I loathe public life and politicians. This aversion has not saved me from prolonged brushes with the species, but it…
Unity—At Whose Cost?
By Noel Ignatiev The Palestinian American Women’s Association announced that it would boycott the recent Women’s March in Los Angeles.…
The Revolutionary Moment
By Noel Ignatiev What brings the revolutionary moment? I am not referring to the political struggle that takes place within…
Rainbow Coalition or Class War
By Noel Ignatiev In 1892 Thomas E. Watson ran for Congress on the People’s Party ticket (also known as the…
The Way to Defend Free Speech Is to Exercise It
By Noel Ignatiev As probably everyone reading this knows, Professor Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor has canceled her West Coast tour following threats…
Behind the Demonstrations in Morocco
By Richard GreemanPosted by Noel Ignatiev On Wednesday Oct. 26, the well-known Moroccan historian and human rights activist Maâti Monjib…
My Dream
By Noel Ignatiev Telephone conversation with my best friend from high school. We had not seen each other or spoken…
Introduction to CLR James, Modern Politics
Introduction Modern Politics consists of a series of lectures C.L.R. James delivered in 1960 at the Adult Education Center in…
How Many?
By Noel Ignatiev How many of those condemning the shooting of the police in Dallas and equating Micah Johnson with…
White Folks and Flies
By Noel Ignatiev I went to two meetings the other night. The first dealt with the MCAS, the test…