Winners and Losers: a review of Josh Oppenheimer’s ‘The Act of Killing’

By Mik Frances Initially, PS’s screening of Josh Oppenheimer’s THE ACT OF KILLING (2012) piqued my interest primarily because of … More

The Scandalous Passages: Thoughts On ‘What Is To Be Done’ Chapter 2 (Part 1)

By E. Morten Our latest study session for “What Is To Be Done?” zoomed in on the first part of Chapter Two. … More

The Right to Bend the Stick: A Report from Beyond the Slogan Week 2

By E.B. As the crowd gathered in the basement of Wooden Shoe books on Saturday, May 2, and began to … More

Finding What is To Be Done: A Report from Beyond the Slogan Week 1

By E.B. As US society continues to reel from life under a fascist regime, many turn to the forefathers of … More

Headless Courage: Anti-ICE Protests vs. Police Brutality

By Marine Tucker When ICE kidnapped 5 people off the street in the morning of Tuesday, June 10th, Philadelphians mobilized … More

Philly’s Furtive Fraternity (How Queer Elders Survived Frank Rizzo’s Philly) 

By Nora Gordon The “Furtive Fraternity”, written by Gaeton Fonzi during the winter of 1962 in Philadelphia Magazine, was the … More

In Case You Missed It: April

Philadelphia Guaranteed Income Pilot By I. Pliskin A subtle part of the “American Dream” is the idea that even if … More

Plain People, Revolutionary Politics

Image caption: Cover of The Twelve Articles pamphlet, with image of peasants holding their weapons By Garett Miller When most … More

Octavius Catto Statue

Octavius Valentine Catto was a civil rights activist in Philadelphia.