Tag: Anti-capitalism
Get Their Knees Off Our Necks
Haley Pessin’s speech for Juneteenth 2020 addressing Amazonians United, rank and file workers at Amazon.
A Message from Walter Rodney
Robert Cuffy gives a speech at a march in New York City on Juneteenth, drawing on the words of Guyanese revolutionary Walter Rodney.
Defunding the Police Means Transforming Our Society
Gerald Smith speaks at today’s Juneteenth West Coast port shutdown against racist police violence, continuing the ILWU’s long history of waging antiracist struggles as class struggles.
Bartending in the Apocalypse
Interview with James Brooke about his graphic vignettes from Bartending the Apocalypse, and excerpts from the work. More available on Instagram: @bartendingintheapocalypse
Agents of Repression
Cinzia Arruzza uses a thought experiment to argue that the police don’t deserve the protections of working class solidarity.
For a Grad Workers’ Strike
Eli B. Lichstenstein argues that graduate workers must be at the forefront of a strike against cops, austerity, and the capitalist university.
Theses on the Uprising
Spectre’s editorial statement on the ongoing uprising: unconditional support for the rebellion and victory to those in the streets! When we decide that we will decide, a new epoch is on the horizon.
Fifteen Notes on Sixty Days of Pandemic and Economic Depression in Brazil
Valério Arcary, Brazilian historian and PSOL militant, puts forward fifteen theses on the limits and opportunities in a conjuncture marked by multiple nested crises in his country
Infectious Optimism
Dan Boscov-Ellen writes about the limits of reform to stave off climate change, and proposes radical alternatives.
Class Organization and Rupture on the Terrain of Housing
Justin Gilmore, an organizer with the Oakland-based Tenant and Neighborhood Councils (TANC), argues for a focus on base-building instead of service and advocacy.