Category: Article
“The Greatest New York City Mayor of All Time”
Keith Rosenthal looks back on the historical record of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in order to reexamine the relationship between social movements and their elected officials.
Jeffrey Epstein
Andrew Osborne analyzes the social dynamics that made Jeffrey Epstein an indispensable exemplar of the logic of capitalist appropriation before, ultimately, rendering him redundant.
Israel Is the Prison
Dania Rajendra and Dan Berger write about the connections between anticarceral struggle, both in the United States and Palestine.
There Are No Ceasefires on Stolen Land
Tithi Bhattacharya challenges recent criticisms of the Palestinian solidarity movement from Eric Blanc, Bashir Abu-Manneh, and Hoda Mitwally, arguing that our movement need not embrace Liberal Zionism.
Class Revenge Fanfiction
Tish Turl writes about the anticapitalist class politics of fanfiction.
Blood on My Hands
Convicted of aiding and abetting a murder, Mithrellas Curtis reflects on how her codefendant’s violence permanently branded her a “violent felon,” exposing the injustice of a system that punishes people not for their actions but for their proximity to another’s crime.
The Abolitionist Labor Politics of California’s Incarcerated Firefighters
Reflecting on the use of incarcerated firefighters today, Abby Cunniff takes a historical look on the radical politics of their counterparts in the 1970s.
Lessons from the Air Canada Strike
John Clarke argues for a rank-and-file movement to break combat back-to-work legislation.
Fighting the Empire
Occasioned by the release of Andor, Jonathan Brown reflects on the class politics of the Star Wars media empire and capitalism’s cultural logic.
Lube
Inspired by Adam Hanieh’s Crude Capitalism, Alan Sears reflects on the influence of oil-centered capitalist development on our erotic lives.