# Online University of the Left

> Radical Ideas for Radical Change


## Posts

- [--Giroux: MAGA Aesthetics and Fascist Power:](https://ouleft.org/?p=5094): Spectacles of White Supremacy By Henry Giroux  Counterpunch iSpectacles of State Violence and the Culture of Cruelty The United States is not merely awash in brutalizing and murderous acts of state-sanctioned violence. It is being restructured by them. The killings of Rachel Good and Alex Pretti are not aberrations or tragic mistakes; they belong to a longer and darker history that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People once named with chilling precision. In earlier periods of American turmoil, such killings were called lynchings, acts “carried out by lawless mobs, although police officers did participate, under the pretext of […]
- [--The War of Southern Aggression](https://ouleft.org/?p=5072): The MAGA reconstruction of the North is well underway BY Michael Podhorzer Weekend Reading Jan 27, 2026 – Confederate apologists often claim, as Nikki Haley did during the 2024 Republican primary campaign, that the Civil War was fought over “states’ rights.” The Southern rebellion was indeed about “states’ rights,” but only in the sense that it was about the Confederate States’ right to determine who was an American citizen and interpret the Constitution to its own satisfaction. That’s why Confederates inverted their secession as the “The War of Northern Aggression.” The sources of today’s crises come into focus once we understand that we are […]
- [--The Case for a Third Reconstruction](https://ouleft.org/?p=5057): The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking .By K. Sabeel Rahman ▪  Dissent, Fall 2025 Just months into Donald Trump’s second term, it’s clear that his administration is transforming our government. The slashing of health and safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP will devastate millions of families. The gutting of regulatory oversight will have equally profound and far-reaching effects: Americans will face more exploitation and harm at work, more consumer fraud, more discrimination, and more exposure […]
- [--Ukraine Between Empire And Revolution: Lev Yurkevych’S Anti-Colonial Marxism](https://ouleft.org/?p=5047): By Lev Yurkevych & Christopher FordLinks, Published 29 July, 2025 First published at New Politics. Translation by Terry Liddle. Introduction, editing and notes by Christopher Ford. Presented below for the first time in the English language is the pamphlet Ukraine and the War by Lev Yurkevych offering what is arguably the earliest concise Marxist analysis of the Ukrainian question to be presented to international socialists. Yurkevych, a figure whose name and role have been long forgotten in the history of the labor movement, was during his lifetime one of the foremost Ukrainian representatives of the Social Democracy of the Second […]
- [--Neofascism, Imperialism, War, and Revolution in the Middle East](https://ouleft.org/?p=5018): Gilbert Achcar interviewed by  by Rodrigo Utrera | July 24, 2025 Gilbert Achcar grew up in Lebanon and has lived and taught in Paris, Berlin, and London. He is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of London. His many books include The Clash of Barbarisms (2002, 2006); Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy, co-authored with Noam Chomsky (2007); The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives (2010); Marxism, Orientalism, Cosmopolitanism (2013); The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising (2013); Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising (2016); and The New Cold War: The […]
- [--Why Malcolm X Said More White People Should Be Like Abolitionist John Brown](https://ouleft.org/?p=5010): Over a century-and-a-half after his death, John Brown resonates in a nation that still has not addressed slavery, racial injustice, and white supremacy. By David A. Love LA Progressive, May 4, 2025 At a time when white supremacy poses an existential threat to society, we need the spirit of Malcolm X, and we need more white co-conspirators like John Brown. In his commencement address at Howard University, President Joe Biden called white supremacy a “poison” and “the most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland.” The speech came days after the birthday of the abolitionist John Brown, who was born May 9, […]
- [--Mutual Aid in the Age of Fascism](https://ouleft.org/?p=4986): As people are being deputized to do violence, building connections is political resistance. Armed self-defense against armed Nazis in Lincoln Height, Ohio, in 2024. Judith Levine Boston Review April 10, 2025 – Around sunset on March 25, Fatema Ahmad, executive director of the grassroots Muslim Justice League in Boston, was winding down after a call with a group of attorneys. They had been strategizing their response to a widening pattern of “foreign student abductions”—unwarned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests based on allegations of support of terrorism, aka protest of Israel’s war on Gaza. “We’re a city with a lot of […]
- [--How Stephen Jay Gould Fought the Science Culture Wars](https://ouleft.org/?p=4976): Stephen Jay Gould in 1990. ,Steve Liss / Getty Images In the 1970s, a crop of books purporting to provide a scientific basis for gender inequality met sharp criticism from figures like Stephen Jay Gould. Decades later, these debates have fallen out of public memory, but right-wing pseudoscience persists By Myrna Perez   Jacobin Adapted from Criticizing Science: Stephen Jay Gould and the Struggle for American Democracy by Myrna Perez (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024). The issue of biological determinism is not an abstract matter to be debated within academic cloisters. These ideas have important consequences. . . . The most immediate impact […]
