Author Archives: aidarends

US trying to set fire to the Caribbean

Recent weeks have seen a dramatic increase in the United States military presence in the southern Caribbean. On 18 August,  news agencies reported that the US military build-up in the area involved 3 destroyers, more than 4,000 marines, a submarine, a reconnaissance aircraft,  a guided missile cruiser and amphibious landing troops, with further vessels reported to beContinue reading “US trying to set fire to the Caribbean”

People Like Us: Obituary for Bruce Reid | Long-Haul Mag

I was first advised to listen to Life in Abdication, and Tucker’s solo work in general, by Bruce Reid, my co-worker on the night shift at Quality Food Centers (QFC), a Kroger-owned grocery chain in the Pacific Northwest. Bruce was a devoted fan of the Velvet Underground, the type who had all the live bootlegsContinue reading “People Like Us: Obituary for Bruce Reid | Long-Haul Mag”

A Call from the Workers of Gaza to Labor Unions Around the World: A Cry in the Face of Starvation and Genocide | Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement

We bring to you the statement of the workers of Gaza, issued by the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions, addressed to the workers and unions of the world—this final appeal they have named “A Cry Before Death.” It reaches us from the midst of hunger and siege, from beneath the rubble of factories andContinue reading “A Call from the Workers of Gaza to Labor Unions Around the World: A Cry in the Face of Starvation and Genocide | Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement”

Feelings Don’t Care About Your Facts: The Material and the Moral Compass | by Community Liberation Programs | Jun, 2025 | Medium

Although it is understandable for morality to be a factor in our drive to organize, we must be sure to underpin our ideology and methodology with material analysis in order to avoid errors and maintain clarity. — Read on medium.com/@communityliberationprograms/feelings-dont-care-about-your-facts-the-material-and-the-moral-compass-51414817ba87

The Drawing Center: In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney

In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney marks New York’s first major Delaney museum exhibition in over thirty years and the first ever focused on his drawings—a medium central to his artistic practice. The exhibition will feature about ninety works on paper spanning key periods of his career, as well as worksContinue reading “The Drawing Center: In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney”

Starship Stormtroopers: Michael Moorcock | libcom.org

There is Lovecraft, the misogynic racist; there is Heinlein, the authoritarian militarist; there is Ayn Rand, the rabid opponent of trade unionism and the left, who, like many a reactionary before her, sees the problems of the world as a failure by capitalists to assume the responsibilities of ‘good leadership’; there is Tolkein and thatContinue reading “Starship Stormtroopers: Michael Moorcock | libcom.org”