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The Abolitionist Legacy of the Civil War Belongs to the Left
The US Civil War was a revolutionary upheaval that crushed slavery and stoked hopes of a broader emancipation against the rule of property.
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Dale Kretz
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Jacobin
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April 6, 2022
An American History of the Socialist Idea
The American socialism movement's open participation in and with the broad democratic left benefits the socialist cause.
by
Harold Meyerson
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Dissent
on
April 4, 2022
New Left Review
Who did neoliberalism?
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Erik Baker
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n+1
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March 8, 2022
The Militant Passion of Emma Tenayuca
84 years ago this week, this Mexican American labor organizer led one of the largest strikes in Texas history—and was arrested and blacklisted for her trouble.
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Kim Kelly
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The Nation
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February 1, 2022
Why Scientists Become Spies
Access to information only goes so far to explain the curious link between secrets and those who tell them.
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Rivka Galchen
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The New Yorker
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January 5, 2022
That Time the FBI Scrutinized “It's a Wonderful Life” for Communist Messaging
The film “deliberately maligned the upper class,” according to a report that didn’t like the portrayal of Mr. Potter as a bad guy.
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John Nichols
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The Nation
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December 24, 2021
Socialists Organized in the 1950s Civil Rights Movement
In 1950s America, the Cold War was raging, but socialists were playing key roles in the early civil rights movement.
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Joel Geier
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Jacobin
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October 2, 2021
Sex, Lies, and Repentance
Reflection on the importance of sex in the spiritual redemption narratives that riveted the American public.
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Rebecca L. Davis
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UNC Press Blog
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September 16, 2021
Harry Hay, John Cage, and the Birth of Gay Rights in Los Angeles
Five men sat together on a hillside in the late afternoon, imagining a world in which they did not have to hide.
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Alex Ross
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The New Yorker
on
June 25, 2021
When the Government Supported Writers
Government support created jobs, built trust, and invigorated American literature. We should try it again.
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Max Holleran
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The New Republic
on
June 15, 2021
Cameras for Class Struggle
How the radical documentarians of the Workers' Film and Photo League put their art in the service of social movements.
by
Max Pearl
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Art In America
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April 21, 2021
Richard Wright's Newly Uncut Novel Offers a Timely Depiction of Police Brutality
'The Man Who Lived Underground,' newly expanded from a story into a novel by the Library of America, may revise the seminal Black author's reputation.
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Sonaiya Kelley
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Los Angeles Times
on
April 19, 2021
Who Were the Scottsboro Nine?
The young black men served a combined total of 130 years for a crime they never committed.
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Alice George
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Smithsonian
on
March 23, 2021
Solidarity Now
An experiment in oral history of the present.
by
Wen Stephenson
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The Baffler
on
January 15, 2021
Did Communists Really Infiltrate American Schools?
Fears that teachers were indoctrinating kids were rampant in the 1950s. But the reality was more complicated.
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Erin Blakemore
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Jonathan Hunt
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JSTOR Daily
on
December 3, 2020
A More Perfect Union
On the Black labor organizers who fought for civil rights after Reconstruction and through the twentieth century.
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Arvind Dilawar
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Lapham’s Quarterly
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November 16, 2020
Black Americans in the Popular Front Against Fascism
The era of anti-fascist struggle was a crucial moment for Black radicals of all stripes.
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Mohammed Elnaiem
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JSTOR Daily
on
November 12, 2020
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New York Tenants Are Organizing Against Evictions, as They Did in the Great Depression
Activists concerned about pandemic-related homelessness are seeking rent relief. In the 1930s, tenants banded together against evictions.
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Retro Report
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November 11, 2020
Ben Fletcher's One Big Union
The hugely influential but largely forgotten labor leader Ben Fletcher couldn’t be more relevant to the most urgent political projects of today.
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Robin D. G. Kelley
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Dissent
on
October 29, 2020
Why Does Everyone in America Think They’re Middle Class?
The “Middle Class Nation” and “American Exceptionalism” found each other late, and under specific circumstances.
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David R. Roediger
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Literary Hub
on
September 28, 2020
Joseph McCarthy and the Force of Political Falsehoods
McCarthy never sent a single “subversive” to jail, but, decades later, the spirit of his conspiracy-mongering endures.
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Louis Menand
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The New Yorker
on
July 27, 2020
Stymieing the People
A Review of "Design for the Crowd: Patriotism and Protest in Union Square."
by
Thai Jones
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The Metropole
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June 3, 2020
One Parallel for the Coronavirus Crisis? The Great Depression
“The idea that the federal government would be providing emergency relief and emergency work was extraordinary,” one sociologist said. “And people liked it.”
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Livia Gershon
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JSTOR Daily
on
May 20, 2020
The Lessons of the Great Depression
In the 1930s, Americans responded to economic calamity by creating a richer and more equitable society. We can do it again.
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Lizabeth Cohen
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The Atlantic
on
May 17, 2020
The Dark History of America’s First Female Terrorist Group
The women of May 19th bombed the U.S. Capitol and plotted Henry Kissinger’s murder. But they’ve been long forgotten.
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William Roseneau
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Politico Magazine
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May 3, 2020
What Endures of the Romance of American Communism
Many of the Communists who felt destined for a life of radicalism experienced their lives as irradiated by a kind of expressiveness that made them feel centered.
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Vivian Gornick
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New York Review of Books
on
April 3, 2020
Writing Gay History
How the story itself came out.
by
Jim Downs
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Humanities
on
June 27, 2019
"Native Son" and the Cinematic Aspirations of Richard Wright
Novelist Richard Wright yearned to break into film, but Hollywood's censorship of black stories left his aspirations unfulfilled.
by
Anna Shechtman
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The New Yorker
on
April 4, 2019
America’s Missing Labor Party
The history of labor strikes shows that, in order to achieve lasting success, workers need to capture political power.
by
David Sessions
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The New Republic
on
October 2, 2018
We Really Still Need Howard Zinn
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on why it's so important to tell the stories of people who have fueled social justice movements.
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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Literary Hub
on
September 27, 2018
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