- [--Marxism is the 'True Scripture' of Us Communists](https://ouleft.org/?p=4967): Portrait of Zhuanzi, Daoist master of the Tang Dynasty By Tang Aijun Study Times, China Jan 15, 2025 – On December 11, 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the National Party School Work Conference: “Marxism is the ‘true scripture’ of us Communists. If we fail to study the ‘true scripture’ well and always think about ‘going to the West to obtain the scriptures’, we will miss out on important things!” “Zhenjing” originally referred to the works of Taoist masters such as Zhuangzi in the Tang Dynasty. Later, its connotation and extension were continuously expanded to refer to Taoist […]
- [--The Age Of Neofascism And Its Distinctive Features. By Gilbert Achcar](https://ouleft.org/?p=4956): Links:  6 February, 2025 First published in Arabic at Al-Quds al-Arabi. Translation from Gilbert Achcar’s blog. With each passing day and at an accelerating pace in recent years, it becomes increasingly obvious that we are witnessing a new era of rise of the far right on a global scale, similar to the era of the rise of fascist forces between the two world wars of the twentieth century. The label “neofascism” has been used to designate the contemporary far right, which adapted to our time, out of its awareness that repeating the same fascist pattern witnessed in the past century was no […]
- [--When Oligarchs Go Bad - Musk with Germany's AfD](https://ouleft.org/?p=4944): Elon Musk and Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland. Part I. By Claire Berlinski The Cosmopolitan Globalist Jan 24, 2025 The Democratic Dilemma and Militant Democracy Authoritarians are known for their ability to come to power legally, then destroy the rule of law. Hitler is the best known example.1 If it is difficult to strike the right balance between preventing this and avoiding undue restrictions on political expression in any democracy, it is all the more difficult in Germany, where at every turn you are blackmailed by history. Germans are highly averse to surveillance, having experienced not only Nazism but also the Stasi, […]
- [--How to Create a Future of Cheap Energy for All](https://ouleft.org/?p=4871): How to Create a Future of Cheap Energy for All The WIRED & Octopus Energy Tech Summit in Berlin was bursting with innovative ideas for reaching net zero and on working together at an ever-greater scale November, 2024 – Kraftwerk Berlin, the venue for the Energy Tech Summit with Octopus Energy, offered delegates a powerful lesson from history. Built by the East German government in 1961, the same year construction on the Berlin wall began, the vast turbine hall was hastily assembled to manage a crisis—the wall forced the Communist east and capitalist west to build grids that were not […]
- [--How to Build an Underground Resistance Force in 16 Steps](https://ouleft.org/?p=4866): How to Build an Underground Resistance Force in 16 Steps By Kim Drew Wright BlueVirginia.US North Chesterfield, VA, Feb 5, 2017 All I wanted was a handful of likeminded neighbors to bemoan the presidential election results, and three months later, I find myself the leader of 1,500 women — a staggering number for an historically red county of Virginia — and a number that increases daily. Liberal Women of Chesterfield County was born out of my election night angst, when the only safe place to speak of my disgust was in secret social media groups, which were all of a sudden scrambling to make more urgent connections. Intuitively, […]
- [--Slavery Was Crucial for the Development of Capitalism](https://ouleft.org/?p=4706): 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. He spoke to Jacobin about the intimate links between the slave systems in the Americas and the origins of capitalism. djtzsfrw Robin Blackburn, longtime editor of the New Left Review, is probably the foremost Marxist historian of New World slavery working today. In The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery: 1776–1848 (1988) and The […]
- [--How Fascism Typically Takes Over a Nation by Rhetoric](https://ouleft.org/?p=4702): 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. BY THOM HARTMANN The Hartmann ReportMAR 29, 2024 Fascism doesn’t typically take over countries by military means (WWII’s temporary order notwithstanding); instead, it relies on rhetoric. Words. Speeches. News conferences. Rallies. Media. Money. And they all point in one direction: violence in service of the fascist leader. The rhetorical embrace and appreciation of violence is one of the cardinal characteristics of fascism, and a big step was taken this week […]
- [--The Growing Dangers of Right-Wing and GOP Immigration Lies and Conspiracies](https://ouleft.org/?p=4700): The Growing Dangers of Right-Wing and GOP Immigration Lies and Conspiracies MARCH 21, 2024 – Several Columnists and Reporters According to Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “We must be unequivocal in our condemnation and clear-eyed about the dangers of the amplification to the replacement and invasion conspiracy. It is not just about hate towards immigrants, but an attempt to scapegoat immigrants to undermine our democracy. If the multi-racial electoral and governance system is illegitimate then fighting against it, even violently, becomes more legitimate, which is at the heart of Republicans’ electoral argument in 2024.” Among the key commentaries: […]
- [--Imperialist Expropriation, Global Care Chains And Shifting Core-Periphery Boundaries: An Interview With Nancy Fraser](https://ouleft.org/?p=4684): Imperialist Expropriation, Global Care Chains And Shifting Core-Periphery Boundaries: An Interview With Nancy Fraser By Nancy Fraser & Federico Fuentes Links 14 February, 2024 Nancy Fraser is the Henry and Louise A. Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research in New York, working on social, political and feminist theory. She is also the author of, among other works, Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It. In this extensive interview, Fraser talks with Federico Fuentes for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal about how transfers of natural […]
