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Nonprofits and the City’s Political Economy: A Case Study

Latest by Author: Ramsin Canon

Nonprofits and the City’s Political Economy: A Case Study

by Ramsin Canon | February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

Marxist analysis of attempts by executives of nonprofits to halt labor organizing in the NGO industry. **** On Tuesday, January 31st, Chicago’s City Council held a joint committee subject-matter hearing on what’s…

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Ultraliberalism: The Dominant Tendency of the American Left

Ultraliberalism: The Dominant Tendency of the American Left

by Ramsin Canon | February 7, 2022February 7, 2022
Ultraliberalism is the predominant politics of the left, and so long as the…
Eye on Springfield

Eye on Springfield

by Ramsin Canon | September 13, 2021September 12, 2021
Introduction. In the U.S. system, the power is at the state level. Federal…
Primer Red: The Petit (Petty) Bourgeoisie

Primer Red: The Petit (Petty) Bourgeoisie

by Ramsin Canon | July 26, 2021July 26, 2021
It has been observed, fairly widely at this point, that “Trumpism,” whatever that…
Starving and Policing Imperial Cities

Starving and Policing Imperial Cities

by Ramsin Canon | March 25, 2021
To stay alive in perpetual late capitalist austerity, cities turned to a strategy…
Nation-Building, National Liberation and the Plurinational Working Class

Nation-Building, National Liberation and the Plurinational Working Class

by Ramsin Canon | October 31, 2020October 31, 2020
Socialists and radicals have been and are grappling with how to grow and…
Organizations in Movement

Organizations in Movement

by Ramsin Canon | October 30, 2020
“The body does not consist of one member but of many. If the…
Police Do Not Need Unions

Police Do Not Need Unions

by Ramsin Canon | June 3, 2020June 3, 2020
Police unions are immensely powerful organizations that exercise outsized powers in U.S. cities.…
Outlaw Country

Outlaw Country

by Ramsin Canon | May 14, 2020May 21, 2020
The worsening of the quality of life for U.S. workers can’t be neatly…
Mass Organizations and NGOs in a Socialist Movement

Mass Organizations and NGOs in a Socialist Movement

by Ramsin Canon | December 24, 2019December 24, 2019
When socialists gathered this summer across two events—the Socialism 2019 conference in Chicago…
Non-Profits in the Coming Struggle

Non-Profits in the Coming Struggle

by Ramsin Canon | July 29, 2019July 29, 2019
As socialists look out at the horizon of the struggle for a radically…
Direct Action in a Time of Class Struggle

Direct Action in a Time of Class Struggle

by Ramsin Canon | April 2, 2019May 20, 2019
Perhaps the most important political sentence written about Chicago went by largely unnoticed…
What It Means to Be a Marxist

What It Means to Be a Marxist

by Ramsin Canon | November 29, 2018March 26, 2019
It’s unfortunate that there isn’t a better word for “Marxism.” Marx himself famously…
Primer Red (Part 6): Late Capitalism

Primer Red (Part 6): Late Capitalism

by Ramsin Canon | September 3, 2018May 5, 2019
For previous editions of Primer Red, on dialectical materialism, alienation, class, value, and…
The American Countryside Was Collectivized Within a Generation

The American Countryside Was Collectivized Within a Generation

by Ramsin Canon | July 12, 2018May 5, 2019
The countryside was collectivized within a generation. The process was accompanied by immense…
Resolutionary Socialism 2018

Resolutionary Socialism 2018

by Ramsin Canon | January 7, 2018March 26, 2019
It’s easy, when we’re pressed up against each other, dealing with one crisis…
Primer Red (Part 5): Praxis

Primer Red (Part 5): Praxis

by Ramsin Canon | December 29, 2017May 3, 2019
“Primer Red” is our political education series on some basics of radical thought…
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