Author name: Joshua Johnson

Recently, I watched the 2009 film “The Trotsky,” in which a young man who idolizes the eponymous Russian revolutionary attempts to unionize his public high school in Quebec. The film first caught my attention in light of my own socialist sympathies, but has since left me with the burning question – is it boredom or […]

Maybe it’s the idea of warm, fuzzy hats emblazoned with hammers and sickles. Or perhaps it’s something deeper than mere aesthetics, and I miss the idea of there being an alternative to soul-crushing capitalism. No matter how hard I try, I can’t help but miss the old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR.  You see,