- [--E.P. Thompson: Historian For The Working Class](https://ouleft.org/?p=4673): On the centenary of Thompson’s birth, Dominic Alexander celebrates his monumental work, The Making of the English Working Class E.P. Thompson: Historian For The Working Class By Dominic Alexander Counterfire February 2 , 2024 -Edward Palmer Thompson, born a century ago on 3 February 1924, was not only one of the most important British Marxist historians but was also among the most important internationally. He is surely best remembered for his monumental work, The Making of the English Working Class (1963), which in charting the development of a political class consciousness among workers in England during the Industrial Revolution from the […]
- [--Promoting and Practicing a Contemporary Chinese Perspective on Human Rights](https://ouleft.org/?p=4589): 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 study differing approaches, and China’s is often neglected. So we publish this piece in that context.] By Jiang Jianguo English Edition of Qiushi Journal  Jan 5, 2024 – Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, President Xi Jinping has made the development of human […]
- [Liz Cheney, the Anti-Fascist Conservative](https://ouleft.org/?p=4551): By Carl Davidson Liberation Road Newsletter Dec 20, 2023 – Since the recent publication of Liz Cheney’s new book, Wyoming’s former Member of Congress has been making the rounds of our top media outlets and news shows. If you have yet to watch one, do so. It’s well worth it. Entitled ‘Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning,’ the work takes a deep dive into former President Donald Trump’s attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2021. It not only covers that radical rupture with the usual ‘peaceful transfer of power’ in our country’s history, but Cheney also offers us a […]
- [Imperialist Propaganda and the Ideology of the Western Left Intelligentsia: From Anticommunism and Identity Politics to Democratic Illusions and Fascism](https://ouleft.org/?p=4548): 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 the Critical Theory Workshop/Atelier de Théorie Critique and professor of philosophy at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. He is currently completing his fifth single-author book, The Intellectual World War: Marxism versus the Imperial Theory Industry (Monthly Review Press, forthcoming). Zhao Dingqi is an assistant researcher at the Institute of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the editor of World Socialism Studies. This interview was originally […]
- [How Black Americans Kept Reconstruction Alive](https://ouleft.org/?p=4496): 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. The civil war produced two competing narratives, each an attempt to make sense of a conflict that had eradicated the pestilence of slavery. Black Americans who believed in multiracial democracy extolled the emancipationist legacy of the war. These Reconstructionists envisioned a new America finally capable of safeguarding Black dignity and claims of citizenship. Black women and men created new civic, […]
- [Dilemmas Of Non-Ruling Socialist/Communist Parties: The Case Of The SACP](https://ouleft.org/?p=4481): by Mphutlane wa BofeloAmandla.org Aug 28, 2023 – In his examination of why despite their meagre results at the polls, nine non-ruling communist parties in Europe continue to have sporadic participation in multi-party coalitions in government, Sidney Tarrow indicates that communist parties enter governments during perceived socioeconomic or political crises or as a left-wing of a multi-party coalition in which the communist parties occupy a central position within the left coalition while the centrist parties and republicans holds a centre stage within the opposite conservative pole. (Tarrow, 1982). Tarrow (1982) delineates the motivation for the participation of communist parties in […]
- [AMILCAR CABRAL IN THE AGE OF ‘IDENTITY POLITICS’](https://ouleft.org/?p=4478): BY BILL FLETCHER, JR.Real News Network, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 On the occasion of the republication of ‘Return to the Source’ by Monthly Review Press, a panel of long-serving Pan-Africanists reflect on the life of Amilcar Cabral and the relevance of his teachings to current liberation movements. Amilcar Cabral (1924-1973), Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean political revolutionary, the founder and president of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, and leader in the war of independence in Guinea-Bissau. at P.A.I.G.C. headquarters, Algiers, February 1967 During his life, Bissau-Guinean revolutionary Amilcar Cabral co-founded the PAIGC and dedicated his life […]
- [Woodrow Wilson Was Even Worse Than You Think](https://ouleft.org/?p=4444): It’s said that the South lost the war, but won the peace, but it was Wilson’s presidency that sealed the victory. An incorrigible white supremacist, Wilson’s racism was fundamental even to his “idealistic” plans for a peaceful post-WWI world order. By Colin Woodard Taking Points Memo June 29, 2020 – This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Princeton University’s decision this weekend to strike the name of its former president — and ours — from its public policy school for his “racist thinking and policies” was long overdue. Woodrow Wilson was in wide company in […]
