Brian Bean is a socialist activist and writer living in Chicago.
Algeria is in the throes of a revolutionary moment. But having overthrown dictator Abdelaziz Bouteflika last spring, the movement must now find a way to return the class issue to the center of politics or risk watching the revolutionary moment slip away.
Sudan’s ongoing but embattled revolution is perhaps the best organized and politically advanced in the region. That’s why the US and Saudi Arabia are determined to crush it.
The police’s flippant behavior towards their victims confirms that the institution will never reform itself.
Ally-ship isn’t enough. To confront structural racism, we need a politics of solidarity.
If Karen Lewis runs for Chicago mayor, she should do so as an unapologetic progressive.