A living connection to past struggle We lost the last living connection to the left movement in Germany before the Second World War with Theodor Bergmann's death.

The term "exploitation" conjures images of sweatshops, but Marxists have a broader understanding that applies to the whole working class.

Women are primarily responsible for labor in the sphere of reproduction--creating and sustaining the working class--at almost no cost to the system.

Fifty years ago, students at San Francisco State were fighting racism and repression during the longest student strike in U.S. history.

THE MARK Twain we learned about in school is a less than inspiring figure: Twain, the children's author of riverside idylls; Twain, the bitter misanthrope who lashed out at society because of his ...

The 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson's declaration of a "War on Poverty" has reignited a debate about the persistence of inequality.

David Goudie saw a co-worker crushed to death because of unsafe conditions he had previously warned about--and then was fired from his job.

Historical materialism is the cornerstone of Karl Marx's theories and views--but how does this concept help us explain the world?

The left debate is posed as either support for slavery reparations or an alternative, socialist solution. But why should it be an either/or choice?

"Nothing can be changed until it is faced," wrote James Baldwin, and a new generation is learning from him about the challenges we face today.

The winning strike by Chicago teachers can be an opening wedge against corporate school "reform"--and a fighting example for other unions.

What labor activists today call social justice unionism is a renewal of a long tradition of solidarity in the U.S. labor movement, writes New York City educator Megan Behrent.