- [Quantum Hype: A Review of Quantum Supremacy by Michio Kaku](https://ouleft.org/?p=4249): By Ivan Handler Special to the OUL June 16, 2023 – There has been a continuous stream of extremely impressive technical advances in the world ever since the closing days of WWII. The invention of the computer was in many ways the most significant since almost every other advance has depended on the computer and its amazing evolution post war. But add to the computer, nuclear weapons, the transistor, the discovery of DNA, the Internet, CRISPR and you see how completely scientific discoveries have profoundly impacted society. It looks like quantum computers are going to be the latest advance with […]
- [Global Post-Fascism and the War in Ukraine](https://ouleft.org/?p=4036)
- [The Failure of Reconstruction Is to Blame for the Weakness of American Democracy](https://ouleft.org/?p=4004): Review of Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy by Jeremi Suri (PublicAffairs, 2022) By Matthew E. StanleyJacobin A new book argues that the American right emerged out of a backlash to multiracial democracy following the Civil War. This is only partly true: reactionaries did not just fear democracy, they feared the economic redistribution former slaves associated with it. Manage your crypto securely with the phantom wallet extension. Easy to use, it supports Solana-based assets and dApps, ensuring quick and safe transactions! In August, a poll conducted by YouGov revealed that 40 percent of Americans […]
- [‘Everything That Is Human Is Ours’](https://ouleft.org/?p=3990): Posted by carl4davidson   The political and cultural vanguardism of Antonio Gramsci and José Carlos Mariátegui By Christian Noakes  Class, Culture, Ideology, Marxism Within the heterogenous tradition of Marxism there are two diametrically opposed conceptions of popular culture: the elitist and vanguardist. The former is far from unique to Marxism, and it could be argued that such positions are antithetical to the popular sentiments of Karl Marx’s revolutionary thought. Such an orientation represents a dominant intellectual trend more generally, wherein the popular culture of the masses is considered devoid of positive value and categorically distinct from so-called high culture.1 Within Marxism, this […]
- [Gramsci and Contemporary Left Strategy: The ‘Historical Bloc’ as a Strategic Concept](https://ouleft.org/?p=3343): By Panagiotis Sotiris Although ‘historical bloc’ is one of the most-well known concepts associated with the work of Antonio Gramsci, at the same time not enough attention has been paid to its strategic theoretical significance. In most cases, ‘historical block’ has been taken to refer to alliances. This is most obvious in various texts from the PCI tradition.[1] Of course the identification of the concept of ‘historical bloc’ simply with social alliances can also be attributed to a surface reading of some of Gramsci’s pre-Prison writings, such as the famous text on the Southern Question where one can find Gramsci’s […]
- [Camila Piñeiro Harnecker: Cooperatives and Socialism in Cuba](https://ouleft.org/?p=4033): September 26, 2011 — First posted at Cuba’s Socialist Renewal, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with permission — Cooperatives and Socialism: A Cuban Perspective is a new Cuban book, published in Spanish earlier this year. This important and timely compilation is edited by Camila Piñeiro Harnecker (pictured above). Avid readers of Cuba’s Socialist Renewal will recall that I translated and posted a commentary by Camila, titled “Cuba Needs Changes” [also available at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal], back in January. Camila lives in Cuba and has a degree in sustainable development from the University of Berkeley, […]
- [The Conflict Between National and Transnational Power: The Russian Trap](https://ouleft.org/?p=4013): By JERRY HARRIS Race and Class Abstract: The Russian invasion of the Ukraine is a powerful assertion of geopolitical power and conflict. But Russia’s nationalist and expansionary drive takes place within the context of transnational economic ties. Such ties help define the nature of the war, and both the Russian and western response. The contradictory pressures of nationalist desires conflicting with transnational integration is an underappreciated complexity of the war that this article will explore. Keywords: energy resources, finance capital, nationalism, oligarchy, Russian invasion, sanctions, transnational capitalist class, Ukraine.  Introduction The invasion of Ukraine is seen by most as a […]
- [The U.S.’ Six Party System’ 5.0: Revising the Hypothesis Again](https://ouleft.org/?p=4010): Click HERE for a closeup view of the graphic. By Carl Davidson Feb. 27, 2022 “If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.”  –Sun Tzu, The Art of War Successful strategic thinking starts with gaining knowledge, in particular gaining adequate knowledge of the big picture, of all the political and economic forces involved (Sun Tzu’s Earth) and what they are thinking, about themselves and others, at any given time. (Sun Tzu’s Heaven). It’s not a one-shot deal. Since both Heaven […]
- [Using Marxism to Look Back 5000 Years: Findings and Insights from Research into the Origins of the Chinese Civilization](https://ouleft.org/?p=4017): By Wang Wei Qiushi Journal  Updated: 2022-10-28 The Chinese civilization is one of the world’s four great ancient civilizations and the only one that has developed in an unbroken chain up to the present day. It thus holds a unique and important place in the history of human civilization. As President Xi Jinping has said, the origins of Chinese civilization are an important subject for Chinese scholars and an enduring focus for international researchers. In the spring of 2002, a national-level project to trace the origins of the Chinese civilization was launched. Guided by Marxism, research focused on four ancient […]
