The Civil War in the United States - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels A republished version of the 1937 International Publishers book The Civil War in the United States,…
The Civil War in the United States Marx writing in Die Presse No. 306, November 7, 1861. Marx makes explicit his concern that the Confederacy might win the US civil war, and that…
Joseph Weydemeyer: a German-American for socialism and black rights - Abbet Sebastien A short biography of Joseph Weydemeyer, followed by an appendix that includes translations of Weydemeyer's articles 'On the Negro Vote' and 'The Eight-Hour Movement'.
Black Reconstruction in America: W.E.B. Du Bois W.E.B. Du Bois's massive essay about the Reconstruction period in the aftermath of the US Civil War. Du Bois argues that the period represented…
State of the Union: Marx and America’s Unfinished Revolution – Robin Blackburn Robin Blackburn on the failure of post-Civil War attempts to extend egalitarian impulses across race…
The faux-wokeness of film reviews: in defense of The Free State of Jones A response by Crystal Stella Becerril and Jason Netek of some reviews of the movie, The Free State…
An unfinished revolution: Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln - Robin Blackburn Examines the impact of the American Civil War on Karl Marx, and Karl Marx on America.
The Combahee River raid, 1863 - Earl Conrad A short account of the Combahee River raid during the American Civil War, which was led by former slave and underground railroad activist Harriet…
Reconstruction: America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877 - Eric Foner This masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history redefined how…
"The American blindspot": Reconstruction according to Eric Foner and W.E.B. Du Bois - Noel Ignatiev Noel Ignatiev's review of two books about Reconstruction, which was the period in…
Après moi le déluge! Fossil fuel abolitionism and the carbon bubble - part 2 In part two of this two-part article, we look at the parallels between fossil-fuel abolitionism and…
Polarization past & present An article by J Pierce on the polarization of society during revolutionary upsurges.