Tag Archives: Marxism
Power to the Women and Therefore the Class: Bread and Roses / Pan y Rosas
Many women of a feminist and marxist perspective are gathering this weekend to educate each other and build solidarity/community amongst each other. We give a shout out to them all and must say that we are inspired by this crucial … Continue reading
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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
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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
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Introducing “The Magical Blue Pamphlet”
Capital and Today’s Crisis by Raya Dunayevskaya Millions of workers have been laid off since the 2007 crisis, creating a new political world where turbulence is to be expected in the coming period. A new generation of activists has been … Continue reading
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Dope Quote: Marx on Housing and Crisis
In light of another study showing the racialized impact of foreclosures on communities of color (where 17 percent of Latino homeowners, 11 percent of black homeowners and 7 percent of white homeowners were foreclosed), check out this dope quote from … Continue reading
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Between a Trot and a Hard Place: The Debate Within Our Movement
As we get further from March 4th and various groups put out their analysis, we see emerging differences in political line. Some of the primary differences we’ve seen emerge [discussed in our Post-March 4th analysis] stem from our criticisms of … Continue reading
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Critique of the Black Nation Thesis – Harry Chang
Big L writes: In light of the rich debate on the Fred Hampton: Marxist or Nationalist? blog (which actually derails from a discussion on Fred Hampton) folks should engage in this serious critique of the theory that sees black people … Continue reading
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Fred Hampton: Marxist or Nationalist?
Big L Writes: How can racial oppression and white supremacy be defeated? Is it through a nationalist struggle against a colonial enemy? Are these paradigms of struggle accurate and strategic enough in 2009? As far back as 1969 Fred Hampton saw the … Continue reading
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How Does Race relate to Class? A debate
Professor Adolph Reed Jr debates three other professors, Steven Gregory, Maurice Zeitlin and Ellen Meiksins Wood, about how race and class relate to each other. This debate represents a historical problem in the American Marxist movement. Many different progressive and … Continue reading
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Kwame Nkrumah: Marxist Pan Africanist
Some people claim Marxism is Eurocentric and inapplicable to other countries around the world. We disagree. Here is a piece written by a leading Pan-Africanist, (Kwame Nkrumah) who considered himself some kind of Marxist and is still seen by many … Continue reading
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