The visceral and shocking scenes out of Buffalo took seconds to permeate social media and the national consciousness. From the second the planned execution of Black shoppers began in the Buffalo grocery store, it was available for public consumption.  What are the necessary conditions that allow this to keep happening over and over again?…

Last year, we talked with Heather Booth and Judith Arcana, two activists involved in the Abortion Counselling Service in Chicago (Jane). When the draft decision was leaked, we went back to them for additional comments. Here is their message to us. In the coming months, two movies about the service will be made available publicly.…

As far as most people in the United States are concerned, the story of Afghanistan began with the U.S. invasion in 2001 and ended when the last American plane left in 2021. Some attention remained focused on covering the Taliban’s return to power, as well as the refugee crisis that coincided with the U.S. evacuation.…

One of my favorite parts about writing this book was that I was able to lift up a bunch of past organizers whose legacies have been red-scared out of the mainstream labor narrative, from Lucy Parsons to Emma Tenayuca. We have always been here, and—unfortunately for the bosses and reactionaries—we ain’t goin’ nowhere.

The phone call from Jim Miller, a vice-president of the San Diego City College faculty union, came early in 2018.  Would I be interested in making a presentation to students and faculty about the history of May Day on May 1? Why, yes, I would be. I knew from decades of teaching labor history to…

The National Jobs for All Network emphasizes that while there were only six million officially unemployed persons in March, there were 5.7 million job-wanters not currently searching and 4.2 million part-time workers who wanted full-time work. The total number of people who wanted a job or an upgrade was 15.9 million. To clear out just half of that would require eight million jobs. 

DSA members honed their public speaking skills for socialism at a National Political Education Committee training series.

With an attack on an independent nation, massive destruction in Ukraine, thousands of soldiers and civilians dead, millions of refugees, and the threat of nuclear weapons raised in a way not seen since the depths of the Cold War, what can we do? DSA, both nationally and locally, has the political clarity, the organizational structures, and the resources to aid Ukraine and its people. 

Everyone needs education and healthcare, just like every kid at a birthday party needs cake.

First in a series. Next, we’ll offer options on what DSA members can do to abate the war’s suffering. — Ed. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was unjustified, and the U.S. Left must condemn it. At the same time, the Left should not buy into the distortions and half-truths in the portrayal of the conflict now…