Introduction As obituaries for neoliberalism pile up on our nightstands and Antonio Gramsci’s adage that the old is dying and the new cannot be born appears newly profound, we turn to the past for direction. What successes should guide us? What can we learn from our...
Program of the Party for Socialism and Liberation
The Program of the Party for Socialism and Liberation was adopted by the First Party Congress of the PSL in February 2010, and amended in subsequent congresses in 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022. Part 1: The struggle for socialismPart 2: A revolutionary socialist...
“Shelby County v. Holder:” How the Supreme Court attacked Black voting rights
Editor’s note: Beginning with overturning Roe v. Wade, the ultra right-wing Supreme Court continues to attack hard-won and elementary democratic rights in the United States, from affirmative action to the Indian Child Welfare Act. The following article is the second...
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877: A militant legacy of workers’ struggle
Introduction In Joe Biden's statement supporting legislation to force egregious terms on railway workers, he framed his decision as one made in the interests of the country as a whole, as if the country was not overwhelmingly composed of the very working class he was...
Las causas principales de los ataques a los derechos reproductivos: Un análisis Marxista
Nota del editor: Esta es una traducción de un artículo originalmente publicado en la revista Breaking the Chains. Introducción Hace trece años, durante una reunión, un orador hizo hincapié en la importancia de votar por candidatos demócratas porque estaban a favor...
Haunted by the ghost of “Marbury v. Madison:” Judicial review and abolishing the Supreme Court
Editor’s note: Beginning with overturning Roe v. Wade, the ultra right-wing Supreme Court continues to attack hard-won and elementary democratic rights in the United States, from affirmative action to the Indian Child Welfare Act. The following article is the first in...
Video: “Socialist reconstruction in America”
Watch an insightful discussion about the Party for Socialism and Liberation's latest book, Socialist Reconstruction in America: A Better Future for the United States! The webinar, facilitated by Kym Smith, features contributors Ben Becker and Jodi Dean, as well as...
Of, by, and for the elite: The class character of the U.S. Constitution
Contrary to the mythology we learn in school, the founding fathers feared and hated the concept of democracy—which they derisively referred to as "tyranny of the majority." The constitution that they wrote reflects this, and seeks to restrict and prohibit involvement...
What does it take to make a socialist revolution?
Editor’s note: A Spanish translation of this article is available here. “The passing of state power from one class to another is the first, the principal, the basic sign of a revolution, both in the strictly scientific and in the practical political meaning of that...