Editors' Blog
Chapter 3 of Left Wing Communism
Principal Stages In The History of Bolshevism 1905-1917 and their Relevance TodayThomas RigginsLenin, in his book "'Left Wing' Communism An Infantile Disorder," written in 1920, maintains that there are lessons from the Russian Revolution that may be of more general interest than to Russia alone.
Gail Collin's -- Bloice's Quote of the Day
via Carl Bloice
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2011, median household income declined, the poverty rate was not statistically different from the previous year and the percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased.
Ayn Rand and Paul Ryan: An Unhealthy Love of Capitalism
Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan and the right wing’s unhealthy love of capitalism is on the rise.
Breaching the Divide: Labor Militancy in Memphis
The 1930s and 40s were both vibrant and trying times for American workers. The two decades encompassed a great depression, and a concluding Second World War. Uniquely, among these conditions, the labor movement in America was led by various groups; from radicals "reds" such as the Communist Party(CPUSA) to the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). The vivacity of the 1930s labor movement should be seen as militancy for collective action among workers, perpetuated by external societal conditions. Both race and anticommunism played heavy roles in the resistance movement against labor organization by both white southern workers and upper level officials and state legislators. Memphis, TN was chosen by Michael Honey as the focus study of analyzing the history of labor organization in the South, and provides a deep insight into the realities of race, anticommunism, and their effect on labor conditions. The fight for community and worker solidarity within the workplace was a vibrant struggle against not only harsh economic conditions, but also social conditions that sought to alienate racial and ethnic groups to fragment the Southern labor movement into stagnation.
Understanding the Standoff in Mali
via Foreign Policy In Focus
The Russian Revolution: An Essential Condition for Success
Thomas RigginsIn the second chapter of his 1920 work "Left Wing" Communism an Infantile Disorder, Lenin discusses what he considers to have been an essential condition for the victory of the Bolsheviks.
