Insurgent Notes Archives - The Future in the Present

The New Worker Organizing

March 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

Because something is happening hereBut you don’t know what it isDo you, Mister Jones? Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man I confess that I feel a little like Mr. Jones when I try to comprehend the new worker organizing. Much more has been going on than I had imagined. It deserves attention, understanding and […]

Getting Serious

September 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

This article was published as part of a symposium on Class Power at Zero Hours by the Angry Workers of the World. On the last day of 1918, at the founding congress of the German Communist Party, Rosa Luxemburg argued: …. history is not going to make our revolution an easy matter like the bourgeois […]

Fragments of the Current Moment

May 19, 2019 Leave a Comment

I was hoping that this article would be more thorough and integrated but the topics proved a bit too many for that. I’m publishing it because I hope that it contains some valuable observations and helpful suggestions. I should note that some sections have previously appeared in Hard Crackers (hardcrackers.com). Introduction We’re faced with a […]

I have been a political activist for more than fifty years. Soon after college, I began driving a taxi in New York City and became an active member of the Taxi Rank and File Coalition. That experience profoundly shaped my views and I remain friends with many of my taxi comrades.

In 1978, I stopped driving and entered into education work–which I then did for more than thirty years–almost all of it at the City University of New York. That also profoundly shaped my views.

At the same time, I continued my political activities–most importantly as an editor of Race Traitor, an editor of Insurgent Notes and part of the editorial group of Hard Crackers.

The writings collected here reflect all those experiences. My intention is to regularly post new things that I’ve written.

However you found your way here, I hope that you find something of value. I would really like hearing from you about your thoughts and reactions. Write me here.