Know Your Enemy
During the recent several decades capitalist production has been thrown into a fundamental, structural crisis. The application of electronic technology to production, this labor-replacing technology, has rendered growing sections of the working class superfluous. Under these conditions the well-known Democratic Party “coalition” is collapsing. The Democratic Party has no solutions to the capitalist economic crisis because it is a ruling class party controlled by a powerful section of the capitalist class. It’s becoming clear that the fight by “progressives” to take over or move the Democratic Party to the left is not possible. The path forward lies in the organizing of the most impoverished sections of the working class as the foundation for a powerful, fighting, mass political party of the working class. This current electoral phase is the elementary stage of the class struggle for political power.
Tammy Rosing & Weber Anderson
Reflections from organizers from the National and Illinois Unions of the Homeless on the 2024 landmark Supreme Court case further criminalizing homelessness.
Kate Kanelstein, Avery Book & Keith Brunner
Three seasoned leaders from the Vermont Workers’ Center draw lessons from a quarter century of organizing, and especially from their groundbreaking Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign.
Nijmie Dzurinko & The New York State-PPC Media Team
In September 2024, the Nonviolent Medicaid Army organized 21 actions in 12 states across the country, exposing the failures of our health care system and pointing the way toward a society where health care is a human right.
Elizabeth Blaney
A first-hand account by an election observer in Venezuela.
Bruce E. Parry
A review and deep-dive critique of Fareed Zakaria’s 2024 book, Age of Revolutions.
Luis J. Rodriguez
The first in a regular column from seasoned political and cultural organizer Luis Rodriguez looks at the future of technology, work, and organizing in post-industrial Los Angeles.
UPoor Think Tank China Task Force
The University of the Poor Journal marks a significant anniversary in the history of poor people’s organizing and the power of the working class globally.
Tim Shenk & Noam Sandweiss-Back
The author of the new book, Trash, speaks to the University of the Poor about the causes and effects of poverty, racism and colonialism on his home in the Pacific Northwest.
John Keller
“Incisive and groundbreaking”: A review of Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II’s White Poverty.
Mikaela Curry & Red/Nyx/Nikael
Organizers share their experiences responding in areas devastated by the extreme weather of Hurricane Helene and dealing with the related social crisis.
