The Sojourner Truth Organization: Notes Toward a History

One of STO’s first publications ever was a dense pamphlet with the less than scintilating title "Toward a Revolutionary Party."  Despite its age, and despite my anarchism, I still find this to be one of the most valuable documents ever produced by STO.  It details a whole range of problems commonly found in revolutionary organizations, and attempts to sketch an alternative perspective.  I recommend highly.

A few months back, someone sent me the link to a lengthy analysis of TARP, written by another anarchist revolutionary, on the blog Bedtime Theory.  This piece is pretty thoughtful, and is one of the most extensive engagements with TARP that I have read, but I thought it got a number of things wrong.  So, I wrote a reply, which was posted to the blog.  Check it out.

UPDATE:  A response to my reply is now up here.

By now, the workers’ occupation of the Republic Windows factory here in Chicago is national news.  Last night I took the kids down to deliver some soda to the workers, and show support for the occupation.  (more…)