“The Backlash”: eye-opening field trip to the far right
"The Backlash" takes us on a trip to the strip-malls, mountain hollows and exurban living rooms where reactionary populism takes root and grows.
See "Agora"!
The political debates, the religious oratory, the provocations and intrigue in this movie are as modern as anything in today's news - only the weapons are old.
FDR and the New Deal for Beginners
This collaboration between a progressive historian and an underground comic artist brings the New Deal's politics and radicalism to life in a relevant time.
From mystery to history: summer reading suggestions
We polled some of our writers for suggestions on great reads and their favorite sources for books and here are some of their suggestions.
Hidden from history: Communists and civil rights
Recently I've been watching reruns of Eyes on the Prize--the old PBS documentary about the history of the civil rights movement--and a thought keeps barging in that wasn't there when I first saw it back in 1987: Why doesn't the Communist Party get some air time in this program?
Black History video celebrates change-making movements
Video celebrates Black History Month with interviews of two Southern California participants in the great social movements for democracy and equality.
MLK was a working-class hero
"I AM A MAN," the signs proclaimed in large, bold letters. They were held high, proudly and defiantly, by African-American men marching through the streets of Memphis.
James and Esther Jackson and the long civil rights revolution
A celebration this week recognized the contribution of the Jacksons and the Communist Party in the struggle for African American freedom, and welcomed the new book "Red Activists and Black Freedom."
A woman loved by millions: Rosa Luxemburg
The remains of the small middle-aged woman were found in June; her brutalized body had been dumped into the Berlin canal in January. That was in 1919. Ninety years later many Germans and people on every continent still speak her name — Rosa Luxemburg — with real affection.
10 truisms of capitalism from the mouths of robber barons
The callousness and greed of today’s bankers, financiers and corporate CEOs calls to mind the 19th century robber barons. Here’s a relevant sample of classic statements made by some of the worst U.S. capitalists in history.
