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Blacks joined the unions as they spread during the 1930s labor upsurge as a way to fight desperate poverty and racism.
Fifty years ago, students at San Francisco State were fighting racism and repression during the longest student strike in U.S. history.
The term "exploitation" conjures images of sweatshops, but Marxists have a broader understanding that applies to the whole working class.
Historical materialism is the cornerstone of Karl Marx's theories and views--but how does this concept help us explain the world?
Intersectionality is defined in very different ways, but the concept as developed by Black feminists can help advance Marxist theory and practice.
Are third parties irresponsible "spoilers"? Or a necessary part of challenging a spoiled system? Keith Rosenthal and Alan Maass look back at history for some answers. FOR MANY people, third-party ...
Women are primarily responsible for labor in the sphere of reproduction--creating and sustaining the working class--at almost no cost to the system.
THE MARK Twain we learned about in school is a less than inspiring figure: Twain, the children's author of riverside idylls; Twain, the bitter misanthrope who lashed out at society because of his ...
Thursday April 11 2013 How did 'democratic centralism' become 'democratic centralism'? Lars T Lih looks at the changing use of the phrase by the Bolsheviks Vladimir Nevsky (1876-1937) lived the ...
The takeover of urban neighborhoods isn't the result of lifestyle changes, but capitalism's relentless pursuit of profit.
What explains the victory of right-wing Republican Richard Nixon in the 1968 presidential election — at the end of a revolutionary year?
The left debate is posed as either support for slavery reparations or an alternative, socialist solution. But why should it be an either/or choice?