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Censorship: China and Facebook
China extended its pervasive state censorship, which already blocks numerous websites of foreign news organizations, social media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, and Google’s search engine. It ordered Cambridge University Press to sanitize its academic journal China Quarterly by excising 300 articles on issues like the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and ongoing revolts in… Continue reading
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After the election: How do we oppose Trump’s fascism and move forward?
A Dec. 7, 2016, presentation by Franklin Dmitryev on “After the election: How do we oppose Trump’s fascism and move forward?” Continue reading
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Marx on directly social labor
[I am posting this piece I wrote in 2005 because I believe it sheds light on current debates on interpreting Marx and Marxist-Humanism. It was originally published in Interim Discussion Bulletin #1, January 2006, News and Letters Committees. I will be posting a series of articles from 2004-2007 that were part of the debate then, which my opponents never answered except… Continue reading
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Reading Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program
[I am posting this piece I wrote in 2006 because I believe it sheds light on current debates on interpreting Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program and broader debates about Marxist-Humanism. It was originally published in Pre-Convention Discussion Bulletin #2, August 2006, News and Letters Committees. I will be posting a series of articles from 2004-2007 that were… Continue reading
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Los Zapatistas y los padres y estudiantes de Ayotzinapa: Una unión decisiva
Un nuevo momento en la dialéctica de la lucha LOS ZAPATISTAS Y LOS PADRES Y ESTUDIANTES DE AYOTZINAPA: UNA UNIÓN DECISIVA Eugene Gogol Desde el asesinato de tres estudiantes y la desaparición de otros 43 de la Escuela Normal Rural Raúl Isidro Burgos en Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, el 26 y 27 de septiembre pasados, México ha estado… Continue reading
Ayotzinapa, CNI, Congreso Nacional Indígena, dialéctica, Escuela Normal Rural Raúl Isidro Burgos, estudiantes, Eugene Gogol, filosofía de la revolución, G.W.F. Héctor, G.W.F. Hegel, Guerrero, humanismo revolucionario, humanismo-marxista, jovenes, Karl Marx, Latin America, Mexico, negación de la negación, normalistas, práctica, Primer Festival Mundial de las Resistencias y las Rebeldías contra el Capitalismo, Raya Dunayevskaya, students, subcomandante insurgente Moisés, sujeto revolucionario, teoría, Zapatistas -
Özgecan Aslan: Sexual assault and murder in Turkey spark widespread outrage, demonstrations
Preview of article on women’s oppression and freedom struggles worldwide for March-April issue. Comment now so that your thoughts can be taken into account in the finished article. Continue reading
Abortion, Ahmet Suphi Altindöke, AKP, Ankara, Özgecan Aslan, Berlin, Cyprus, feminism, Frankfurt, Gaziantep, Germany, Hamburg, India, Istanbul, Justice and Development Party, Jyoti Singh Pandey, Mersin, patriarchy, Rape, rape culture, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive rights, sexism, sexual assault, students, Taksim Square, Taliban, Terry Moon, Turkey, Violence against women, women’s liberation, youth, İzmir -
January-February 2015 N&L available on the web
The January-February 2015 issue of News & Letters, Vol. 60, #1, is available on the web. View the issue online or as pdf. Lead: Revolt surges against racist system destroying Black lives Protests erupted following the decision by a St. Louis County grand jury not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the cold-blooded murder of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Thousands… Continue reading
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November-December 2014 N&L available on the web
Nov.-Dec. 2014 N&L: Lead: Racist election deepens reactionary direction of U.S.; Editorial: Rojava & Syria’s revolution; From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: Letters on Hegel’s Absolutes, Part 2; Mexico at a new moment of revolt; Workshop Talks: Ebola fearmongers; Hong Kong youth revolt; Essay: Philosophy of the Syrian revolution; Prisoners speak; People’s Climate March; Detroit–houses… Continue reading