A doctor of maternal-fetal medicine describes the devastating impact that the repeal of women’s legal right to an abortion has had on doctors and women’s reproductive rights. He includes serious medical issues pregnant women and their doctors can face and provides information and motivation to continue the fight.
Part 2 of the Draft Perspectives Thesis for 2026-27. A revolutionary organization can no longer allow any separation between theory and practice, philosophy and revolution, workers and intellectuals, “inside” and “outside.” We ask you to join in the discussion of these Perspectives with us. Part 2 examines how the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year serves as a battleground for today’s counterrevolution vs. revolution.
Part 3 of the Draft Perspectives Thesis for 2026-27. A revolutionary organization can no longer allow any separation between theory and practice, philosophy and revolution, workers and intellectuals, “inside” and “outside.” We ask you to join in the discussion of these Perspectives with us. Part 3 takes up the contradictions in the Left and the need for a philosophy of revolution and its organizational expression.
Cultural journalist Jane Borden explores what made authoritarian tendencies seen in Trumpism and January 6 possible in democratic America. Tracing U.S. authoritarianism back to Puritan culture, she shows how the “Protestant work ethic” was a factor in the Puritans replacing communal values with capitalism. Borden is optimistic that we can understand cult-thinking and overcome its control.
Several hundred people gathered in Oakland on July 25 to protest ICE killings. The demonstration included an “ofrenda” to honor the 35 people who died in 2026 while in detention, shortly after release, or at the hands of ICE.
This book by Sarah Ruden traces propaganda against reproductive rights through Western history. It shows that we can resist by exposing the history of these false claims and the damage they have caused.
The Trump Administration has taken more and more Native lands and favored “production-oriented livestock” like cattle. To protect our rights and sovereignty, but most importantly, protect Mother Earth and all her animals from corporate greed, we must stop this while we still can.
This is the Call issued for a Convention of News and Letters Committees at a moment when the rulers are inflaming one crisis after another more recklessly and thoroughly than they have done since World War II.
We celebrate the life of Ron Kelch, a Marxist-Humanist and a revolutionary for nearly 60 years.
This book reveals how global society’s failure to eradicate misogyny has allowed abuses and prejudices against women to be perpetuated through computer-based technology.
Demand the immediate release of Yaser Ahmadinejad, and an end to the persecution of Iranian labor activists and the release of all political prisoners in Iran.
This book cuts through myths about adoption as an alternative to abortion, revealing that while women are pressured to choose adoption, that choice often had a negative impact on their lives.
Filmmaker Hind Meddeb documents the 2019-2021 Sudanese Revolution, from the historic sit-in by youth demanding a civilian government and freedom, to the military coup. Learning from young revolutionaries around the world strengthens our fight at home.
Report of the Million Women Rise and Together Alliance marches in London on March 7 and March 28. These demonstrations drew record numbers of people to protest increasing violence, misogyny, racism, and authoritarianism in the UK and worldwide.
‘Pluribus,’ a TV series by Vince Gilligan, presents his post-capitalist dream. Humanity is turned into a single consciousness, which reshapes the world. Both for the deep philosophical issues it tackles and for its artistic value, it is a show worth watching.
‘Beyond Limits’ by M.D. Shelley Sella is a book informed by her experience as the first woman doctor in the U.S. openly providing third-trimester abortions. It includes testimonies of her patients and addresses frequently asked questions revealing the necessity of legalizing abortion at all stages of pregnancy.
In-person reports of the March 28 No Kings demonstrations in Chicago, Evanston, the San Francisco Bay Area, Detroit and Washington, D.C. The events were held in 3,300 locations in the U.S., plus several more in other countries. Eight million people took part.
Reports on the No Kings march in Memphis on March 28, where police from four different agencies attacked the peaceful gathering.
Appeal from Judith LeBlanc, of the Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund, to resist data centers, which threaten the environment and have harmful effects on communities, especially Black and Native.
Review of ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’, by Marjane Satrapi, graphic short stories by Iranian and international writers and artists, published on the first anniversary of the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini by the Iranian “morality police,” which sparked the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
Remembering the life of Yanar Mohamed, murdered March 2 in Baghdad, Iraq. An uncompromising feminist voice, and founder of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq she devoted her life to defending women and survivors of violence and trafficking.
Spanish translation of the article “Don’t wait to demonstrate against ICE/CBP” by Terry Moon.
Participant’s report on the Jan. 30 rally in far Northwest Detroit to demand ICE out of the city.
Participant’s report of a demonstration at Fruitvale Bart station, one of many actions in solidarity with the general strike in Minneapolis that took place around the San Francisco Bay Area on January 30.
Participant’s report on the Jan. 30 protest in Chicago against ICE and fascism and in solidarity with immigrants, people of color and activists in Minnesota.
Celebrating the life of Abraham Bassford (1936-2025), Freedom Rider and member of the Student Peace Union in the 1960s, who died in December 2025.
