Introduction Like many others, we at Insurgent Notes have been paying a great deal of attention to the events in Ferguson, Missouri that began with the murder of Michael Brown in August. We have been inspired by the courage, determination and endurance of the people from Ferguson, and other nearby cities, that have refused to […]
Trotsky Reconsidered: Claude Lefort’s Perspective
I recently re-read the chapter on China in CLR James’s World Revolution. It’s titled, “Stalin Ruins the Chinese Revolution.” It was published in 1936-1937. Not surprisingly, at virtually every turn, James invokes Trotsky as the one who was always right but who was not able to outmaneuver Stalin. While the chapter has lots of useful […]
Preliminary Observations on the Chicago Teachers’ Strike
My guess is that, for many, the union’s apparently successful defense counts as a victory. But suppose the standard for victory is a different one—the standard of increased unity across the working class. In that case, the judgment is not so clear. In the case of public schools in the United States, increased unity across […]