‘I’m Overwhelmed, what can I do?’ The Suicide Machines – Revolution Spring
It would be through no fault of your own if you thought ska-punk went the way of chain wallets and MTV-produced movies. The genre itself…
It would be through no fault of your own if you thought ska-punk went the way of chain wallets and MTV-produced movies. The genre itself…
Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto by Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser (Verso, 2019) Always shape-shifting, capitalism has recently assumed a new form:…
Pennsylvania punk rockers, Anti-Flag, are celebrating nearly 30 years of music by releasing their 13th studio album, 20/20 Vision. Anti-Flag have been producing top-notch melodic…
Black Communists Speak on Scottsboro: A Documentary History by Walter T. Howard (Temple University Press. 2007). On March 25, 1931, police in Alabama arrested nine…
People have the ability to take a lot of shit. The planet is a little bit similar, having struggled along since the industrial revolution despite…
Written in the centennial year of the Bolshevik Revolution over Tsarist Russia in October 1917, Vijay Prashad’s book traces the former Soviet Union’s influence on…
As 2019 draws to a close, we are reminded of the potential of the modern global city to spark political resistance and movement-making. This year,…
Mike Gonzalez, in his book In the Red Corner: The Marxism of José Carlos Mariátegui has provided a valuable resource for socialists fighting for climate…
A review of The Corbyn Project: Dreams and Dangers (John Rees: Counterfire, 2019) After months of fits and starts over Brexit in the UK, the political deadlock…
A review of Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism (Sylvia Klingberg and Alain Brossat, trans. David Fernbach: Verso Books, 2016) You would think Jewish communism…
Idris Goodwin is an American playwright, performer, and poet. His work profoundly explores American culture in a way that promotes diversity and equity, while touching…
Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate was published in 2014 in the lead up to the massive People’s Climate March. Her latest…