Haiti: From colonial debt to reparations
In the vast history of imperialist exploitation, few episodes match the depravity of Haiti’s debt of independence. Military blackmail of a small country by a…
In the vast history of imperialist exploitation, few episodes match the depravity of Haiti’s debt of independence. Military blackmail of a small country by a…
Spring Magazine is proud to announce the launch of the Spring Podcast. This is a podcast that aims to connect socialist ideas with action and…
In response to the corporatization of pride and pink-washing of police, we should learn from Marxist feminism and adopt Marxist principles into queer theory. We should reject corporations and cops, support anti-capitalism and abolition, and build movements that combine Black liberation, women’s liberation and queer liberation. And like Marsha P. Johnson, be prepared to throw bricks when the time comes.
Whichever party wins this election, the problems of Canadian capitalism will not disappear, especially those that have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
No matter how much times passes, or how often history is declared to have ended, the debate over socialist strategy and organization always returns. This…
In the last few weeks, Cubans have poured out into the streets in relatively large numbers denouncing scarce access to food, medicine, and other necessities…
Our individual ‘choices’ didn’t get us here, the system did. The extractive nature baked into capitalism makes it impossible for any meaningful changes to occur so long as we are stuck in a system that puts profits before people.
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin (ESM), local “girlboss” in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, has a well known history of racist, anti-worker, and anti-queer actions. So, you can imagine…
The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last month reflected the disintegration of Haitian politics after a decade of foreign intervention that empowered the right-wing PHTK…
We need to build a big campaign where people feel ownership of the campaign and its tactics. That’s the kind of campaign that shifts the terrain of debate, and makes the legislation of 10 paid sick days seem like common sense. That’s how we win.
Henry Dundas’ views and actions are rightfully coming under scrutiny, and not only with the benefit of hindsight. He was an arch reactionary who opposed democratic reforms and helped extend the slave trade. He was a man who was despised in his own time.
Crowdfunding is a symptom of capitalism, placing full responsibility on individual people to survive state-sanctioned neglect