Editor's note: This is the second entry in our two-part series on the politics of Salsa, the first of which was published on the 50th anniversary of the famous Fania All-Stars concert, “Live at Yankee Stadium.” Introduction Any discussion of the politics of Salsa has...
Introduction Lebanon is an Arab country of 5.5 million in Southwest Asia. Smaller than Connecticut, it is bordered on the north and east by Syria, on the south by occupied Palestine and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. This tiny country has had its striving for...
The following is the text of a speech Walter Rodney delivered 50 years ago at Queens College, New York, USA in 1975. Along with Cheddi Jagan’s article, “Pragmatism and rightist opportunism,” it was published in the 1986 pamphlet, Yes to Marxism! by the People's...
Socialist reconstruction can be purchased here. Preface Discuss the case being made in the opening paragraphs of the Preface for the need to build socialist consciousness in the U.S. Why is it argued that Socialist Reconstruction is an unorthodox text within...
Introduction A popular coal-miner’s riddle from the 1930s summarizes one of capitalism’s most visible and absurd contradictions. After a daughter asks her father why their home is so cold, he tells her they don’t have any money to purchase coal. He explains they don’t...
Nota del equipo editorial: Esta es una traducción del artículo “Caribbean resistance and the struggle for Black liberation“, puede encontrar la versión original aquí. El Agosto Negro es un momento para reflexionar sobre la lucha de liberación global que las personas...
A Spanish translation of this article is available here. Black August is a time to reflect on the global liberation struggle that Black people have waged for centuries. One region with a rich history of resistance is the Caribbean. Caribbean revolutionary history is...
This article, first published in August 2022, includes some slight edits, updated information, and added citations. Introduction In August 1619, enslaved Africans touched foot in the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States. The...
This article was originally published in Liberation News, July 5th, 2024. The ghost of “Tail-Gunner Joe” McCarthy is haunting the U.S. Congress. Republicans, in particular, during their various TikTok hearings, have resurrected some of his hallmarks in their...