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Left theory

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.

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.

Jailbreak of Disability

Keith Rosenthal · August 30, 2021

The abolitionist movement stands to gain key lessons from mass deinstitutionalization, argues Liat Ben-Moshe's latest book.

A lattice of thick white lines grafts onto an indigo-purple gradient, with the word "Ambe" appearing in the interstices.

Ambe: The Space Between Us

Patty Krawec · June 14, 2021

Colonial systems and modes of thought shape and sever our relationships to one another and the world around us. Black and Indigenous literatures point toward a different kind of relationship.

Ambe: A Year of Indigenous Reading

Patty Krawec · April 14, 2021

Reading Indigenous literature matters because Indigenous people matter. The organizer of a powerful reading group on Indigenous and Black stories and histories reflects on their ongoing 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 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.

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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