Tony Pecinovsky
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Pecinovsky
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Marx, psychiatry, and national liberation come together in Fanon bio
April 5, 2017To ‘New Leftists’, few authors and revolutionaries loom as large as Frantz Fanon. His most well-known book, The Wretched of the Earth, is a mainstay of left literature.
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How do you fight propaganda? Taking on information silos and engaging reaction
February 14, 2017The dramatic growth of news outlets due to technology does NOT necessarily equate to a better grasp of reality, to a more informed and educated populace, free from racism or hate.
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Soviet socialism, ‘real politik’ and the long ascendency of the right-wing
January 26, 2017One hundred years after the birth of the Soviet Union, the question of socialism rises once again to the front burner.
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James and Esther Cooper Jackson, African American activists in a joint biography
December 12, 2016James and Esther Cooper Jackson were mainstays of the struggle for African American equality for decades. Sara Rzeszutek Haviland tells the story of their life together.
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For Southern slave masters, preserving bondage was a global cause
December 2, 2016Matthew Karp’s book, This Vast Southern Empire, shows that the effort to preserve slavery was not just a national, but rather an international affair.
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Jason Kander poised to grab Missouri Senate seat
November 1, 2016Joe Biden told a campaign rally that electing Jason Kander is a top priority if Democrats are to regain control of the Senate.
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Another look at W.E.B. DuBois, the revolutionary
October 25, 2016"W.E.B. DuBois: Revolutionary Across The Color Line" is a must read for anyone interested in the life of this Black revolutionary.
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Unionism and the promise of working class citizenship
October 24, 2016The book is a welcomed addition to our understanding of the Teamsters’ Union.
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