If Marx and Engels were right that capitalism creates “its own grave-diggers,” then the most revolutionary of these grave-diggers are the colonized people—the women, the children, the minorities, the immigrants, and the people of color.

We often trip over historical analogies when trying to interpret the present. But the French writer offered a different way of thinking about time.

Historian Chris Wright argues that we need to rethink Marxism for our current crisis, but without expecting revolution to happen in one big disruptive moment.

Neoliberalism’s “casino capitalism” has stacked the political deck in favor of powerful private interests. At every step, however, protesters and other activists have opposed neoliberal logic and demanded the rights of people over the right to profits.

This past April, I attended a local adaptation of En el tiempo de las mariposas (In the Time […]

When I made the decision to switch to a non-thesis track M.A. in History, I admit doing so […]

UC San Diego’s Lumumba Zapata Collective is happy to announce the Third World Archives Solidarity Project. We are […]

Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) was a world-renowned choreographer who broke many barriers of race and gender, most notably as […]