Between rhetoric and reality: Evaluating the Oakland teachers’ strike
Submitted by Scott Jay on Mar 7 2019 06:04
The budget cuts immediately following the Oakland teachers' strike raise important questions about the union's strategy.
Abolishing ICE by funding it
Submitted by Scott Jay on Jan 8 2019 05:42
In spite of promises to "Abolish ICE," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others voted to fund it on their very first day in office.
The socialist case for the INS?
Submitted by Scott Jay on Jul 5 2018 04:56
Many calls in the US to "abolish ICE", including from a recently elected socialist, are actually calls to return to the notorious immigration police of the last century.
Political repression beyond the baton
Submitted by Scott Jay on Mar 23 2017 19:10
Mike King's new book, When Riot Cops Are Not Enough, describes how movements are repressed when overt police violence is unsuccessful
A blueprint for a party of an old type
Submitted by Scott Jay on Nov 27 2016 17:54
A Blueprint for a New Party recently published in Jacobin Magazine is more of a strategy for campaigning for Democrats than a path to strengthening social movements.
The real problem with Jill Stein
Submitted by Scott Jay on Aug 16 2016 03:58
Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for President, has come under widespread attack from Hillary Clinton's unscrupulous supporters, but the real problem with Stein is how and why she became the most prominent left-wing candidate in the first place.
The Oakland police cannot be reformed
Submitted by Scott Jay on Jul 31 2016 02:39
The Oakland Police cannot be reformed partly because reformers are not even willing to fight for incremental change
Electoral politics is not a gateway drug
Rather than leading to more militant and radical forms of resistance, electoral politics typically leads only to more electoral politics.
The postmodern left and the success of neoliberalism
The international Left promotes its own image rather than engaging in the bitter reality of resistance against neoliberalism. It does not need to believe in postmodernism because it is postmodernism.
Snitches get Pulitzers
Submitted by Scott Jay on Nov 11 2015 05:19
Journalists document social movements solely to advance their careers, but their work often helps the police and employers target people who take direct action
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