Sam Friedman

Sam Friedman is longtime anti-Stalinist socialist and the author of Teamster Rank and File and A Precious Residue. He has written widely on the AIDS crisis and on Russia and Ukraine.

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Rosa Luxemburg and other poems

Summary: Three poems reflecting on Gaza, Judaism and Rosa Luxemburg – Editors

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Organizing beyond the let-down

Summary: A short poem that reflects on the deep frustration, disillusionment, and a sense of urgency in the face of ongoing violence and oppression in Gaza — Editors

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Three poems against genocide

Summary: Three poems reflecting on current struggles against genocide – Editors

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Once, we marched as one

Summary: Poem on the war in Ukraine — Editors

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The Left and COVID: A response to Mike Haynes

Summary: Mike Haynes’s article “The Left, COVID, and the Roads Not Taken” aims to skewer the Left for its failures during the COVID pandemic.[1] In this article, the authors first go through his argum…

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The Two Souls of Jewishness

Summary: If there are two worlds in every country, surely there are in each religion, culture, and ethnicity. – the Editors

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“Shame’s Echo” Poem by Sam Friedman

Summary: A poem relevant to the genocide in Gaza; Previously published in Sam Friedman. Grief and Rage: An American Jew’s Poems on Palestine. Central Jersey Coalition against Endless War. 2015. –Edit…

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What a Nurses’ Strike Says About the Meaning of Work Under Capitalism

Summary: The strike has led many of the nurses to discuss the ways that under staffing, paperwork, and the bottom-line efficiency fixation that are inherent in capitalist organizations eat into the qu…

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Poems of the Living Dialectic

Summary: A series of 7 poems on the dialectic — Editors

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