By Noel Ignatiev One morning years ago, as I entered the classroom in a course I taught on U.S. history,…
CLR James Replies to Atticus Finch
By Noel Ignatiev As probably everybody reading this knows, Atticus Finch is the central character in Harper Lee’s novel To…
Hard Crackers
By Noel Ignatiev American society is a time-bomb where the big explosion, whatever its form might be, is endlessly hinted…
Slaves and Workers, Workers and Slaves
By Noel Ignatiev Recently a world geography textbook used in Texas high schools sparked protests. In a section of the…
France at War II
By Noel Ignatiev The fear that is gripping France today stands in ghastly contrast with the positive national mood during…
France at “War”
By Richard GreemanPosted by Noel Ignatiev Montpellier, FranceTuesday Nov. 17 Dear Friends, Faced with the shock of the bloody attacks…
Missouri and the Movement on Campuses Nationwide: Notes on an Introduction to an Outline of a Draft of a Statement
By Noel Ignatiev As each day has brought fresh evidence, many who a week ago excitedly hailed Missouri as a…
In My Youth
By Noel Ignatiev In my youth I belonged to a group called the Provisional Organizing Committee for a Marxist-Leninist Party…
Class Struggle
By Noel Ignatiev I am a political person. I spent decades in workers’ rights and community struggles and the…
Race or Class?
By Noel Ignatiev There are those who think that because something is about class it cannot also be about race.…