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A radical party arises

Notes on the Syrian Revolution

A Presentation by Bill B., 2019 (Utopian Gathering, July 2019) Despite 200-300,000 people killed and millions more displaced; despite whole cities bombed into ruins; and contrary to assertions in the corporate media and anarchist outlets like Crimethinc, the Syrian...

Thoughts on the Democratic Party

Thoughts on the Democratic Party, 2018 A Personal Statement By Ron TaborDecember 11, 2018 At our meeting in August (a meeting of supporters of The Utopian—Ed.), Jack and I were asked to prepare a draft of a document outlining and motivating our group’s position of...

Crisis in Public Education

Crisis in Public Education, 2019 Lessons From the Past, Context for LA and Oakland Conflicts On January 5, 2019 approximately 50 people attended a forum on the crisis in public education. The forum, held in Oakland, CA and sponsored by the Peace and Freedom Party,...

Red State Teachers’ Strikes

Oakland Forum on ‘Lessons of the Red States Teacher Strikes’, 2018 A Report & DiscussionJack Gerson Last Saturday (June 9), I attended the "Lessons of the Red States Teacher Strikes" forum featuring teacher leaders of the mass education strikes in West Virginia,...

The Eclipse of Class

The Eclipse of ClassOr, Keeping the Vision Alive Ron Tabor, April 20, 2018 Speaking personally, I see my main political task at the moment as keeping
 our ideas and ideals alive in a political climate that is not conducive to their
positive reception by any...

Volume 19 No. 2, December 2020

THE UTOPIAN SPECIAL ISSUE: A Discussion of the Black Lives Matter Movement A Raging Fire in the United States: StatementRaining on the Parade: Thoughts on the Black Lives Matter Movement (Part 1)Raining on the Parade: Thoughts on the Black Lives Matter Movement (Part...

Ron Tabor on Left-Wing Anti-semitism

Statement Anti-Semitism: The Ultimate Logic of Contemporary Identity Politics Written by Ron Tabor, 1/20/2024 I’ve been greatly disturbed by both the extent and the virulence of the anti-Semitism that has manifested itself in the United States and around the world in...

Volume 20 No. 1, August 2021

THE UTOPIAN Solidarity with the Cuban PeopleVaccines and VirusesCritical Race Theory: ViewpointsThe Nature of January 6: DiscussionGun Control: Here We Go Again Statement of The Utopian Tendency We Stand in Solidarity with the Cuban People Written by Rod Mehling The...

Volume 22 No. 1, June 2023

THE UTOPIAN Cover image from The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky IN THIS ISSUE… Thoughts Evoked by the Current Conjuncture Discussion on Thoughts Evoked by the Current Conjuncture THOUGHTS EVOKED BY THE CURRENT CONJUNCTURE,OR (WITH A BOW TO F. DOSTOEVSKY),THE (ANARCHIST)...

Putin Unleashes War on a Defiant Ukraine!

Statement of The Utopian Tendency PUTIN UNLEASHES WAR ON A DEFIANT UKRAINE! Written by M. Ermler, 2/28/2022 The Utopian Tendency unconditionally supports the Ukrainian people in their heroic struggle to defeat Russian aggression and determine their own future....

Volume 21 No. 2, August 2022

THE UTOPIAN TRUMP AND THE 2020 ELECTIONS Utopian Tendency Discussion WHAT WAS THE CHARACTER OF THE JANUARY 6, 2020 EVENTS? In the context of the hearings being held by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, members and...

Volume 21 No. 1, March 2022

THE UTOPIAN PUTIN UNLEASHES WAR ON A DEFIANT UKRAINE!Defend Ukraine! Revolutionary Opposition to Russian and U.S. Imperialism! Statement of The Utopian Tendency PUTIN UNLEASHES WAR ON A DEFIANT UKRAINE! Written by M. Ermler, 2/28/2022 The Utopian Tendency...

Volume 19 No. 1, January 2020

THE UTOPIAN IN THIS ISSUE… Statement on Impeachment Notes on the Syrian Revolution Discussion of Impeachment Statement Why We Do Not Support the Impeachment and Conviction of Donald Trump Drafted by Ron TaborAdopted as a Statement by the Utopian Tendency (December...