Author
Stephen Shenfield
Slavery in the US Today: Operation Blooming Onion
You thought that slavery had been abolished in the United States? Earlier this year federal prosecutors completed Operation Blooming Onion. They uncovered a conspiracy to bring in ...
Capitalism, Class, Economics, Work
A Novel That Makes Socialists
Robert Tressell’s The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists is a book that has made (or helped make) many socialists, at least in Britain. It has long been popular in our companion party, ...
Is Mars Planet B?
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, plans to colonize Mars. The Chinese government also plans to set up a base there. Are they crazy? Or is Mars our Planet B -- a place where humans can survive after they mess up Planet A, the Earth?
War Resistance in Russia and Ukraine
This report on the many forms of war resistance in Russia and Ukraine, from anti-war protests to desertion of military personnel, is reposted from the website of the International Workers' Association.
Strikes and Protests Continue in Kazakhstan
The following report of developments in western Kazakhstan is based on information from the Russian trade union website infoprof.ru. Strikes and protests of working people continue in ...
Economics, Politics, Technology, War
How the Military-industrial Complex Works
Andrew Cockburn, The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine. Verso, 2021 In this book Cockburn lays bare the inner workings of the military-industrial complex ...
International relations, News, War
War in Ukraine: Background
Developments within Ukraine Ukraine has been in the grip of civil war since the coups of 2014 — the Ukrainian-nationalist coup in Kiev and the west and ...
Human Nature, media, News, police
No One Helped — Or Did They?
Most ordinary people do not passively stand by and watch when someone needs help.
Dying From Overwork
Many workers are forced to work such long hours that they die from stroke or heart disease.
Labor movement, media, News, police
Upheaval in Kazakhstan
This article is devoted to the upheaval that swept Kazakhstan in the first week of January and its subsequent suppression. The peaceful workers' protests and strikes in most of the country are contrasted with the armed insurgency in and around Almaty.