by Ron JacobsCounterpunchWeekend Edition February 14-16, 2014 Some books exemplify the moment they are written about. These books, through the…
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Maimed by Cops, Charged With Felonies: Working Class Hero Alexandra Svoboda
By Daniel GrossOriginally posted on Counterpunch The battleground is not the coalfields of Harlan County in the 1930s or 1970s;…
The Spark We Need: Chicago Sit Down Strike
By Daniel GrossOriginally posted on Counterpunch To add insult to injury, the corporate agents in government, also known as politicians,…
Solidarity Not Charity
By Chris SteeleCounter PunchDecember 24th, 2015 scott crow’s Black Flags and Windmills throws racist media sound bites of looting into…
Why Nonviolent Activists Should Follow John Brown Partners in the Freedom Struggle
by Matt MeyerCounterpunch.orgMarch 23-25, Weekend Edition “The lack of historical consensus regarding John Brown,” asserted longtime labor, racial justice, and…
The Working-Class Mini-Revolts of the Twenty-First Century
Originally posted on CounterpunchApril 28th, 2014 Forty years ago I published a study of peak periods of American labor conflict…
You Can Read It in the Funny Papers
by Ron JacobsCounterpunchWeekend Edition December 21-23rd, 2012 When I lived in Berkeley, California during the 1970s and 1980s, I probably…
Panthers in Sweden II
By Gabriel Kuhn Some months ago, I posted an interview with Pantrarna, a grassroots organization from Gothenburg, Sweden, here. The…
Radical Theory and Academia: A Thorny Relationship
By Gabriel Kuhn Written with Torkil Lauesen. Originally published by Counterpunch. *** This article is about radical theory, in particular…
Arnold’s Nightmare: The Curious Success of the Communist Party in Graz, Austria
By Gabriel Kuhn This article was originally published by CounterPunch. In his inauguration speech as the new governor of California…