Big Brick Energy: A multi-city study of the 2020 George Floyd uprising
The 2020 uprising was a major event by whatever measure you use. But rigorous analysis of it remains limited.
On Striketober and the Great Resignation
Unity & Struggle holds seasonal meetings where we try to figure out ourselves and/or the world. In February, we looked back on “Striketober” in 2021 and at the ongoing Great Resignation.
U&S and Friends Discussion on Ukraine
U&S members gathered alongside friends and comrades in various cities on Turtle Island on March 13, 2022. Those present have connections to various international solidarity efforts and diasporas. We came together to discuss the situation in Ukraine, and reflect on international solidarity efforts. U&S members have expressed a range of background knowledge on the region,
[REPOST] US-plaining is not enough. To the Western left, on your and our mistakes
Commons Journal, which is based in Kyiv, Ukraine, shared an important letter to the Western left about the changing conditions in the world, and how our analyses must adapt. We are reposting the piece written by Volodymyr Artiukh below. US-plaining is not enough. To the Western left, on your and our mistakes By Volodymyr Artiukh
A Past to Legitimate, A Vengeance to Exact: An In-depth Study of Race (Part 2)
There is broad agreement on the left that race has played a key role in the development and continuation of global capitalism. Yet race is often still seen as a distinct system of inequality, or an accidental byproduct of capitalist, hierarchical human relations. In the year following the George Floyd uprising, and amidst an ongoing