News & Analysis

It was the morning of November 20th – Trans Day of Remembrance and hours after news broke of the Club Q shooting – that we first became aware of the Proud Boys' plan to terrorize the “Holi-Drag Storytime.” This event and the far right’s response to it were slated to take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday...

On Wednesday, June 30th, a newly formed coalition called Columbus Housing for All hosted a rally outside the Greater Columbus Convention Center to address the housing crisis in Columbus. Organizations involved in the coalition include The Freedom Bloc, Just, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Y...

As uprisings spread across the United States, there has been a lot of discussion about property destruction and militant resistance to the police. Are these tactics a legitimate expression of the struggle, or are they a product of undercover action by police provocateurs, white supremacists, or outs...

In March of 2019, the International Socialist Organization entered a terminal crisis after a comrade who left the organization revealed the historic leadership’s malicious mishandling of a case of sexual assault within the organization. The release of the information took place soon after the ISO’s...

On August 4th, 2014, John Crawford III was shot and killed by police in a Beavercreek, Ohio, Walmart, close to where I had lived my whole life. A grand jury failed to indict the cops who murdered him. Four and a half years later, a judge is poised to decide whether or not a civil suit related to his...