Norman Markowitz
May Day: over a century of worker resistance
May Day began in the U.S. labor movement and grew into a global working-class holiday. This year, workers will march, rally, and refuse business as usual to demand one thing:...
CPUSA and the fight for peace
We have always struggled for peace. Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice.
Red Scare without the Reds? Clay Risen loses the plot
Blind to anti-communism's function in the class and democratic struggle, Risen erases CPUSA history, presenting McCarthyism as a mere cultural phenomenon.
The Communist movement and gay rights: The long hidden history
Communist and Socialist contributions to the struggle for Gay Rights are deserving of both recognition and analysis.
Dashiell Hammett: from Pinkerton spy to proletarian writer
From Pinkerton detective to anti-fascist writer and CPUSA activist hounded by HUAC and the FBI, Hammett's experiences and politics led to major developments of the private detective genre.