- [‘Cool’ and Culture: Does It Free or Confine?](https://ouleft.org/?p=3644): Posted by carl4davidson What does “cool” even mean in 2013? By Carl Wilson Slate Magazine Last month the electro-psychedelic band MGMT released a video for its “Cool Song No. 2.” It features Michael K. Williams of The Wire as a killer-dealer-lover-healer figure stalking a landscape of vegetation, narcotics labs, rituals, and Caucasians. “What you find shocking, they find amusing,” the singer drones in Syd Barrett-via-Spiritualized mode. The video is loaded with signposts of cool, first among them Williams, who played maybe the coolest TV character of the past decade as the gay Baltimore-drug-world stickup man Omar Little. But would you […]

## Pages

- [NSL](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=5118)
- [SatCafe](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=5087)
- [Gramsci's Cultural Writings](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=4919): Download a PDF version here: Purchase the hardbound here: https://www.amazon.com/Antonio-Gramsci-Selections-Cultural-Writings Gramsci was interested in both popular and high-art culture, and the writings in this selection include his reflections on Futurism as well as the detective novel, on linguistics and journalism, on ‘national-popular’ culture and folklore. The volume’s extensive introductory material and explanatory notes offer useful background information on the wider context of Gramsci’s work.
- [Indigenous Peoples Studies](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=4714): The Great Plains is the huge area in the central portion of the North American continent which stretches from the Canadian provinces in the north, almost to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Mississippi River in the east. This is an area which contains many different kinds of habitat: flatland, dunes, hills, tablelands, stream valleys, and mountains. It is a dry region and lacks trees except along rivers and streams.  This was not a vacant land when the European invasion began, but a region inhabited by and utilized by many […]
- [FAIR’s Excellent Media Resource List (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=4255)
- [Ele-Home](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=4101): For Discussion… WHO ARE WE? Naturally, many Marxist trends have developed over the years, and new ones are on the rise today. We see ourselves as a left unity project, initiated first by CCDS and now assisted by Liberation Road and others. Everyone who wants to see this project and its goals succeed are welcome here. A PDF flyer file for spreading the word is HERE. Founder: Carl Davidson. Initial Core Group: Linda Alcoff, Mark Alper, Gar Alperovitz, Burton Lee Artz, Salvatore Babones, Cameron Baron, Rose Brewer, Renate Bridenthal, Paul Buhle, Roderick Bush, Dominique Caouette, Orlando Caracas, Dana Cloud, Michael Duff, […]
- [Emmett Till, Martyr](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=4054): Studies in Black History Wikihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till His mother: Mamie Till-Mobleyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvLPvH48YnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q3ZOCjkEwYhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Till Memories of his cousin: Rev Wheeler Parker Jrhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyCW3KMxyAc Emmett Till Archiveshttps://guides.lib.fsu.edu/Till FBI Reporthttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/emmett-till PBS Moviehttps://www.pbs.org/video/the-murder-of-emmett-till-j6dpye/ NBC Documentaryhttps://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/emmett-till-murder-case-author-of-1963-thesis-investigation-shares-new-trial-revelations-to-nbc-chicago/3041716/ Youtube Moviehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V6ffUUEvaM 60 minutes storyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjr6XLcCXgU The early yearshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z1-9u5xlCM Bookshttps://www.worldcat.org/search?q=emmett+till
- [Links](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=4021):   Below You’ll Find Useful Portals with More Links to Publications, Think Tanks, and Organizations This page, with one or two clicks, will take you to almost every major newspaper, magazine, journal, think tank and other source of interesting and valuable information in English. Some of it will be progressive and truthful in orientation. Others will carry the bias and obfuscation of various uppers classes and factions, but will be useful to know nonetheless. …Other Sites of Interest
- [Women's Studies](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3895): No study of human society, human thought, and the history of consciousness can be complete or even valid without considering the outlook, contributions, and struggles of half of humanity, the women of all classes, nationalities, and historical periods. Here is where we will highlight those achievements and deepen our understanding and ability to make more significant changes in the future. Simone de Beauvoir’s Contributions & Controversies on Feminism Simone de Beauvoir, author of ‘The Second Sex,’ was a French philosopher and activist who spent her life advocating for women’s rights as equals in society and her existentialist theories. This site […]
- [Urban Studies](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3883): The vast majority of people in the industrial world, and now a majority of the world’s people altogether, live in or near large cities.  Some are mega-cities, caused by crises and a source of suffering. Under any rational order, they would not exist . Others are treasures, centers of culture and learning. Most are somewhere in between. In any case, they are the locus of politics and the struggle for change. All matter relation to them, from urban design to community organizing, will be the focus of this department. Film: The Interrupters The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories […]
