Communists of America

The George Floyd Uprising and the Struggle against Police Terror

The George Floyd uprising this summer was the largest protest movement in US history. Starting in Minneapolis, it spread to thousands of cities and towns across the country, with 10% of the population participating. Erika Roedl is an IMT organizer in Minneapolis who was there when the movement started, and she came to our online Marxist School to provide a first-hand account of the protests, as well as a perspective for the way forward in the fight against racism and police violence.
Read a report from the event: https://bit.ly/35ETXtN

¡Ni Una Menos! The Struggle Against Femicides in Mexico

Over the past several years Mexico has seen a huge increase in violence against women and femicides, with hundreds of women and girls killed every year. We brought in Karen Campos—organizer with the IMT in Mexico, La Izquierda Socialista—to speak on this topic at our recent online Marxist School. Karen explains that the rise of violence against women in Mexico and around the world is evidence of a sick, oppressive system that must be transformed, root and stem, through united class struggle.
Read a report from the event: https://bit.ly/35ETXtN

Facing a Climate Catastrophe: We Need a Planned Economy!

Record forest fires, droughts, and heat waves have devastated the US, but the capitalist system remains paralyzed in the face of climate catastrophe. In this session from our recent online Marxist School, Socialist Revolution editor Antonio Balmer presents the revolutionary socialist solution to climate change.
Read a report from the event: https://bit.ly/35ETXtN

Election 2020 and the Fight for Socialist Revolution

The election is finally over and Trump has been defeated in the polls this time around. Still, Trumpism is alive and well and the US is more polarized than at any other time living memory. At the same time, COVID-19 infections are rising uncontrollably and the crisis of capitalism continues to deepen. What will the election results mean for the US working class? What should socialists do in the aftermath of the 2020 election? John Peterson, editor of Socialist Revolution, takes up these questions at our recent US Marxist School.
Read a report from the event: https://bit.ly/35ETXtN

Electoral Chaos and the Crisis of American Bourgeois Democracy

Election night has come and gone and, as expected, there are no clear results. Trump has all but declared victory, while the Biden camp calls for patience. The general picture is one of polarization and political crisis. Socialist Revolution editor John Peterson provides an analysis of where things stand one day into the post-election chaos. 
Episode video and transcript: bit.ly/electoral-chaos. 
Register for our post-election event: socialistrevolution.org/election2020. 

Socialism vs Lesser Evilism: A Marxist Roundtable on the 2020 Election

What is the Marxist take on the 2020 election? Should socialists vote for Biden? Listen to our panel discussion where we address these questions and much more! Full video at https://youtu.be/JQqUs3dc7F8?t=608. 
Host: K. Khan (Bay Area, writer for Socialist Revolution). Panelists: Tom Trottier (New York City, editor for Socialist Revolution), Nick Brancaccio (Phoenix DSA Vice-Chair, writer for Socialist Revolution), Erika Roedl (Twin Cities, writer for Socialist Revolution).

Constitutional Chaos and COVID in the White House: A Marxist Take on Election 2020

These days, we go from one crisis after another. From the death of RBG, to the so-called presidential "debate," to the spread of COVID-19 to Donald Trump and the White House, events are moving so quickly that you can hardly keep up. What should socialists make of all this? Socialist Revolution editor John Peterson provides a Marxist perspective.

How to Fight the Eviction Wave

In the midst of a devastating global pandemic, the US population faces a coming wave of foreclosures, evictions—and hunger—unlike anything experienced since the Great Depression. What is at the root cause of all this? How can we fight the looming eviction wave? Joe Lang, Socialist Revolution organizer and contributing author, explores these questions.  
Read our article: https://bit.ly/eviction-wave. 
Solidarity with our comrades at Esquerda Marxista: https://bit.ly/brazil-solidarity. 
Intro music credit: Toasted Tomatoes (from "lofi hip​-​hop beats to organise​/​seize means to"). 

Lessons of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters' Strike

From May to August of 1934, Minneapolis was rocked by a strike that would forever change the course of US labor history. This was the strike of Teamsters Local 574, a union led by Trotskyists. Today, as the US working class regains its pulse after decades of lull in the class struggle, these events can provide us with many practical lessons for how labor can fight back and win through militant action. Steve Iverson of Boston Socialist Revolution presents on this topic. 
Intro music: 
"There is Power in a Union" (Version by Joe Glazer and Bill Friedland). 
"Bella Ciao" remix (Toasted Tomatoes from "lofi hip​-​hop beats to organise​/​seize means to").

Villa, Zapata, and the Mexican Revolution

Learn about Villa, Zapata, and the inspiring events of the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920. 100 years since the end of the revolution, what are its legacy and lessons for today? Presentation by John Peterson, editor of Socialist Revolution. 
Intro music: 
"La Toma de Zacatecas" (Antonio Aguilar). 
"Bella Ciao" remix (Toasted Tomatoes from "lofi hip​-​hop beats to organise​/​seize means to").