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Slavery Was Crucial for the Development of Capitalism
Boiling House at the Sugar Plantation Asunción, Cuba, 1857. (Justo German Cantero / Wikimedia Commons) AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBIN BLACKBURNHistorian Robin Blackburn has completed a trilogy of books that provide a comprehensive Marxist account of slavery in the New World.…
How Fascism Typically Takes Over a Nation by Rhetoric
Words. Speeches. News conferences. Rallies. Media. Money. And they all point in one direction: violence in service of the fascist leader. THOM HARTMANN The Hartmann ReportMAR 29, 2024 Share Fascism doesn’t typically take over countries by military means (WWII’s temporary…
The Growing Dangers of Right-Wing and GOP Immigration Lies and Conspiracies
MARCH 21, 2024 Washington, DC — Several must-read columns underscore the growing dangers posed by Elon Musk and other right-wing actors and Republicans’ mainstreaming of the “replacement theory” and related conspiracies. Beyond the connections to white nationalism and the ugly…
Promoting and Practicing a Contemporary Chinese Perspective on Human Rights
{Note from the OUL: We understand that universal human rights is a topic of ongoing controversy, and those who profess them do not, at times, lives up to them, including the U.S. and China. But we think it important to…
Imperialist Propaganda and the Ideology of the Western Left Intelligentsia: From Anticommunism and Identity Politics to Democratic Illusions and Fascism
OUL Note: We don’t agree with much of this MR interview, especially its one-sided attack on the Frankfurt School, but it does contain historical items of interest. by Gabriel Rockhill and Zhao Dingqi Monthly Review (Dec 01, 2023) Gabriel Rockhill is executive director of…
How Black Americans Kept Reconstruction Alive
The federal government abandoned Reconstruction in 1877, but Black people didn’t give up on the moment’s promise. By Peniel E. JosephThe Atlantic, December 2023 Editor’s Note: This article is part of “On Reconstruction,” a project about America’s most radical experiment.…