Ndindi Kitonga, Lilia Monzo, Ramona Rivera, and Kevin B. Anderson: The massive and partially victorious LA teachers’ strike showed a new teacher militancy, widespread community participation especially in Latinx neighborhoods, and new issues brought to the fore by this historic confrontation between labor and the power structure — Editors
Kevin B. Anderson
Kevin B. Anderson is a California-based sociologist and Marxist humanist. He is Professor of Sociology, Political Scienceand Feminist Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. He was previously Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb and Professor of Political Science, Sociology and Women’s Studies at Purdue University.
We Need to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg After 100 Years, January 1919-January 2019
Kevin B. Anderson: Luxemburg also wrote widely on revolutionary democracy and spontaneous revolutionary creativity from below.
The French Yellow Vests: A Self-Mobilized Mass Movement with Insurrectionist Overtones
Kevin B. Anderson: Not since the near revolution of 1968 has France—or any of the so-called Western capitalist countries—witnessed anything like this, a massive, spontaneous, nationwide series of militant demonstrations that not only gained majority support, but also managed to block some crucial parts of the economy.
War, Imperialism, and Class Polarization on a Global Scale
Kevin B. Anderson: The ascendancy of such a retrogressive figure to the top of the political system signals instead the first modern democracy’s degeneration toward corruption and barbarism, that is, toward fascism.
The Imperial Realignment of the Middle East
Kevin Anderson: Trump and his ultra-hawkish National Security Advisor, John Bolton, seem to have plans for Iran that go beyond merely economic pressure. Netanyahu’s Israel, the only state in the region that actually has nuclear weapons, has at times seemed ready to attack Iran.
Massacre of Peaceful Gaza Demonstrators: An Israeli Crime Against Humanity
Kevin B. Anderson: Unprecedented character of Gaza massacre of March 30 shows utter depravity of Israeli government, but will not be able to break will of the Palestinian people.
Trump’s War Threats and a World in Crisis
Kevin B. Anderson: The US has for the first time in its history a president, Donald Trump, who gives every impression of itching to start a nuclear war, who openly states that he may destroy an entire country of 25 million.
Trump’s Nuclear Threats Against North Korea and Iran Pose Existential Crisis for Humanity
Kevin B. Anderson: A new stage of imperialist degeneracy, itself rooted in the political and economic crisis of U.S. capitalism, lies behind Trump’s threat of nuclear genocide against North Korea and his moves toward war with Iran.
Slavery, War, Revolution
Marx’s Civil War writings wrestle with many of the issues that plague today’s left.
The Imperialist Logic Behind Trump’s Attack on Syria
The Trump administration may have launched its attack because it was embarrassed by the use of chemical weapons on its watch, as an offense to what imperialist logic considers to be the maintenance of order and stability.
