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A Brief History of the General Strike
The socialist left has a long and storied romance with the idea of the general strike, also known as the mass strike. The basic premise is that capitalist society survives only by the continued participation of the working class, and therefore if a critical mass of workers across industries were to cease work all at… →
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America’s True Revolution
On this day 162 years ago, in this very state, the white slaveowner and state senator Edmund Ruffin fired the first shot of the Civil War against Union troops occupying Fort Sumter. In so doing, he unwittingly ignited one of the greatest revolutionary firestorms in world history, and indeed the only true social revolution in… →
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Ms. Mary, on the Contrary—Responding to “You Can’t Cancel Me, I Quit”
Below is a message that I submitted to the WSJ in response to Mary Eberstadt’s allegations. First, the editor asked me to insert comments that would characterize us in a negative light, and, second, refused to publish it when I denied him. I have reached out to other publications, hoping for a platform to respond… →
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“Salt of the Earth” in Context
The history surrounding our fist ever movie night. →