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Debates

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.

Who Killed the Railroad Workers Strike?

Sean Larson · December 2, 2022

Railroad workers fought hard for their well-deserved rights, and rejected a garbage contract from their bosses. Then Democrats in Congress, including AOC and almost the whole Squad, voted to force through the bosses’ contract offer and block the mounting strike.

Yes We Do Mean Smash the State: In Defense of Revolution

brian bean · December 1, 2022

Capitalism relies on states to create profits, guarantee the functioning of markets, and cheapen labor through violence. Overthrowing capitalism will mean confronting and dismantling prisons, policing, borders, and the military. It’s time we talk about smashing the state.

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.

Picture of upside-down Elon Musk with the text "Will Musk Make Twitter More Free?"

Will Musk Make Twitter More Free?

Tyler Zimmer · April 27, 2022

Social media platforms are key parts of the public square, and ought to be democratically controlled as public utilities. Billionaires and corporations were never allies in efforts to create free and democratic spaces.

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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?

What’s Behind the Fuss About Critical Race Theory?

Tyler Zimmer · August 2, 2021

Right-wing media has conjured a growing panic about critical race theory being taught in schools and universities. But what really scares them is a new generation questioning entrenched myths about capitalism and racial hierarchy.

Out of the Lobbies, into the Streets

Lauren Bianchi · June 16, 2021

Over the past couple weeks, multiple attacks on Chicago abortion clinics show that it’s do-or-die time for abortion access in America. Defending and expanding reproductive rights depends on grassroots mobilizing.

Introducing the Sprout Slate

The Sprout Slate · May 25, 2021

As DSA members prepare for their bi-annual convention this summer, the Sprout Slate in Chicago has emerged as a prominent contender. Rampant sat down with “the slate the uprisings produced” to discuss their thoughts on abolition, mutual aid, multiracial organizing and the future of the movement.

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All Good Social Change Comes from Mass Disruption

Sean Larson · April 30, 2021

The New Deal wasn’t won by cozying up to congresspeople, but by workers’ disruptive mass strikes and social mobilizations. We cannot forget that in the Biden era.

Syria, Palestine, Solidarity

Shireen Akram-Boshar · April 15, 2021

Palestinian liberation is intimately tied to the liberation struggles of the entire region. Palestine’s dynamic interdependence with the revolutionary struggle against Assad in Syria has important lessons.

Survival and Revolution: Mutual Aid in Chicago during the February 2021 Polar Vortex

Libertarian Socialist Collective in Chicago · April 7, 2021

Mutual aid efforts during Chicago’s brutal winter saved the lives of many residents who were willfully neglected by City Hall and attacked by the police. The polar vortex mutual aid effort shows the importance of mutual aid as a site of class struggle.

Erasing People through Disinformation: Syria and the “Anti-Imperialism” of Fools

Multiple Signers · March 30, 2021

Disreputable writers and outlets, often operating under the aegis of “independent journalism” with purportedly “leftwing” views, are spreading corrosive propaganda and disinformation that aims to strip Syrians of political agency.

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 End of Whiteness

Eric Kerl · December 16, 2020

White supremacy has never been about the supremacy of all whites. Grappling with the sources of white poverty and oppression will be necessary to strengthen the movement against racism.

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.

The Abolitionist Road to Socialism

Sean Larson · July 23, 2020

In the US, the struggle for revolutionary socialism and the antiracist struggle for abolition are one and the same.

From Mutual Aid to Food Justice

Jonathan Ellis · April 28, 2020

Providing relief to food insecurity is going to take more than mutual aid and community gardens.

Bohrer’s loving, fuming critique

Peter Drucker · March 24, 2020

Ashley Bohrer’s Marxism and Intersectionality is indispensable reading for socialists trying to understand how class, race and gender mesh.

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