Learning From the ‘60s
In the 1960s, mass movements for peace and justice changed the world. Activists today can learn a lot from this radical decade, starting with Mike Parker’s reflections, republished here.
In the 1960s, mass movements for peace and justice changed the world. Activists today can learn a lot from this radical decade, starting with Mike Parker’s reflections, republished here.
Lessons on political organization and the struggle against imperialism.
Bayard Rustin was an immensely talented mass organizer, despite his later rightward turn. A new movie about Rustin’s life packs a punch but, unsurprisingly, erases his socialist politics.
It has been forty five years since a coup d’etat crushed Chile’s socialist experiment. We remember the initial victory of Salvador Allende and his Popular Unity coalition as an important part of the democratic socialist tradition.
The left has a choice: do we believe elites, small groups of activists, or millions of working people have the power to build a better world?