The Adolescence of a Concept: “Dictatorship of the Proletariat” in Karl Kautsky’s Revolutionary Writings
Ian Szabo, January 29, 2025
Karl Kautsky’s writings on the dictatorship of the proletariat serve as a waypoint between Marx and Lenin, Ian Szabo argues in an analysis of Kautsky’s democratic-republican, revolutionary Marxist political ideas. Read Article.
The African Blood Brotherhood, its Relations and Legacy
Ian Szabo, February 16, 2022
Combining the insights of previous scholarship with information gathered from Bureau of Investigation (BOI, predecessor of the FBI) surveillance documents, Ian Szabo presents a new angle on the history of the African Blood Brotherhood (ABB), illustrating the organizations' particular synthesis of Black radical politics and Marxism, as well as revealing the racial fantasy through which contemporaneous mainstream U.S. media and the state understood its methods and goals. Read Article.
The African Blood Brotherhood and the Origins of Black Communism in the United States
Ian Szabo, February 9, 2020
Ian Szabo writes on the history of the African Blood Brotherhood as part of a broader tradition of black liberation that merged with International Communism after the Bolshevik Revolution. Read Article.