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brian bean

brian bean is a member of the Rampant editorial collective and an editor and contributor to the book Palestine: A Socialist Introduction from Haymarket Books.

On Palestine and Local Elections

brian bean · February 6, 2023

Like others before him, aldermanic hopeful Mueze Bawany has come under attack by those seeking to discredit the Palestine solidarity movement. As Israel escalates its violent occupation, our side has to reject the false frameworks of the liberal establishment, even in Chicago’s municipal elections.

Revolution Means Smashing the State

brian bean · January 18, 2023

Revolution, or the need to smash the capitalist state, has been dismissed and avoided by many who claim to want a liberated world. But any responsible approach to overcoming capitalism must grapple with the need to dismantle the capitalist state and replace it with our own democratic institutions from below.

Cops Are Cowards, But We Don’t Want Them Brave

brian bean · May 30, 2022

Cops in Uvalde, like cops everywhere, were never meant to protect us. It’s time we start protecting our communities by getting rid of police altogether.

Twenty Years of Torture at Guantánamo

brian bean · January 11, 2022

Today marks twenty years since the extralegal torture facility Guantánamo Bay was opened. It is time to close the base and begin repairing the harm to its victims and their families.

How the Workers Stole Christmas

brian bean · December 22, 2021

Retailers have entered a full-fledged panic about organized looting during the holidays. But how much of that looting is real? And more importantly, who cares?

The Actuality of Abolition

brian bean · December 14, 2021

A new book by Geo Maher makes a forceful case for the necessity of building strong communities that can abolish the police.

Crumbs and Police Funding?: Assessing the New Chicago Budget

Bettina J, Jasson Perez, brian bean · November 3, 2021

Chicago’s new city budget has achieved some limited gains, but at the steep costs of massive police funding and the risk of bolstering Lightfoot’s grip on power. The socialist left needs a new strategic approach to set its own terms in the future.

Iron Dome rocket with "Deadly Lessons" superimposed

Iron Dome’s Deadly Lessons

brian bean · October 1, 2021

Several socialist elected officials refused to oppose Israel’s brutal settler colonialism when it counted. It's time we talk seriously about the implications for socialist strategy on the ground.

A Vote to Fund Apartheid

brian bean · August 19, 2021

Three months after Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and forced displacement of Palestinian families evoked massive worldwide protests, Reps Jamaal Bowman and Ilhan Omar cast deciding votes to fund more Israeli bombs and apartheid. Why?

Fight Zionism With Socialism

brian bean, Daphna Thier, Erik Wallenberg · August 13, 2021

The heroic Palestinian struggle is the beating heart of the international revolution. Grasping the imperialist dynamics of Zionism and the region is essential for solidarity struggles.

Ma'Khia Bryant smiling for a selfie

There Is No Justification for the Murder of Ma’Khia Bryant

brian bean · April 27, 2021

Ma’Khia Bryant deserved a long, thriving life, period. While some have pointed to the circumstances of her murder in order to cast doubt on her right to live, none of these equivocations even have a basis in crisis intervention experience.

Rebuilding the Anti-Imperialist Movement in a New Era

Jonathan Ellis, brian bean · March 17, 2021

In an era of permanent war, rebuilding a movement against US imperialism will require rethinking our long-held strategies.

The Arab Spring and Abolition of the Police

brian bean · January 26, 2021

The Arab Spring was an anti-police movement brought to revolutionary levels. Its lessons will be crucial to a renewed abolitionist movement in the United States and around the world.

Against Unity

Anderson Bean, brian bean · January 21, 2021

The inauguration of Joe Biden arrives with the liberal establishment proclaiming the need for unity. But unity is not what we want.

Movement Alders Flip to Pass Austerity Budget

Sean Larson, Tyler Zimmer, brian bean · November 25, 2020

In the most contentious Chicago budget vote in a generation, four “progressive” alderpeople buckled to Lightfoot’s pressure and allowed an antiworker austerity city budget to pass for 2021.

Science in Service of Cops

Amber Jean, Aryssa, Samhitha, Troy Bolton, brian bean · October 9, 2020

The Crime Lab research center operated by the University of Chicago uses the illusion of scientific objectivity to support the racist violence of the Chicago Police Department.

License to Loot

brian bean · September 29, 2020

Vicky Osterweil’s new book, In Defense of Looting, provides a robust defense of uncivil disobedience and its potential for both radicalizing and exacting change. By dodging the essential issue of organization, however, it leaves many questions unanswered.

Rebellions Get Results: A List So Far

brian bean, Sean Larson · June 8, 2020

Five weeks of open rebellion in the streets have yielded swift, unprecedented results. This is the definitive, updated list of the movement’s victories so far.

New Cop, Old Cop

brian bean · May 6, 2020

Lori Lightfoot recently appointed a new head of police in Chicago. His record indicates a disturbing continuity of racist police violence.

Bernie and the House Obama Built

brian bean · April 10, 2020

Centrist corporate politics has demonstrated a strange ability to outlast multiple crises and now the insurgent campaign of Bernie Sanders. The key to their power is the Obama mythos, which will have to be taken on if they are ever to fall.

Abolish the Police

brian bean · March 31, 2020

Cops are not part of the working class and perform no socially beneficial function. Only good things can result from abolishing the police.

The Socialist Case Against the Police

brian bean · March 11, 2020

Police don't solve, stop or prevent crime because they were never designed to. Cops are the tools of the bosses, from the day they were invented to today.

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