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Black Nationalism and the Struggle for Self Determination
A Statement by Workers Action The Experience of Race The scourge of racism pervades our society, even as we step into the 21st century, although not in the…
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Obama Snubs Africa, Then African Americans
Many people believed that after Bush had left the White House, rampant arrogance combined with stunning hypocrisy had also gone. Events have proven otherwise. A recent speech delivered…
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Justice Denied for Oscar Grant
Two years ago, with the election and inauguration of the first African American President, the corporate media in the U.S. was giddy with excitement that America had entered…
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Why Mass Marches Still Matter: 2013’s March on Washington
In terms of the numbers it attracted, the August 24, 2013 March on Washington was an inspiring success. The question remains, however, how politically effective was it? In…
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Democrats versus Public Education
Public education in the United States is under heavy attack. And because a so-called “progressive” President is leading the charge, many education activists have been lulled to sleep…
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A Curious New York Times Article on Teacher Evaluations
A recent New York Times article, “Curious Grade For Teachers: Nearly All Pass,” finds incredulous the idea that, “In Florida, 97 percent of teachers were deemed effective or…
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Marxism and Anarchism: The Philosophical Roots of the Marx-Bakunin Conflict
This article is available as a PDF. Please see the Publications page. This the first part of this article has been translated into Greek and Italian. Introduction Again, I’m not enough of…
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A Short Introduction to Marx’s Das Kapital
Ann Robertson Marx’s analysis of capitalism, unlike bourgeois accounts, is conducted from a historical perspective. In other words, Marx was keenly aware that during the march of history,…
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Why Join a Revolutionary Socialist Party
Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer There are basically two benefits to being a member of a revolutionary party. The first, an educational benefit, plays out on several different…
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Why Socialism?
Albert Einstein This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). Editor’s note: For compelling background on the FBI’s 22-year investigation of Albert…