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Black Nationalism and the Struggle for Self Determination
May 8, 2021
A Statement by Workers Action The Experience of Race The scourge of racism pervades our society, even as we step…
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Obama Snubs Africa, Then African Americans
May 8, 2021
Many people believed that after Bush had left the White House, rampant arrogance combined with stunning hypocrisy had also gone.…
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Justice Denied for Oscar Grant
May 8, 2021
Two years ago, with the election and inauguration of the first African American President, the corporate media in the U.S.…
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Why Mass Marches Still Matter: 2013’s March on Washington
May 7, 2021
In terms of the numbers it attracted, the August 24, 2013 March on Washington was an inspiring success. The question…
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Democrats versus Public Education
May 7, 2021
Public education in the United States is under heavy attack. And because a so-called “progressive” President is leading the charge,…
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A Curious New York Times Article on Teacher Evaluations
May 7, 2021
A recent New York Times article, “Curious Grade For Teachers: Nearly All Pass,” finds incredulous the idea that, “In Florida,…
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Marxism and Anarchism: The Philosophical Roots of the Marx-Bakunin Conflict
May 7, 2021
This article is available as a PDF. Please see the Publications page. This the first part of this article has been…
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A Short Introduction to Marx’s Das Kapital
May 7, 2021
Ann Robertson Marx’s analysis of capitalism, unlike bourgeois accounts, is conducted from a historical perspective. In other words, Marx was…
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Why Join a Revolutionary Socialist Party
May 7, 2021
Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer There are basically two benefits to being a member of a revolutionary party. The first,…
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Why Socialism?
May 7, 2021
Albert Einstein This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). Editor’s note: For compelling…