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From the Editors
by Saulo Colón, Nancy Holmstrom, Dan La Botz, Jason Schulman, and Julia Wrigley | Summer 2018 |
After protests and occupations temporarily shut down ICE offices, Donald Trump suffered a significant political defeat when he was forced to reverse himself on separating immigrant children from their parents after they were arrested at the border. By and large, people were horrified at the separation of kids from their families and at the creation of what were basically prison camps for children. Polls showed that only about a quarter of the U.S. population supported Trump on this child-hostage policy, though about half of Republicans did.
Democracy and Ecological Crisis
by Nancy Holmstrom June 12, 2018 |
Last fall 15,000 scientists issued a second dire notice to humanity that we are on a collision course with the limits of our planet. They concluded, “To prevent widespread misery, humanity must practice a more environmentally sustainable alternative to business as usual,” including “reassess[ing]... the role of an economy rooted in growth.” That means that we have to challenge capitalism; there is no capitalism without growth. Rosa Luxemburg’s statement on the eve of World War I that the choice is between socialism or barbarism was never more true. But today our struggle is about our very existence.
Developing Marx’s Mode of Production Theory
by Nancy Holmstrom May 29, 2018 |
It is not surprising that Karl Marx is having a comeback today, after the 2008 financial crisis, the growing awareness of capitalism’s propensity to crises and ecological problems, and the fact that global inequality has increased to an obscene degree – all of which Marx foresaw.
Exploitation and Modes of Production
by Nancy Holmstrom | Winter 2018 |
The mode-of-production concept that Marx develops in Capital (although the idea is present earlier) is the essential methodological tool for understanding history, different societies, and the possibilities for social change.
From the Editors
by Saulo Colón, Nancy Holmstrom, Dan La Botz, Jason Schulman, and Julia Wrigley | Winter 2018 |
We wish our readers a Happy New Year, though we know that you take little joy in it, politically speaking. If we take no joy, we do sometimes find humor in President Donald J. Trump’s proclamations by Twitter, such as his claim that he is a “stable genius.” The current debate revolves around which of those two words is more ridiculous.
From the Editors
by Saulo Colón, Nancy Holmstrom, Dan La Botz, Jason Schulman, and Julia Wrigley | Summer 2017 |
Since Donald Trump has taken up residence in the White House, the country has faced a series of political controversies, a barrage of right-wing legislative and regulatory initiatives, a growing far-right movement, but also a broadening resistance from various sectors of society.
TIAA Accused of Land Grabs, Human Rights Violations, Environmental Destruction
by Nancy Holmstrom February 17, 2017 |
No one wants their retirement to be financed by companies involved in human rights violations and environmental destruction. But that is exactly what is happening to those of us with retirement funds invested in TIAA.
From the Editors
by Julia Wrigley and Dan La Botz and Nancy Holmstrom and Saulo Colón | Winter 2017 |
The inauguration of Donald Trump as the president of the United States opens what we fear will be one of the darkest and most dangerous periods in American history since the founding of this journal in 1961.
Women's March 2017: The Birth Of a New Women's Movement (?)
by Nancy Holmstrom January 26, 2017 |
I came back when the Women’s March in D.C. exhausted but thrilled, convinced that we are seeing the birth of a new women’s movement. Hearing about all the other Women’s Marches around the world only confirmed that impression. The size, the inclusiveness, the defiant but good-humored spirit and the progressive politics make me very optimistic.
Trump Takes Office, Resistance Takes to the Streets
by Jason Schulman and Joanne Landy and Dan La Botz and Nancy Holmstrom and Michael Hirsch and Thomas Harrison and Barry Finger and Saulo Colón | Winter 2017 |
Donald Trump takes office on January 20, setting up the most right-wing, racist government in modern American history, but he will not go unchallenged. That challenge is already in motion.
Feminisms of the Left
by Nancy Holmstrom | Summer 2016 |
This essay was originally a talk at the conference held at the New School for Social Research on April 21-22, 2016.
From the Editors
by Julia Wrigley and Jason Schulman and Dan La Botz and Nancy Holmstrom and Saulo Colón | Summer 2016 |
We have had an extraordinary presidential primary in 2016: in addition to the establishment candidate, Hillary Clinton, we have an authoritarian demagogue, Donald Trump, who has unleashed a reactionary rage which harkens back to fascism, and another, Bernie Sanders, who calls himself a democratic socialist.
From the Editors
by Julia Wrigley and Jason Schulman and Dan La Botz and Nancy Holmstrom and Saulo Colón | Winter 2016 |
In this issue we are proud to present a previously unpublished lecture by C.L.R. James, the noted Afro-Caribbean Marxist intellectual. His discussion of Oliver Cox’s book Caste, Class, and Race, first published in 1948, brings an historic Black socialist voice to illuminate some of the issues that face our own times and the demand that Black Lives Matter.
NYC Day of Climate Protests a Step Forward
by Nancy Holmstrom October 18, 2015 |
The last protest of the day of the New York City Climate Protests was at a Broadway theatre where Gov. Cuomo was scheduled to attend. It was a spirited demonstration complete with a little orchestra and playful costumes focused on persuading Cuomo to veto the Port Ambrose Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant off the coast of Long Island right near JFK airport. Opponents argue that it is very dangerous security risk, terrible for the environment, and would kill the chance for a 700-megawatt wind farm that would create 17,000 local jobs.
Debt Forgiveness: Who Owes Whom for What?
by Nancy Holmstrom February 26, 2015 |
The lion’s share of indebtedness in this world is invalid and immoral. Forgiveness is not what is called for; it’s liberation.
Talk of a “debt jubilee” leaves open whether the debts are valid or not, but talking about debt forgiveness raises the question of whether a debt is valid from a moral point of view.