Why is There No Socialism in the United States? – The Brooklyn Rail

What is capitalism anyway and why is it bad? What is socialism and how does it differ from capitalism. How is it good? And who will change the one to the other, how, and why? This is, alas, where things become complicated. — Read on brooklynrail.org/2026/10/field-notes/why-is-there-no-socialism-in-the-united-states/

When the Left Distances Itself From Black Lives Matter, Far Right Policies Win | Truthout

Alec Karakatsanis explains how both Republicans and Democrats have used the backlash to increase the powers of police. — Read on truthout.org/articles/when-the-left-distances-itself-from-black-lives-matter-far-right-policies-win/

The Hollowed Vocabulary: Jewish Voice for Peace and the Institutional Capture of Anti-Zionism

All of a sudden we were navigating a new organizing terrain where everyone became self-avowed anti-zionists almost overnight. The act of people calling themselves anti-zionists was completely decoupled from political implications and became a rhetorical move similar to how people will declare that they aren’t racist, without ever really considering what racism is, how itContinue reading “The Hollowed Vocabulary: Jewish Voice for Peace and the Institutional Capture of Anti-Zionism”

Cow Pastor: Song Lines of Memory – the A-Line

In or around 1995, the Barbadian poet Kamau Brathwaite (1930-2020) bought a property, which included a three bedroom dwelling, in Christ Church, Barbados, in the vicinity of the international airport. Brathwaite referred to this property as Cow Pastor or Cow Pasture. Shortly after purchase, the Barbadian government informed him he could neither build on norContinue reading “Cow Pastor: Song Lines of Memory – the A-Line”