United States

Understanding the United States’ unique anti-democratic structures

Barry Sheppard - In the United States, there are built-in anti-democratic structural aspects unique to it that were part of its founding alongside subsequent structural features have also become embedded over time.

US abortion rights: Who would kill the gander that goosed a golden egg?

Don Fitz - The suffering of US women under the iron heel of abortion is intensifying, especially for women of color. This makes it imperative to closely examine possible paths forward.

May Day graphic from Revolutionary Worker 1979

Running aground: The Revolutionary Communist Party (US) and Stalinism

Emerging from the social upheavals of the 1960s, the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) counted many dedicated organizers in its ranks who were inspired by the ideas and the example of Maoist China. The party used Maoist theory not only to plan for a future socialist revolution, but also to grapple with the complicated history of Stalinism and its impact on the international communist movement and the USSR. While the RCP did confront some of the dogmas and myths of Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy, in the end they were unwilling and unable to effectively understand Stalinism.