"We miss Asad greatly, and we remain inspired by him. We also take comfort in the knowledge that his life’s work – the search for truth, political and philosophical – will be carried on by so many others who were lucky enough to encounter him."
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In the fall of 1984, when he was a new doctoral student at Harvard, Noel Ignatiev submitted an essay for an independent study. Entitled “Present Depths,” the paper surveyed the rapid and cataclysmic changes then taking place across US society.
La experiencia laboral de Ignatiev muestra el proceso de desindustrialización con características estadounidenses en miniatura, visto no desde las estructuras formales de los sindicatos o los movimientos reformistas,
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A brilliant essay from Noel Ignatiev, reflecting on two decades of work and struggle in heavy industry. In every workplace, anywhere, there are "thousands, millions" of daily skirmishes that shape the field of political possibility.
Can we see them?
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In the fall of 1984, when he was a new doctoral student at Harvard, Noel Ignatiev submitted an essay for an independent study. Entitled “Present Depths,” the paper surveyed the rapid and cataclysmic changes then taking place across US society.
I was revisiting the Asad Haider's (@viewpointmag) articles on the Oakland Commune. Just wanted to share this one.
"The next time Occupy Wall Street sends money to Occupy Oakland, the general assembly may want to consider investing it in a helicopter"
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"The brilliant basic idea of May Day is the autonomous, immediate stepping forward of the proletarian masses, the political mass action of the millions of workers who otherwise are atomized by the barriers of the state in the day-to-day parliamentary affairs"
This upcoming Tuesday join Long-Haul for its inaugural digital panel, where 5 unionists will sort through the lessons learned about academic labor, organizing, and leverage accumulated in the six strikes they've helped lead in recent years
Register here:
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The unrealized collaboration between Godard and Robert Linhart on a multi-part visual history of work made for television is one of the more interesting missed opportunities in post-68 filmmaking, at least we have traces of it
We're late to the debate on here, but Asad Haider's essay, "The Shadow of the Plantation," on Cedric Robinson, Harry Haywood, and the ideology of race is well worth revisiting
Salar Mohandesi and Ben Mabie discuss the prospects for a new anti-war movement, and how movements might raise the costs of war-making for the United States in conditions distinct from the mid-20th century
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New Dig ep: Ben Mabie and Salar Mohandesi on what war on Iran tells us about US imperialism, and why US doesn’t have a massive anti-war movement even amid high anti-war public sentiment. We must make movements that can thrive and win under new conditions. thedigradio.com/podcast/anti…
Excellent interview with Ben Mabie & Salar Mohandesi about how imperialism has evolved since the time of Hobson, Luxemburg & Lenin, and why there is currently no significant anti-war movement in the US despite broad public opposition to the war on Iran. thedigradio.com/podcast/anti…
New Dig ep: Ben Mabie and Salar Mohandesi on what war on Iran tells us about US imperialism, and why US doesn’t have a massive anti-war movement even amid high anti-war public sentiment. We must make movements that can thrive and win under new conditions. thedigradio.com/podcast/anti…