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THE FIVE WORKING-CLASS COMMANDMENTS

Latest by Author: Leonard Pierce

THE FIVE WORKING-CLASS COMMANDMENTS

by Leonard Pierce | August 27, 2025August 27, 2025

The 2025 national convention of the Democratic Socialists of America wrapped up this weekend, right here in Chicago – home of some of the most vibrant and dynamic working-class communities in the…

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Political Education Is Important.

Political Education Is Important.

by Leonard Pierce | June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
Maybe this seems obvious to some of you; maybe it seems overstated to…
Oh, How Little Mayor Lightfoot CARES

Oh, How Little Mayor Lightfoot CARES

by Leonard Pierce | February 18, 2021
The trouble with living through history is that it all happens at once.…
Socialists Must Have a Vision

Socialists Must Have a Vision

by Leonard Pierce | March 11, 2018May 5, 2019
In Adam Curtis’ hypnotic documentary HyperNormalisation, the filmmaker makes the case that, as…

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