Report of a student walk out in Detroit at Cass Technical High School for a rally and march to demanding ICE out of Detroit.
With the chant “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here,” hundreds of people rallied Jan. 20 in many Oakland neighborhoods.
The U.S. capture of Venezuela’s president by the U.S. on Jan. 3 was framed as a fight against criminal networks. Beneath the surface, the event is part of a broader geopolitical struggle: a contest over resources, a selective application of international law, and the enduring hierarchies of global capitalism.
A physician who performed abortions for over 50 years describes his patients’ experiences and the evolving political situation. It reminds activists to be unapologetic about fighting for abortion rights: “Opposition to and psychological warfare against abortion is the principal organizing tool in America for imposing a totalitarian state.”
Appeal to help free Ibtissame Betty Lachgar, a Moroccan feminist and human rights defender imprisoned for a peaceful act of expression.
Authors Dr. Curtis Boyd and Dr. Glenna Halvorson-Boyd describe experiences in providing abortion care. The book provides hope that we can defeat authoritarianism and create a compassionate, connected society.
Two Starbucks workers speak about their strike that began Nov. 13. Workers demand resolution of their unfair labor practice complaints and better wages, staffing, hours, and working conditions.
Participant report of a protest in Evanston, Ill., demanding AT&T end its contracts with ICE and Homeland Security.
On Nov. 1, over 1,000 people rallied in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago, to protest the inhumanity and brutality of Trump and Kristy Noem’s ICE and Customs and Border Patrol. Fascism is here and now is the time for us all to step forward and be antifa.
A roundup of participant reports: an estimated 7 million rallied for No Kings Day 2 in 2,700 locations on Oct. 18, 2025. The joy of collective revolt mixed with oppressive awareness of the paramilitary occupation of cities like Chicago. But hardly a day goes by without new episodes of self-organized resistance.
Four years after the Taliban took over Afghanistan women have been reduced to non-persons with no future possible under their fascist rule. But women continue to fight, declaring: “the fall of Afghanistan was not the fall of our will.”
Participant’s report of a Community Defense Workshop on Oct. 4 at a Chicago school. Responding to the feds’ ongoing attacks on immigrants, our goal: “to keep our city’s people safe and supported as well as to manifest that we, the people, have the power to resist and organize against our increasingly fascist federal government.”
Participant’s report of the “Trillion Peso March”, which took place on Sept. 21 in Manila and other cities in Philippines, to protest corruption in the awarding of government contracts to fake flood control projects.
The second annual People’s Conference for Palestine brought 4,500 Palestinian and U.S. student-activists and their allies together in Detroit, focused on the urgent need to stop Israel’s genocide in Palestine and to end the suffering in Gaza and the West Bank.
A collection of participants’ voices in the the second annual People’s Conference for Palestine, which took place in Detroit August 29-31.
Nepal’s 2025 protests reflect a generation’s deep frustration with economic, social, and political marginalization. Youth recognizing their collective disadvantage even without formal organization is an emerging “class consciousness,” though it has not yet achieved a revolutionary transformation.
Days after going on strike, flight attendants at Air Canada won a tentative contract that stops unpaid work hours and increases their wage. Their defiance of Section 107 of the Labour Relations Code, meant to force all the picketers back to work, strengthens other strikers to resist it.
After 20 years in power, the Movement for Socialism was dealt an electoral blow in Bolivia. The seeds were planted in the three terms of Evo Morales as president, beginning in 2006. The substitution of an electoral pathway for a full social uprooting blunted the Indigenous mass protest as a pathway to freedom.
On Aug. 17, Israelis throughout the country demanded a ceasefire, a deal to free the hostages, the provision of food and aid into Gaza, and not to further invade and occupy Gaza. Throughout the day there was civil disobedience.
Participant’s report of the Aug. 16 demonstration in Oakland to support California’s Congressional redistricting. The demands ranged from “save democracy” to solidarity with those raided by ICE, “protect trans kids” and “resist fascism” to “defy, rebel, resist, disobey.”
‘Plundered,’ a study of housing in Detroit, reveals widespread predatory governance: local governments raise public dollars through racist policies. Its author spearheads a dozen community groups that assist individuals to regain their property.
Small signs of defiance: Israel’s military Chief of Staff refused to authorize an expanded assault on Gaza. Israel’s Attorney General defied Netanyahu’s anti-democratic orders. 74% of Israelis support an agreement with Hamas that would release all the hostages in exchange for an end to the Gaza war.
Participant report of the Coalition Against Genocide’s protest in Detroit on Aug. 2: “We are determined to stop the Israeli government’s ongoing siege and murder of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.” said the author.
Columbia University acquiesced to the Trump administration which restores their federal funding and grant money but agreed to punish students exercising their free speech against the genocide in Gaza. In addition, Columbia will have to pay $221 million to the federal government. This “is a disaster for higher education,” says Todd Wolfson, National President of the American Association of University Presidents.
