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When Socialists Joined the Rank-and-File Upsurge

Joel Geier Jacobin
Often forgotten today, the US saw a tidal wave of rank-and-file worker militancy in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Many socialists of the era took jobs on the shop floor to help foment the upsurge and build a revolutionary movement to replace capital

After Magnus Carlsen, Chess Has Entered a New Age

Louisa Thomas The New Yorker
A new book by Jordan Himelfarb follows the game’s rising young players, including the reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, as they compete in an era defined by computers.

The Past Is Present: History Is Organizing With Us Now

Laura Flanders Laura Flanders' Substack
History isn’t a comfort blanket. It’s a human-made map, imperfect, incomplete, sometimes misleading. The terrain changes, but the questions the Lucas workers asked, and the General Strike raised aren’t historical curiosities. They’re questions now.

Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Tony Mazzocchi

Steve Early and Rand Wilson Labor Notes
The two-day event in New Jersey will begin with panels and workshops featuring speakers who worked with Mazzocchi or whose current organizing was inspired by him.