The Indypendent
Steven Sherman
Bhaskar Sunkara and Astra Taylor Explore Socialism and Democracy in Two New Books
Only 10 years ago, the meanings of “democracy” and “socialism” seemed stable in the United States. The U.S. was…
Remembering Immanuel Wallerstein: Pioneering World Systems Theorist & Anti-Capitalist
A former student of the legendary sociologist looks back on his mentor’s legacy.
In ‘The End of the Myth,’ Greg Grandin Explores America’s Inner War From Its Outer Edges
As indicated by its title, historian Greg Grandin’s The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border…
Dana Frank Offers Lessons from Latin America in ‘Long Honduran Night’
Indypendent readers most likely know Honduras as the site of a right-wing coup in 2009 and as one of…
Class Compromise: On the Contradictions of Social Democracy
With Bernie Sanders reentering the presidential primary race, expect critiques of social democracy to surface. Social democracy involves the…
2 Centuries, 10 Strikes: Erik Loomis Offers an Insightful History of American Labor
With public support for unions surging, historian Erik Loomis has produced a timely book called A History of America…
A More Complex Portrait of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement
In A History More Beautiful and Terrible: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History, Brooklyn College political scientist…
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‘The Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government and Cheap Lives’
By Bryant Simon
New Press, 2017