The *Actual Left: Theory & History

The *Actual Left: Theory & History

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Are the Uyghurs Oppressed? R2R Reports from Xinjiang
Are the Uyghurs Oppressed? R2R Reports from Xinjiang
During the past several years, numerous Western governments have claimed that Chinese authorities brutally oppress the Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic minority base...
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Are the Uyghurs Oppressed? R2R Reports from Xinjiang
The Intercept, “The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine”
The Intercept, “The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine”
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment. By Seth Stern Federal prosecutors have filed a new indictment in response to a July 4 noise demonstration outside the Prairieland ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, dur
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The Intercept, “The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine”
CBC, “Robert Hough’s new novel is about two real-life anarchists and their love story”
CBC, “Robert Hough’s new novel is about two real-life anarchists and their love story”
By Mattea Roach Anarchist revolutionary Emma Goldman slipped into author Robert Hough’s consciousness on a walk with his dog. The Toronto author was thinking about the subject of his next book and says that a voice came into his head, suggesting Goldman as a character. "All I really knew
Anarchism in Practice
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CBC, “Robert Hough’s new novel is about two real-life anarchists and their love story”
Have you heard of anarchism in Korea?
Have you heard of anarchism in Korea?
🔥 Dec 11, 2025 - From Organize Magazine - Maybe you’ve read Hwang Dongyun’s book “Anarchism in Korea,” or George Katsiaficas’ essay Peter Kropotkin and People’s Uprisings: From the Paris Commune to the Kwangju Uprising. However, as abundant as such examples of past attempts are, th...
Anarchism in Practice
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Have you heard of anarchism in Korea?
Why Workers Should Own Companies
Why Workers Should Own Companies
I’m Andres Acevedo, and this is The Market Exit. In this essay, I talk about one of the biggest, yet strangely overlooked, problems in modern life: the way w...
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Why Workers Should Own Companies
The December 9 protest in Tanzania, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part Three
The December 9 protest in Tanzania, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part Three
The fragmentation of Africa into more than fifty states along colonial borders was not the “inevitable” outcome of a bourgeois-democratic stage, but the direct product of the counterrevolutionary role of Pabloism.
Black History, Panthers & SocialismBlack History, Panthers & Socialism
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The December 9 protest in Tanzania, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part Three
TIL that the Nuremberg Charter's definition of "crimes against humanity", which was used in the Nuremberg Trials, includes only acts committed during a war of aggression. This was partly because the US was concerned that Jim Crow segregation would otherwise be considered a crime against humanity
TIL that the Nuremberg Charter's definition of "crimes against humanity", which was used in the Nuremberg Trials, includes only acts committed during a war of aggression. This was partly because the US was concerned that Jim Crow segregation would otherwise be considered a crime against humanity
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Black Politics & Revolutionary HistoryBlack Politics & Revolutionary History
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TIL that the Nuremberg Charter's definition of "crimes against humanity", which was used in the Nuremberg Trials, includes only acts committed during a war of aggression. This was partly because the US was concerned that Jim Crow segregation would otherwise be considered a crime against humanity
Chinese Experiments in Socialist Modernisation
Chinese Experiments in Socialist Modernisation
This issue of Wenhua Zongheng (文化纵横) explores socialist experiments, China’s unique industrial development, and debates over agrarian transformation amidst ideological struggles.
Chinese Economics
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Chinese Experiments in Socialist Modernisation
SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK
SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK
Our aim is to build a movement working towards socialism, a democratic society based upon co-operation and production for use, a world community without national borders. An end to buying and selling and money, where goods will be voluntarily produced and services voluntarily supplied to meet people's needs. People will freely take the things they need. The Socialist Party of Great Britain is an organisation of equals with no leaders.
Socialism & Marxism 101
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SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK
‘A Socialism for the Twenty-First Century: Towards the ‘Full and Free Development of Every Individual’’ by Tony Smith reviewed by Stephen Darling
‘A Socialism for the Twenty-First Century: Towards the ‘Full and Free Development of Every Individual’’ by Tony Smith reviewed by Stephen Darling
In A Socialism for the Twenty-First Century, Tony Smith argues for “a feasible and superior alternative” (120) to capitalism in the form of republican socialism. At its core, republicanism rests on two principles: self-governance and freedom from domination (4–8). For Smith, these principles express an explicitly anti-authoritarian stance, summed up in the formulation “self-governance without domination” (24). The result is a vision of socialism that is clearly anti-authoritarian—unlike the state-socialist models of the former USSR or present-day China. From the outset, Smith aims to develop a model that goes beyond historical instances of “really existing socialism.” Because those experiences shaped…
Socialism & Marxism 101
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‘A Socialism for the Twenty-First Century: Towards the ‘Full and Free Development of Every Individual’’ by Tony Smith reviewed by Stephen Darling