book reviews
Living and dying on the factory floor: Class and race at work
October 17, 2019David Ranney says "rather than rant at people about class and race, we should realize that when class” comes to the fore, and workers unite as a class against bosses, “racism can go away.”
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Winnipeg General Strike pops off the page in new comic history
September 16, 2019This is a timely contribution to public understanding of the event which did so much to shape the working-class struggles of the 20th century, told in a way that reflects and amplifies the left politics which...
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Prison classroom reflects white supremacy in new memoir
August 30, 2019The New Plantation: Lessons from Rikers Island: The title comes from Trask’s first day on the job.
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‘Seducing and Killing Nazis’ challenges us to resist, not adapt to, fascism
August 28, 2019Hannie, Truus, and Freddie are seen as heroes now, but it took decades. They, like many of those they fought alongside, were victims of red-baiting and anti-communism.
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‘The Putney Debates’: Let the good of the people be the supreme law
August 27, 2019It was clear from the beginning of the English Civil Wars that some revolutionaries—on both sides of the pond—had even more radical ideas than championing Parliament’s authority over the monarchy.
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