As the U.S. war machine ramps up aggression towards China, understanding the history of the country's engagement with the world is more crucial than ever. This multi-part series takes an in-depth look at the history of China's foreign policy since the 1949 revolution...
Before Stonewall: The LGBTQ movement behind Compton’s Cafeteria riot
Author’s Note: Out of respect for the ways people described their identities at the time, this article uses several terms now considered archaic by the LGBTQ community. A Spanish translation of this article is available here. Three years before the 1969 Stonewall...
Fascism and global class struggle: A 4-part PSL course
This four-part digital course is a collective and deep study of the history of fascism, which is oriented toward helping us, as organizers, elucidate how it functions, what drives it, how to see through its different guises, and what we can do to fight it. It begins...
Degrowth: An environmental ideology with good intentions, bad politics
Introduction The planet is experiencing multiple environmental crises: biodiversity loss, deforestation, increased rates of pandemics, chemical pollution, soil depletion, water contamination and shortages, runaway non-renewable energy consumption, and climate change....
The CPC 100 years on: Understanding China’s contemporary political economy
Introduction Today, July 1, 2021, is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Celebrations throughout China and commemorations worldwide are taking place today in recognition of the Party's leadership and its incredible legacy. It's...
Black struggle is class struggle: A 4-part PSL course
This four-part digital course focuses on Black Revolutionary History in the United States and its central role in the development of U.S. society today. Last summer, tens of millions of people took to the streets in an unprecedented revolt against racism and police...
Culture as a weapon of class warfare: An interview with Claudia De La Cruz
Editor's note: The latest installment in our Liberation School interview series focuses broadly on the relationship between culture and politics. PSL member Gabriel Rockhill and popular educator, community organizer, author, and theologian Claudia De La Cruz discuss...
The legacy of Vietnamese women in the national resistance struggle
Editor's note: This article was initially published in Breaking the Chains magazine, a revolutionary feminist, socialist magazine that's produced by revolutionary women organizers in the Party for Socialism and Liberation. “Reduce rents and interest rates! Equal wages...
Fascist plots in the U.S.: Contemporary lessons from the 1934 “Business Plot”
“In contradistinction to German fascism, which acts under anti-constitutional slogans, American fascism tries to portray itself as the custodian of the constitution and ‘American democracy.’”- Georgi Dimitrov Introduction Six months ago, on January 6, 2021, a racist...