- [Sport & Athletics](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3870): Radical education not only develops our thinking, but at its best, it also develops the whole person–body, mind, and spirit. That’s why we’re starting this section on sports and athletics. We will also offer critiques of how sport is often distorted in a capitalist-ruled world
- [Sociology](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3851): Here we cover human societies and their interactions and transactions. We also include anthropology and demographics. In addition to Marxism, we present other insightful perspectives as well. Rising Inequality in America 3-part Video Interview with Barabara Ehreneich by Bill Moyers Access Here Foundations of Modern Social Theory Hobbes, Locke, Smith, Marx, Nietzche, Weber, Durheim 25 Video Lectures by Ivan Syelenyi of Yale University. Access Here Alvin Toffler’s ‘Future Shock’ A one-hour documentary in 5 parts featuring Orson Welles Access Here Erich Fromm’s Marxist Sociology 40 Years Later An introductory essay by Kierian Durkin, along with multiple resources and files Access […]
- [Solidarity Economy](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3841): All economic systems have a core set of values. Capitalism maximizes wealth for its owners; Marxism has the self-emancipation of the working class, and the green economy has sustainability and harmony with nature. The solidarity economy, for its part, has the core values of mutual aid and cooperation.  The recent rise in the solidarity economy began largely as a response to neoliberalism in the third world. When global capital shattered the safety nets of local governments, the masses had nowhere to turn but to each other to find means of survival. This often took the form of cooperatives, which grew […]
- [Science & Discovery](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3823): Here we treat both the history of science and new discoveries in the natural and social sciences. Einstein for the Masses Prof. Ramamurti Shankar, J.R. Huffman Professor of Physics & Applied Physics at Yale, introduces Einstein’s Theory to a lay audience. The only preparation needed is an open mind. One-hour Video Lecture. Access Here Cosmos: A Personal Voyage This is the famous thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter. Each segment is about one hour. Magnificent, from beginning to end. Access Here ‘Science as a Way of Knowing, a 20-minute talk […]
- [Ecology & Energy](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3805): Ecology, by its nature, covers a wide range of topics. But what we focus on in this department are all the topics concerning the climate change crisis, the sustainable development use of energy, the green economy and the political thinking and campaigns required to move us to a more livable world for us and our descendants. Ecomind: A One-Hour Lecture by Francis Moore Lappe Frances Moore Lappe, author of “Diet for a Small Planet,” argues in her latest book that people should not be pessimistic about solving the planet’s ecological problems. She says it is important to get people to […]
- [Geography](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3793): Geography is about far more than maps and memorizing place names. Modern geography, especially as influenced by Marxism and historical materialism,  is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the Earth and all of its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but how they have changed and come to be.  Geography has been called “the world discipline” and “the bridge between the human and the physical science. Geography is divided into two main branches: the human and the physical. We will deal with both of them. The Sixth Extinction Throughout the history of evolution, five great catastrophes […]
- [Religion](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3780): Religion is part of human history, our society today, and the processes of deep social change–right, left, and center. As such, it is an important topic to be understood by any political left seeking changes in consciousness. Here we are not so much concerned with ‘truth’ or ‘falsehood’ regarding religion and faith as we are with the role it plays in people’s lives and the uses to which it is put by all classes. The Bible Unearthed This far-ranging exploration of biblical history, in 3.5 hours of video covering 7000 years of history, makes use of archival footage of previous […]
- [Psychology](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3766): What consciousness is on both the individual and group levels, how is is shaped and changed, how it can become revolutionary class consciousness–all these have been and remain critical questions for those organizing for change. This is how we will approach the subject of psychology in this department, but we also will not be limited by this focus. We are well aware that the matter is wide and deep, and many features of the history and scope of consciousness are still unfolding. SELLING CIGARETTES, BACON AND EGGS,AND WARS: Edward Bernays: Part 1 and Part 2, Cigarettes and Sufferettes, and the […]
- [Political Science](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3747): The Greeks of Antiquity aimed for their city-states to be expressions of the highest good, and Aristotle proclaimed humans to be ‘political animals.’ Ever since, people have argued and plotted actions of the best way they might govern–either themselves, others, or both. In modern times John Dewey tried to combine public education with the participatory politics of  ‘the public citizen,’ while his critics tried to conserve more elitist goals and methods. In any case, here is where we deal with the art and science of  ‘who can do what to whom.’ The Case for a Third Reconstruction The scale and […]
