Archives: Online Posts
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.
On Class Suicide
A younger comrade interviews Paul McLennan on the continuing relevance of his experience industrializing in the 1970s
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.
Class, Race, and Radicalism in the Twentieth Century US South
Charles Post interviews Michael Goldfield about his new book The Southern Key.
NYC DOE: The Death of Educators
John Wilson, a NYC high school teacher, reports on the Department of Education’s deadly response to COVID-19, and the extreme attack on public education amidst the pandemic.
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.
Teaching Through a Pandemic (With Very Little Help)
Flavia D’angeli, an Italian teacher and feminist, discusses the politics of COVID-19.
Leninism?
Charles Post asks what we should understand today by the term “Leninism”?