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Beyond enthusiasm for an imagined anti-capitalism (Los Angeles Review of Books reviews “Can the Working Class Change the World?”)

Beyond enthusiasm for an imagined anti-capitalism (Los Angeles Review of Books reviews “Can the Working Class Change the World?”)

February 20, 2024

It is with this attentiveness to the historic shortcomings and duplicity of left organizations that Yates rejects so-called democratic socialism, which even in its heyday failed to fundamentally challenge capitalism. Setting our sights on the mere (and, as history shows, inevitably temporary) reform of a fundamentally exploitative system instead reflects a colossal failure of imagination akin to the prisoner who spends all his energy advocating for a larger window in his cell...

On Biden’s staged riots in Cuba (Prensa Latina interviews Salim Lamrani)

On Biden’s staged riots in Cuba (Prensa Latina interviews Salim Lamrani)

February 20, 2024

Lamrani abundó que en este contexto de doble castigo bloqueo-pandemia resulta lógico el malestar de las personas, escenario que Estados Unidos busca aprovechar para conseguir su objetivo trazado desde el triunfo de la Revolución en 1959: 'romper el orden establecido y conseguir un cambio de régimen'....

Listen: Why the right attacks Critical Race Theory, without even knowing what it is (“The Analysis” brings Gerald Horne back for an interview)

Listen: Why the right attacks Critical Race Theory, without even knowing what it is (“The Analysis” brings Gerald Horne back for an interview)

February 20, 2024

It’s a set of loose propositions that fundamentally come down to this. If you look at the overrepresentation of black Americans in prisons or the overrepresentation in terms of being suspended from schools K through 12, you can come to one or two conclusions. You can come to the conclusion that there is something wrong with black people, or you can come to the conclusion that there’s something wrong with society....

The teeth in the Labor Law trap (Marx & Philosophy Review of Books reviews “Tells the Bosses We’re Coming”)

The teeth in the Labor Law trap (Marx & Philosophy Review of Books reviews “Tells the Bosses We’re Coming”)

February 20, 2024

....not concerned to diagnose the cause of workers’ problems, Richman’s analysis implicitly centers work law as the principal culprit responsible for the labour movement’s predicament. He makes a strong case that labour law, rather than balancing the power disparities between employees and employers and protecting worker rights, has instead become a ‘trap’ favoring bosses and impeding worker organization. He deftly analyzes the teeth in the trap...

“Tells the Bosses We’re Coming” breaks out of the box (New Solutions)

“Tells the Bosses We’re Coming” breaks out of the box (New Solutions)

February 20, 2024

"....Don’t read 'Tell the Bosses We’re Coming' expecting to find a “how to” list of the steps you must take to build power in your union or you’re likely to be disappointed. Instead, read it to be challenged to explore the ways your union, your Central Labor Council, your state federation, and the whole labor movement is narrowing the avenues for worker power in the United States. And then start working to broaden them."

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