Category Archives: History
The Day April 29, 1992 Took Over; the LA Riots and The Music to Come Out of Them
20 years ago today, there was a nation-wide rebellion against the police and private ownership of property. The incident that sparked this rebellion was the innocent verdict given to the Los Angeles Police Department pigs who beat Rodney King nearly … Continue reading
Filed under History, Racial Unity in the Class Struggle
Queer Liberation and Class Struggle Case Study: The Welsh Miner’s Strike
Can you imagine a 100% male industry of miners acting in solidarity with communities of gays and lesbians? Can you imagine them dancing in queer spaces together, learning about each other over a beer? Can you imagine these men marching … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis/Theory, History
What Communists Can Learn From Native Struggle: Sogorea Te and Primitive Accumulation
Driving North from Oakland, past West Berkeley’s smokestacks and Richmond’s industrial warehouses, you eventually cross the Carquinez bridge to the first city in what is referred locally as the North Bay – Vallejo, “The City of Opportunity.” Vallejo is known … Continue reading
Filed under Bay Area Class Struggle, Colonialism, News Analysis, Resistance News
Once More on Unions . . . Steveo’s reply
Editor’s Note: Just to clarify: Steve-O’s position on unions does not represent Advance the Struggle’s official line. The process of developing programmatic approaches towards concrete realities of capitalism such as unions is something which is not cut and dry, and … Continue reading
Filed under Bay Area Class Struggle, US Labor
Lessons from Domitila’s Experience
The following is less of a book review and more of an interpretation of the lessons which Domitila Barrios De Chungara’s classic autobiography, Let Me Speak, can teach us as a new generation of revolutionaries. It was written by a … Continue reading
Filed under book review, Colonialism, History
Unionism IS a Lost Cause
Steve-o’s post from yesterday raised some important questions regarding the approach Marxist militants take towards understanding and orienting towards the unionized sectors of the American working class. A reader recommended that we post Loren Goldner’s essay on the questions of … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis/Theory, Uncategorized, US Labor
Unionism not a Lost Cause
It is settled: all proletarians can become conscious of their broad, internationalist interests and act in solidarity in militant fashion. Continue reading
Filed under Analysis/Theory, Bay Area Class Struggle, US Labor, Videos
Jazz and the Class Struggle
The Fillmore District in San Francisco was at one time known as “the Harlem of the West Coast.” Its Black population was the base for a vibrant jazz scene that was at the vanguard of a revolutionary culture. Jazz was … Continue reading
Filed under Bay Area Class Struggle, History, Resistance News
200 Years of Imperialism in 4 Minutes
CAPITALIST uneven development – imperialism – speaks for its racist self. … a large proportion of the so-called underdeveloped countries are in total stagnation, and… in some of them the rate of economic growth is lower than that of the … Continue reading
Filed under Colonialism, Videos
Native Blood: The Myth of Thanksgiving
One of the obligations of organizers, revolutionaries, activists, militants is to try the best we can to bring our politics into our everyday relationships. Easier said than done, right? The holiday season in the US is ideologically potent; a lot … Continue reading
Forgotten Classic: Workers’ Movements in the United States Confront Imperialism
The Progressive Era Experience by David Montgomery. This was the subject of one of Advance the Struggle’s first posts, which was reported to be viewed by only one person. How is that possible? It demands a re-release! As a … Continue reading
