I ended my last week’s report with the hope the ‘the French people, who are always full of surprises, will…
Noel Ignatiev’s Blog
Report from France
Dear Friends, People ask me what it’s like living in France during these massive one-day strikes and popular mobilizations against…
Memoir of an Ex-Jew 2
I have no memory of the first place we lived after I was born. It was across from beautiful Fairmount…
Class Struggle and Common Ruin
I once had a job operating a horizontal boring mill in a plant that manufactured punch presses, machine tools and…
Literary Traditions
On being asked what he thought of Western Civilization, Gandhi is reported to have replied, “It would be a good…
Memoir of an Ex-Jew 1
My grandparents on both sides were born in the 1880s and came to America shortly after 1905, four among the…
CLR James Library Success
Dear friend, Following a short meeting between representatives of BEMA [Black and Ethnic Minority Arts] and Members and officers of…
Alternative Institutions or Dual Power
Today I want to talk about strategy for revolution. As Malcolm X said, I want to have a conversation between…
Unite or Perish!
I propose that Advance the Struggle, Bring the Ruckus and Unity and Struggle merge their organizations, lock, stock and barrel,…
The Antislavery Movement Today
I spent the 2009-2010 academic year as the Edward Said Visiting Professor of American Studies at the American University of…