Daphne Lawless, “Realism in Revolt”
Peter Ranis, Grandin’s New View of the New World
Elizabeth Rapaport, The Ukrainian Military
Rather than endorsing one or the other elite faction, we must stand for the defense of Ukraine and of its democratic and social values.
The rise of Afrophobia in South Africa cannot be understood outside the context of deep inequality, unemployment, dispossession, political manipulation, and the failures of post-apartheid transformation.
The Northeast Los Angeles Alliance for Democracy held this webinar on June 21, 2026 with Iranian American, Cuban, Ukrainian American socialist feminist speakers. It was moderated by MaryLinda Moss of the NELA Alliance for
I have written this essay because I have been irked by the media’s discussion of whether or not our country has fulfilled the ideals of its founding fathers. So, I wished to clarify just what their ideals were.
Below are excerpts from Frieda Afary’s presentation to a webinar entitled “How to Be Anti-War in a Multipolar World” sponsored by the Northeast Los Angeles Alliance for
The late Italian Marxist Domenico Losurdo’s Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend exalts and even deifies the long-ruling Soviet despot Joseph Stalin (1924–1953). Indeed, the text’s cover and inside cover art strikingly depict Stalin with a halo, and
Gilbert Achcar argues that the Gaza genocide is a watershed in world history, representing the demise of the liberal illusion of a rules-based international order.
The Dominican Republic’s revolutionary left is caught in a continuous crisis at a time when the Dominican state is under the complete control of the capitalist class and the far right is on the rise both locally and internationally. Mostly
As the global right advances and socialists worldwide grapple with how to build left alternatives, Venezuela’s crisis raises fundamental strategic questions that extend beyond regional borders. The current political, economic, and social situation under Nicolás Maduro’s government represents one of
Paul Le Blanc recommends Douglas Greene’s latest book In Stalin’s Shadow, a critique of the new wave of Stalinist revisionism.
Michael Pröbsting criticizes distortion of the Marxist theory of imperialism today, which is used to justify support for imperialist states such as China and Russia.
A critical examination of Trotsky’s evolving views on revolutionary morality and democracy in revolutionary movements.
The discredit attained by the dominant parties, by the legislature, by the “politicians” and even “politics” itself, defined inaccurately, but viscerally despised by many people, recalls the concept of “organic crisis” advanced by the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci. Authors such
Marking an anniversary of a book’s publication is, appropriately, reserved for books that were widely read when they first appeared many years ago. Books we commemorate with an anniversary are ones that ushered in a new way of thinking and influenced the way society tries to make sense of the world. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community did neither of these things.
Heather Ann Thompson has written a magnificent history of the Attica Prison uprising, the deadliest prison rebellion in U.S. history.
Looking back on nearly 25 years of involvement in the LGBT movement, and 45+ years in the labor movement, I am struck by the way those paths have crossed, intertwined and separated over the long term.
