Photos
Image may contain: text
Image may contain: text
Image may contain: outdoor
See All
Posts

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/smashing-liberalism-and-abl…/

Smashing Liberalism and Ableism
One of last month’s New Jersey Revolution Radio podcasts…. -eds
thenorthstar.info

BREAKING!

Activists Calling for the Abolition of ICE Blocking Seattle Streets outside of Homeland Security Building

http://www.thenorthstar.info/2018/06/05/14205/

www.thenorthstar.info
  BREAKING! Activists Calling for the Abolition of ICE Blocking Seattle Streets outside of Homeland Security Building Lock Down Action Draws Attention to Seattle’s Deportation Epicenter as part of National “Chinga La Migra” [Abolish ICE] tour What: “Chinga La Migra” (Abolish ICE) Lock Dow...
thenorthstar.info
See All
Posts

Brandy's report from The Left Forum on the DSA and the Democrats panel....

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/from-the-left-forum-in-new-…/

From The Left Forum in New York
Saturday, we at the North Star in a panel co-sponsored by Verso Books, wrapped up a panel on DSA and the Democrats: For Independent Electoral Politics. We on the North Star editorial board were open in our advocating that DSA fully break from the Democratic Party and for DSA, along with others, such...
thenorthstar.info
New Jersey Revolution Radio: Coalition Work Against White Supremacy
We will be posting a series of podcasts from New Jersey Revolution Radio. This is the first. -eds  
thenorthstar.info

North Star's Brandy Baker on the premiere of her new play....

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/interview-brandy-baker-on-t…/

Interview: Brandy Baker on the Premiere of Under the Knife
Brandy Baker’s new play, Under the Knife, will have its world premiere at the Toronto Fringe Festival July 6. She discusses the ideas for the story with Myles Hoenig, a producer of the play.   Was there any catalyst that pushed you to write this play? I was taking a devising class in Theatre Stud...
thenorthstar.info

The North Star is co-sponsoring a panel with Verso Books at this weekend's Left Forum......

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/the-north-star-at-the-left-…/

The North Star at the Left Forum
  We at the North Star, along with Verso Books, will be co-hosting a panel this coming weekend at the Left Forum in New York City at the John Jay College: DSA and Democrats: For Independent Electoral Politics Should the Democratic Socialists of America continue to support Democrats for office, or s...
thenorthstar.info

On Syria: Jesse Zimmerman Responds to Critics

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/on-syria-jesse-zimmerman-re…/

On Syria: Jesse Zimmerman Responds to Critics
“What a complete pile of bloody tripe this feckless toad is droooling… he should just stay in his hotel in Toronto and suffocate in his own bilge. Zimmerman is an anathema to investigative journalism. This punk writes Fiction.” reads a prominent comment on my previous article, Syria and the Le...
thenorthstar.info

Tonight, we publish another view on Syria....

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/syria-and-the-death-of-the-…/

Syria and the Death of the Anti-War Movement
The Tragedy and the Farce In the wake of the Iraq War, Dissent Magazine (one of the US’s premier left-leaning publications) published a long opinion piece addressing the upcoming possibility of war in Iraq. The piece consists of a variety of shorter articles written by the editors and friends o....
thenorthstar.info

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/04/16/syria-and-the-left-sp…/

Syria and the Left Split
This article is by Toronto activist, Jesse Zimmerman. It originally ran on The Left Chapter in 2016. We at the North Star will be running a new article from Jesse about Syria next week. Editors by: Jesse M. Zimmerman “Western leftists know almost nothing about Syria, it’s society, it’s regime,...
thenorthstar.info

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/americas-real-nigerian-prin…/

America’s Real Nigerian Prince
President Donald J. Trump is the spawn of the American political system and media. Those with an affinity for and confidence in that parentage—the media and the political system—have found his administration terribly disappointing, even traumatically so. The president and his revolving door team...
thenorthstar.info

Zack Herriges on Capitalism, democracy and socialism....

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/on-capitalism-democracy-and…/

On Capitalism, Democracy, and the True Soul of Socialism
“Capitalist democracy” is a phrase commonly used in support of the all the “wonderful” achievements the United States has accomplished in the past 200 plus years. Rarely will anyone point out that capitalism and democracy are two ideas, that are totally opposed from one another. What is clos...
thenorthstar.info

Howitzer of Mercy weighs in on her mother's new view of the Democratic Party.....

http://www.thenorthstar.info/2018/03/02/no-box-for-that/

No Box For That
Click to ShareFacebookTwitterRedditGoogleTumblrPinterest
thenorthstar.info

Brandy Baker weighs in on socialism and internationalism...

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/socialists-are-internationa…/

Socialists are Internationalists: A Response to DSA’s Recent Article
The word “socialism” was 2015’s most searched term. This can be attributed to the Bernie Sanders campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for President. With this peak interest in socialism came waves of new people becoming politically engaged for the first time. Despite his largely good r...
thenorthstar.info

Bill Pelz, Presente!!

North Star Editorial Board member, Mark A. Lause, pays tribute to his comrade and friend...

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/bill-pelz-the-passing-of-a-…/

Bill Pelz, the Passing of a Comrade & Friend
Everybody who knew Bill Pelz will miss him and cherish our memories of the time we passed in his company. At one point, Bill and I found ourselves stranded in London after a conference. After a morning at the British museum, we embarked on a walk through Bloomsbury in the footsteps of old Karl [.....
thenorthstar.info

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/nunes-memo-tempest-in-a-tea…/

Nunes Memo: Tempest in a Teapot or Tip of the Iceberg?
So now a new furor has broken out over the House Intelligence Committee breaking precedent and releasing its “Nunes Memo”. Is this just a tempest in a teapot, or is it the tip of the iceberg? Carter Page The memo claims to prove that the FBI was prejudiced all along against Trump and the Republi...
thenorthstar.info

Malcolm X and the Democrats: Excerpts from Peter Camejo’s Autobiography, North Star

"[Malcolm X] expressed complete opposition to the two-party electoral monopoly of the Democratic and Republican parties. Over and over he would urge people never to vote for either of the two parties that had robbed them of their rights, that lynched them, that betrayed them day and night. His message was revolutionary. He wanted only the full truth—no compromise with injustice."

http://www.thenorthstar.info/…/malcolm-x-and-the-democrats…/

From the North Star editors.....

We here at NorthStar are very happy at the immense growth of a new radicalism in the United States, particularly the increased interest in socialism. This sentiment sprang from newer generations that have grown up under the weight of neo-liberalism: heavy student debt, lack of jobs, lack of affordable healthcare and housing. These exacerbate the persistence of racism, sexism, and imperialism.

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has be...nefited most from this new wave of radicalism. We are heartened by the growth of DSA and the passing of BDS at the last convention. The DSA has the numbers and enthusiasm to establish the foundations of a serious effort to build a genuine political party..........

http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=13944

See More
From the North Star editors
We here at NorthStar are very happy at the immense growth of a new radicalism in the United States, particularly the increased interest in socialism. This sentiment sprang from newer generations that have grown up under the weight of neo-liberalism: heavy student debt, lack of jobs, lack of affordab...
Learn More
thenorthstar.info