- [Political Economy](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3727): Marxism will be the core of our approach to political economy. But we are also open to a range of other views–the solidarity economy, Keynesian schools of thought, and debates between various opposing schools. FREEDOM IN THE COMMONS: TOWARDS A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INFORMATION, a lecture by Yochai Benkler, originally delivered as the Second Annual Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property at Duke Law School on March 26, 2002. It outlines two fundamental social aspects of the emerging economic-technological condition of the networked information economy: the economic—concerned with the organization of production and consumption in this economy, and […]
- [Philosophy Dept](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3707): Philosophy in different ages has been called the queen of the sciences, thinking about thinking or simply the love of wisdom. Here is a world index of philosophers Here we’ll mainly treat it as critical thinking about schools and systems of ideas in a rational and inquiring way that widens our horizons. Most of all, we’ll pay attention to Marx’s 11th Thesis on Feuerbach: ‘Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. the point, however, is to change it.‘ Philosophy of  Antonio Gramsci Seven Short Video Lectures by Eric Hobsbawm. For a 90-minute film on Gramsci’s life done in […]
- [Labor Studies](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3695): This interdisciplinary page’s main focus is trade unions, although not entirely. Other forms of worker organization and the strategies, tactics, and skills required to advance it, both current and historical, are also relevant here. Take your portfolio to the next level by investing in Saipem, a company rooted in excellence and innovation. Bill Fletcher, Jr and Stephen Lerner on Bill MoyersCurrent Unionism in Crisis Can unions rebound and once again act strongly in the interest of ordinary workers? Bill Moyers talks to two people who can best answer the question: Stephen Lerner and Bill Fletcher, Jr. The architect of the […]
- [Media Studies](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3677): The growth of mass media and the means of communication have done for the shaping and production of consciousness what the industrial revolution has done for material goods and the growth of society’s productive forces. With even further radical changes brought about by the many-to-many modes of communication on the internet, media studies is even more critical to social change. Carl Davidson on the Interconnected Deep Theory of Current Media Silos, Conflicted Consciousness, Mead’s Social Self, Gramsci’s ‘Common Sense,’ Tofflers’ Demassification, and Marx’s ‘Mode of Communication.’ A long read, but worth it. Download Here Danny Schechter on Reality Asserts Itself. […]
- [Latino/a Studies](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3657): ‘Latino/a’ often conceals more than it reveals. Here we will cover the entire range of Spanish-speaking peoples in North America–Puerto Ricans, Chicanos, Mexicans, Cubans, Dominicans, Salvadoreans and many more–while they share some things in common, they are also unique in many ways that we will respect. The Restoration of the Monroe Doctrine: Trump’s Imperialist Offensive in Latin America By Tiago Nogara ACCESS HERE Trump greeting Brazil’s Bolasario, now in jail. Forced Amnesia: The Hidden History Of America’s Far West An emotional and historical journey through the American West on the tracks of the pre-1848 border, to meet families that lived […]
- [History Dept](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3603): Here we will examine a wide range of historical subjects and periods. We’ do so not only to better understand the past, but also to gain a better understanding of ourselves and our problems today. There is both a science and an art to the study of history and politics. We want to learn the lessons of the past, but we also know that every new revolution breaks the mold of those that came before it. Marcus Rediker o n Benjamin Lay – History from Below after the Transnational Turn This seminar subtitled “The Case of a Forgotten 18th-century Revolutionary,” […]
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- [Gender and Sexuality](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3560): LGBTQ: The modern movements for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Rights have not only brought the question of consistent democracy to more traditional constituencies, they have also played a radical role in deconstructing outmoded and oppressive ideas about gender and sexuality for everyone. OutHistory.Org is a wealth of connections to LGBT resources of all sorts–books, sites, class syllabi, organizations, and so on. Join thousands globally using the Quantum AI Trading App for effortless trading. Explore the potential of Quantum-AI-App.com and start trading confidently. ACCESS HERE Judith Butler: Gender and Queer Theory Lecture in Sweden: “Precarious Life: The Obligations of […]
- [Global Studies](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3535): Global Studies Global Studies is a fast-growing cross-disciplinary field. It’s brought into being by the radical and rapid growth of global capital, global markets and a worldwide division of labor and production that in turn has an impact on politics, society and culture Dialectics of Globalization A one-hour video lecture at the Brecht forum in NYC by Jerry Harris, DeVry University, on the rise of the transnational capitalist class, and the conflicts it causes Access Here What Is Globalization? A Brief Introduction An 8-minute video from Wissenwerte that serves as an excellent introduction to a class discussion Access Here The […]
