Category: Article
Crisis and the Global Factory at the US-Mexico Border
In light of the precarity of maquiladoras, Gabrielle Solis looks at the condition of workers along the border during the pandemic.
From “Class Suicide” to Working-Class Rebirth
Paul McLennan, a former STO member, describes his experience committing class suicide and industrializing in the American South in the 1970s
The Virus Infects Politics, Part Two
Philosopher Michael Bray provides us with six theses on social reproduction, biopolitical economies, and the legitimacy of states in the context of the current crisis.
The COVID-19 Crisis and the End of the “Low-skilled” Worker
Mark Bergfeld and Sara Farris on the COVID-19 crisis and its dismantling of hierarchies of skill as an opening for class struggle.
The Virus Infects Politics, Part One
Philosopher Michael Bray provides us with six theses on social reproduction, biopolitical economies, and the legitimacy of states in the context of the current crisis.
Leninism?
Charles Post asks what we should understand today by the term “Leninism”?
Is Bolsonaro About to Fall?
Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos argues that Bolsonaro’s political demise is on the horizon. In this first installment of his two-part essay, he explores the utility and limits of anticorruption discourse as it has been deployed by the Bolsonaro regime.
A COVID-19 Survival Guide
Kathleen Brown and Robin Zheng explain how socialists are fighting for life over profits in Southeastern Michigan.
Sexuality in a Lockdown
Colin Wilson on what COVID-19 reveals about the politics of sexuality, race, class, and gender for the future of LGBTQ liberation.
The Only Way Out of the Crisis Is to Fight for Open Borders
Justin Akers Chacón argues that all movements emanating from this crisis must begin with the call for open borders. What does this call mean in practical terms for the class struggle to come?