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Serve the People, Seize the Land: Prospects for Revolutionary Struggle Around Affordable Housing
The crisis around affordable housing in the United States resembles situations in rural areas of the Global South where land inequalities have fueled revolutionary anti-capitalist movements.
Imperialism and the Construction of Saudi Arabia
Western imperialism played a decisive role in shaping Middle Eastern politics and society by protecting the conservative monarchy of Saudi Arabia against left-wing revolutionaries in the 1950s and 1960s, and paving the way for Saudi elites to finance the rise of modern Islamic fundamentalism. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Economy
Tagged anarchism, capitalism, communism, history, imperialism, islam, marxism, middle east, political economy, politics, saudi arabia, socialism, sociology
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Police Violence and Capital Accumulation
Numerous communities across the United States are essentially occupied by state security forces, whose consistent acts of violence and dehumanization are underpinned by a logic of capital accumulation.
Posted in Political Economy, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged capitalism, ferguson, oakland, police, politics, racism
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The Communist Insurgents of 1970s Detroit, and Their Reading List
In stark contrast to the example set by revolutionaries in the ’60s and ’70s, radicals today focus far too much time and energy on studying old classical texts, instead of seeking out and engaging with more modern and contemporary analysis.
Posted in Culture and Philosophy, History, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged black panthers, communism, education, history, ideology, politics, revolution, socialism
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Oil Trains, Indigenous Insurgency, and the Disruption of Capitalist Logistics
There is huge potential for different communities in the Bay Area, the West Coast, and the First Nations to coordinate their ongoing disruption of the supply chain of the carbon economy.
Posted in Energy and Ecology, Political Economy, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged bay area, california, canada, capitalism, climate change, economics, indigenous, insurgency, militancy, native, oil, politics, resistance
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Reversing the Privatization of the University Through Research Militancy
In order to resist and reverse the privatization of higher education, student radicals should establish and grow university-community networks, and push researchers to base their work with and for popular movements fighting against state and capital.
Posted in Student Organizing
Tagged anarchism, argentina, capitalism, communism, education, neoliberalism, organizing, politics, privatization, research, socialism, students
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Automation by Capitalists Vs. Automation by Workers
The dynamics of automation cannot be properly discussed without considering who controls the means of production.
Posted in Engineering and Technology, Political Economy
Tagged anarchism, automation, capitalism, economics, employment, labor, marxism, open-source, organizing, politics, robotics, socialism, workers
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The 1942 Quit India Movement: The Violent End of British Rule in India
The mass insurrection that swept across South Asia in 1942-44 saw tens of thousands of ordinary people violently rebel against British colonialism, and proved to be the beginning of the end of the British Raj.
Posted in History, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged autonomy, britain, colonialism, decolonization, england, gandhi, history, imperialism, independence, india, Indian Independence Movement, Indian National Congress, insurrection, Mahatma Gandhi, non-violence, politics, rebellion, revolution, south asia, violence
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Industrialization Has Always Sucked–But Does It Have To?
Historically, industrialization has always been a painful process whose benefits are not immediately accessible to the masses. But this has less to do with some kind of iron-clad economic law, and more to do with the distribution of power in … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Economy
Tagged capitalism, development, economics, england, history, industrialization, marx, polanyi, political economy, politics, power, russia, soviet union
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Thoughts On Applying Principles of Revolutionary Autonomy in the Bay Area
Zapatismo, and the principles of revolutionary autonomy in general, could be an excellent way to build a genuinely revolutionary movement in the Bay Area. But applying this effectively requires us radicals to be more proactive in networking, collaborating, and cooperating with … Continue reading
Posted in Revolutionary Politics
Tagged anarchism, autonomy, bay area, capitalism, collectives, communism, cooperatives, philosophy, politics, revolution, socialism, zapatismo, zapatistas
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