- [English and Literature](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3502): Here we’ll feature classic and working-class literature–and Marxist critiques of both. We’ll also encourage new writers and poets with creative writing workshops, reviews, and other projects and forums. Who was Dashiell Hammett? One-Hour Video Discussion of the Maltese Falcon DukeReads: Michael Malone on Dashiell Hammett’s ‘The Maltese Falcon.’ Access Here Dashiell Hammett: from Pinkerton spy to proletarian writer RADICAL NOIR: 26 ACTIVIST CRIME NOVELS Revolutionaries, Agitators, and Organizers in Crime Fiction Some subject matters and historical settings naturally lend themselves to radical politics. Crime fiction has often had sympathy and respect for the down-and-out and oppressed. Suppose noir is when […]
- [Education](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3401): Pushing back the veil of ignorance hindering humanity and it grasp of its environment–natural, social, political, spiritual–is a goal of educators and teachers from ancient times to the present. Here is where we present the various methods of learning, how schools are best organized, and what kind of values and skills we want to pass on to a younger generation. Marxism and the Philosophy of Education 16 Video Lectures by Stephen Hicks, Rockford College Access Here The State of U.S Education Bill Ayers and Kathleen Kemp: Three-part video lectures at Florida State University Access Here Critique of the Obama-Duncan Education […]
- [Cultural Studies](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3382): The Communist Folk Singers Who Shaped Bob Dylan Before Bob Dylan was Bob Dylan, he was a disciple of Woody Guthrie. But Guthrie and his contemporaries were more than folk singers — they were blacklisted radicals, shaping American music while staring down the Red Scare. By Taylor Dorrell  Jacobin Stuart Hall Interviews CLR James From a Lost Tape featured in the Dec 21, 2024 New York Review of Books: “James and Hall both resolved to think through race and class together, showing how Marx could be articulated with analysts of colonialism and empire such as Garvey, Fanon, and W.E.B. Du Bois: […]
- [Zoomed Classes](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3330): This is where we do webinars and video conferencing–often with live presentations and your ability to question and comment ADVICE IN ADVANCE: For live classes, headphones with a webcam are best. If you are just using a phone, log in to the site via the link on a computer or tablet so you can see the visuals and hear (if your computer has speakers,) then call in with you phone, so it can serve as your mike, but keep it on mute until you’re asked to speak. You can ask to speak using your keyboard and the chat box. GETTING […]
- [Books](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3323): LIBBY: The library Reading App. Free access to a million books. HERE   E-Books from the University of California Press. Hundreds of titles available free, Click here to access selections by topic. Free Downloadable Featured Books: Harry Haywood’s Black Bolshevik. ‘”The extreme importance of this book is that in one longish volume Haywood has given us an indispensable history, as reference and sum-up of practical struggles, of not only his particular thirty-six years in the Communist Party USA, including his road into and out of it, but equally has given us a good portion of political history.’ –Amiri Baraka… Essay […]
- [Archives](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3316): Marxist Internet Archive Writings of Marx, Engels, and Lenin, as well as hundreds of others, and  a history and encyclopedia of the international worker’s movement Marxist Archive of Downloadable E-Books A good collection, but you may want to get a Mobi to PDF converter ___________________ 1000+ Videos on Politics, Philosophy, Art and More. An archive of the Institute of Art and Ideas in Europe. Many excellent materials for study groups. 1971 Film: The Black Panther Party and the Murder of Fred HamptonThis 90-minute black-and-white film has remarkable footage capturing the revolutionary spirit of the BPP. Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948 — […]
- [African American Studies](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3299): The struggles of the African American people for their own emancipation, from the very early years of their presence in the New World, have been an inspiration and a beacon casting a spotlight on wider battles for democracy and social change. This includes the struggle for the transition to a new socialist order, as well as the major structural reforms won along the way. No revolution in this country is possible without a deep understanding of this legacy and its full potential for the future. Hubert Harrison: Black Revolutionary Dr. Jeffrey Perry, Ph.D., an independent working class scholar, discusses Hubert […]
- [Study Guides](https://ouleft.org/?page_id=3284): Powerpoints, Syllabus, and Course Outlines BLOCK AND BUILD: Left Strategy in the MAGA Era. This is a syllabus for an in-depth study of the Block & Build strategy. Convergence Magazine, along with many other social justice groups, believes this strategy best addresses the challenges of the current moment…Discussion groups and classes based on this syllabus would ideally hold seven 90-minute sessions. Each session is focused on a major component of the Block and Build strategy, with three to four key points identified ahead of time… Reading List: Eleven Books on the Muslim Brotherhood, with supplemental primary sources, to help understand […]
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