects on the meaning of 1917 as we confront the menace of capitalism in the time of Trump. December 22, 2017
Comment: Danny Katch

Why they still need their big lies about socialism

In response to revived interest in socialism, right-wing ideologues are recycling old slanders about communism. What does today's left have to say? December 1, 2017
Book excerpt: Albert Rhys Williams

The red convicts of Cherm

An American journalist in Russia during the revolution describes a visit to a penal colony that was transformed by workers' power. November 27, 2017
Comment: Jess Melvin

U.S. complicity in a genocide in Indonesia

Recently released documents provide new and damning evidence of Washington's role in the slaughter of communists in Indonesia. November 22, 2017
Review: Joe Richard

A union that defied an era of retreat

A new book explains why a left-led union of hosiery workers grew and thrived in the 1920s, a time of retreat for organized labor. November 9, 2017
Book excerpt: Albert Rhys Williams

The taking of the Winter Palace

The old order's last holdouts surrendered at the Tsar's palace in Petrograd--which was protected as the property of all the people. November 8, 2017
Book excerpt: Albert Rhys Williams

Making a new date in history

An American journalist who witnessed the Russian Revolution describes the day when a workers' government was finally achieved. November 7, 2017
Obituary: Dennis Banks

A fighter against oppression to his last breath

The co-founder of the American Indian Movement lived a long and amazing life that leaves behind a legacy of struggle. November 6, 2017
Comment: Gilbert Achcar

Zionism, anti-Semitism and Lord Balfour

One hundred years ago, Britain's Lord Balfour pledged support for Palestine as a "national home for the Jewish people." November 6, 2017

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