Kshama Sawant and Capitalism's Shock Absorbers
An analysis from Black Orchid Collective on the recent election of Socialist Alternative candidate Kshama Sawant to Seattle City Council, and this election's relationship to the broader social movement forces and conditions of the city.
Between the Leninists and the Clowns: Avoiding recklessness and professionalism in revolutionary struggle
A piece by a member of Black Orchid Collective looking at recent movements in Seattle and advocating their conception of cadre organization.
Truth and revolution and parenting
Nate Hawthorne writes about the issue of parenting in the Sojourner Truth Organization and his own experience in current groups.
*Dramatic Intro* The crisis of the Left: What’s really going in the ISO BOC debate?!?!
Black Orchid Collective takes on criticisms leveled at them by the International Socialist Organization, a Trotskyist influenced group in the United States.
Be careful with each other, so we can be dangerous together
A reply to 'Privilige politics is reformism', an article that appeared on Black Orchid Collective's website.
Privilege politics is reformism
A critique of privilege politics, which the author sees as a demobilizing force that boils down issues of oppression into what happens between individuals.
Longview, occupy, and beyond: rank and file and the 89% unite!
Black Orchid Collective's look at the Occupy movement, the West Coast port shutdowns and the various conflicts and controversies in and between different union factions and activist groups.
“Between the Zeal of the Young and the Patience of the Old”: Reflections on Seattle’s Recent Upheavals Against Police Brutality
A pamphlet on recent cases of police brutality in Seattle and the reaction that followed.
Response to “Direct Unionism: A Discussion Paper”
A response by a member of the Seattle-based Black Orchid Collective to 'Direct Unionism: A Discussion Paper'
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