From the Archive

Jews on the Left: Don’t turn right!

September 1991

Trump’s vitriolic attempt to smear criticism of Israel as anti-Semitism is nothing new. This excellent column from 1991 refutes the claim decisively.

Thelma and Louise “R” Us

May 1992

With Christine Blasey Ford testifying at Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings for the country’s top court, the #MeToo movement has made a quantum leap. This 1992 column by Clara Fraser, a year after Anita Hill’s brave coming forward against Clarence Thomas, calls on women to catapult themselves onto the mainstage of history.

On burying the Master Race ideology forever

July 1993

Guerry Hoddersen reflects on a 1993 conference in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement held on the 25th anniversary of his assassination.

Tremors at the Top

July 2001

From 2001, an accessible Marxist explanation of stock market volatility and its relationship to recession, the Federal Reserve Board, and unemployment.

Against anti-Semitism and against Zionism

October 2002

From 2002: Anti-Semitism and opposition to Zionism are two different things — a crucial distinction to make when critics of Israel are branded automatically as bigots.