Misconceptions about Communism

What comes into your head when you hear the word communism? Is it individuals such as Lenin, Stalin, or Marx? Countries such as Cuba, the USSR, or China? Our contemporary discussion is rife with contrary definitions and examples of communism, many of which are a historical…

The Age of Insecurity: Trauma and Identity in Contemporary Fiction

One of the challenges of writing a living history of an era is that, for the most part, histories are written after the fact by those who still have the Quixotic tenacity to pursue history as a major. An event…

Obama’s Neoliberal Legacy

When Obama first ran for president in 2008, he represented a hope for the American people as the nation entered the worst recession since the Great Depression. As a relatively unknown senator, he offered a break from the economic and political status quo. However, as we reflect upon…

Christmas under Capitalism

Christmas originally started out as a European pagan ritual and was hijacked by Christianity around the Middle Ages. It then had a bumpy relationship with the various types and sects of Christianity through the centuries, until ending up, somehow, as a tradition in classically…

Globalization and Empire: A Synthesis

As we approach the broad concepts of globalization, it is necessary to begin promptly…

A Far Left Analysis of Brexit

Context

After the centre-right Conservative party won the British general election in May, 2015, increasing their parliamentary majority, there was increasing tension inside the party. The euro skeptic, right wing side of the Tories was calling…

How To Solve Homelessness in America

*This essay is being published on the behalf of its writers, Comrades Dustin and Oscar*

Introduction

In this essay we will be discussing the history of the homeless problem in America and will be presenting the…

The Modern School System

Referred to as “The Department for Education,” [1] the vast majority of modern governments, especially first world ones, have a branch of government concerned with schooling, which tries to force all children of certain ages into government runs schools for a number of years. [2] Many…

Caste and Class:

An Introduction to Caste and Why Caste is a More Dangerous Enemy in India

“Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. 
 It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the…