“Although we are in essential agreement with Marx’s theory as it applied to the very specific economic relationships he analyzed, we know that his analysis must be extended further in order for us to understand our specific economic situation as Black women.” —the Combahee River Collective Statement, 1977 1 “The […]
Day: October 29, 2019
US social democracy and the Marxist left
Us history is full of examples of how revolutionaries abandoned their project and dissolved into reformist organizations. Max Shachtman’s Workers’ Party is one historical example.
Greece after Tsipras: a left defeated, the right in power, and the new offensive
Antonis Davanellos analyses the political situation in Greece following the parliamentary elections last July, which saw the return of the right to power, the defeat of Syriza, and the failure of Left.
Bhaskar Sunkara’s Socialist Manifesto
Bhaskar Sunkara, The Socialist Manifesto: A Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality, Verso, London, 2019.