Ben Becker

Ben Becker is a founding member of the PSL and serves as editor of the print edition of Liberation. He lives in New York, NY, where he teaches U.S. history.

Analysis

Ben BeckerDecember 18, 2023
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Building a real left: Not one that condemns resistance and is without Palestinians

While for a moment that meant the real, anti-imperialist left was demonized, caricatured and written off as a marginalized fringe…
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Analysis

Ben BeckerAugust 7, 2023
5,386

Why the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The following article first appeared in the August 2005 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine . The 75th anniversaries of…
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Militant Journalism

Benjamin ZinevichJanuary 29, 2022
538

Emergency rally at White House demands ‘No War with Russia,’ NATO be disbanded

ANSWER organizer Sean Blackmon, who helped lead the event, remarked how “there is no voice of peace inside this U.S.…
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Features

PSL StatementJune 2, 2020
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Rebellion and repression: capitalism’s long hot summer begins

Trump declared last night from the White House that he would “end the riots” with a national military mobilization to…
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Analysis

Ben Becker and Eugene PuryearMarch 5, 2020
183

What happened on Super Tuesday? Ruling-class factions unite to stop Sanders

Looking at the possibility of a runaway Sanders’ victory, the ultra-rich put aside their differences and whipped their candidates into…
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Analysis

Ben BeckerJanuary 5, 2020
335

BREAKING: Soleimani was in Iraq to ease regional tensions; then Trump said ‘Kill him’

The Pentagon and the White House fully knew, when they ordered the airstrike to kill him, that Soleimani was traveling…
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Guest statements

American Indian Movement WestDecember 1, 2019
358

American Indian Movement West: No to Bolivia coup! Hands off Venezuela, Cuba!

"We declare our full solidarity and support to the heroic resistance of the Indigenous people against the fascist coup. While…
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Militant Journalism

Richard BeckerDecember 1, 2019
267

Historic Alcatraz takeover celebrated

In the Bay area, there were multiple commemorations of the 50th anniversary, with the traditional Sunrise ceremony on the island…
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Analysis

Kei PritskerOctober 18, 2019
75

Bill introduced in NYC Council to end blockade of Cuba

The bill advocates ending the U.S. blockade of Cuba, which began 59 years ago, and for the normalization of relations…
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Editorial

Liberation StaffJuly 17, 2019
67

Free the children, close the camps

Trump’s racist statements against Mexicans and Central Americans is intended for one purpose: To stir up hatred of immigrants, to…
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