Debunking the myth that “socialism always leads to dictatorship” Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, socialism has been tarnished with the image of an authoritarian “dictatorship,” in which civil liberties are brutally repressed. Stalin is frequently depicted as a paranoid, power-hungry megalomaniac who gleefully murdered 100 gazillion people. …

Against Russia, NATO, sanctions, and the assault on Ukraine! — Socialists should certainly condemn Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. Wars throughout history have never benefited the working-class — only the wealthy. As Eugene Debs said, “The master class has always declared the wars. The subject class has always fought the battles. …

Nine unelected judges are poised to ban legal abortion for the first time in decades, turning the clock back on women’s reproductive rights. Roe v. …

Marxism is a far better framework for organizing against racial oppression. Critical race theory is the right’s current boogeyman du jour. Donald Trump has inveighed against critical race theory as a “Marxist doctrine.” (If only!) Likewise, pundits attributed Republican Glenn Youngkin’s win in Virginia’s gubernatorial election on Nov. 2 to parents’ opposition to critical race theory being taught in schools.

The Reconciliation Bill’s Gutting is What Happens When Your Party is a Capitalist Party President Joe Biden’s proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill — now whittled down to $1.5 trillion, nearly half its original size — has been so watered down and compromised as to be absolutely worthless. Certainly, it has little to offer working-class Americans. …

Why Luxemburg’s Classic Marxist Essay Still Holds Lessons for the Left Rosa Luxemburg’s essay, Reform or Revolution is a classic text of Marxist theory. It is essential reading for anybody dedicated to making the goal of socialism a reality. …

Liberal Rage Against the Unvaccinated As the delta variant strain of COVID-19 continues to ravage the country (and, indeed, the world), liberals are once again stoking the “culture war” with their attack on unvaccinated Americans. Those who refuse to get the vaccine, according to liberals, are simply too stupid, too…

What could we have done with the $2.26 trillion we wasted on the war in Afghanistan? The Afghanistan war, the longest war in U.S. history, is finally over. And the outcome is clear: America lost. Our 20-year military campaign of regime change in Afghanistan effectively replaced the Taliban with … the Taliban. Even the ruling-class cannot proclaim, with a straight face, “Mission Accomplished,” this time.

The Afghanistan war, like Vietnam, represents a major loss for U.S. imperialism. Socialists should celebrate. The U.S. war in Afghanistan — the longest-running war in United States’ history — has finally come to an end. And the outcome is indisputably clear: America lost. No sooner had U.S. military forces begun their formal withdrawal from Afghanistan, than the Taliban swiftly took over most of the region.