The CIA once again attempted to recruit at Loyola University New Orleans and was met with fierce resistance from the Liberate and Unite New Orleans Chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (LUNO-SDS). LUNO-SDS member and The Daily Salad contributor, F. J. Shields gave a rousing speech against the CIA and in support of the nations that have long faced CIA repression.

The umbrella genre of speculative fiction holds a curious position in the expression of social consciousness. Like all art forms, it exists as a reflection of the artist and the material conditions that govern their social realities. This particular craft, however, offers a unique relationship between the theoretical and the tangible. Speculative fiction concerns itself most directly with the hypothetical, presenting imagined worlds of fantastical, paranormal, and often futuristic nature. These fictional settings are characterized by their departure from realism, but a speculated reality is inherently informed by the social realities and ideologies present in the society of the author. We can thus view speculative fiction and worldbuilding not as spontaneous processes of the human mind, but a real and tangible application of our material circumstances. With this in mind, we can begin to examine the speculative art of conlanging — the development of constructed languages or “conlangs,” ...

M. R. Framboise recently spoke at a rally against the CIA’s recruiting efforts at Tulane University. Her speech and a video-recording thereof are archived here. 

In his memoir, Revolutionary Suicide , Huey P. Newton wrote that people in the fight for liberation “have such a strong desire to live with hope and human dignity that existence without them is impossible.” He said this in reference to the concept of “revolutionary suicide” that he coined as a sort of acceptance and embracing of the possibility of death (and all other negative consequences) when undertaking revolutionary action. It is in this vein that I would like to offer an apology— an apology to the self that I once envisioned, and an apology to the life that it originally seems my existence would culminate in. It is an apology to my family, myself, and my old dreams.  Dear Mikaylah, the Doctor, the Mathematician, the Scientist, the Teacher, the Broadcaster, the Mother, the Sister, and the Wife: I’m sorry. I’m sorry for obstructing the path that was created for you. I’m sorry for deviating from the programme; I’m sorry for apparently blowing the entire structure of what you env...

It can be said that while the Juche Idea is a distinct revolutionary ideology from the orthodox Marxism-Leninism of the Soviet Union. It does not deny the revolutionary truth of Marxism, so much as the Juche Idea expands it to include new laws and principles of social development. For Context, the Juche Idea is the official guiding ideology of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the vanguard party of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). It was first formulated by the DPRK’s national founder and only president, Kim Il Sung (whose name is bolded in accordance with typical DPRK stylistic choices); and it was further developed by his son, WPK General Secretary Kim Jong Il .  As Kim Jong Il writes an article for the WPK’s theoretical magazine, Kulloja : “The new outlook on the world established by Juche philosophy does not deny the world outlook on dialectical materialism. The Juche philosophy regards the world outlook of dialectical materialism as its premise.” Put simply, diale...

At the time of writing, we are in the midst of a new era in the student movement that has long since played a key role in revolutionary and liberatory movements all over the world. The revolutionary and influential Students for a Democratic Society was re-founded in 2006 and it— and other student organizations— have taken on a strong role in resistance to both the ever-rising costs of higher education in the United States, been a key ally in building a united front against the ongoing train of abuses and usurpations committed every day by the second Trump administration (and its puppeteering ruling class), and have been steadfast in resistance to the US’ war machine all over the world from Gaza to Caracas.  We must recognize that certainly since the end of World War II, and the resultant imperial domination of the United States, students in the United States have consistently shown themselves to be a considerable force against imperialism at home and abroad. The Student Nonviolent ...

A new adage has become common on the internet; it is a poisonous adage not intrinsically toxic to one’s health, but an adage toxic to man’s very own being— to his social character. The central focus of the idea that “nothing ever happens” being that life, man, and history remain static and forever cyclical— that change is bound to be undone at best, or more likely, a disappointment. It certainly a comforting nihilism, but no less poisonous nonetheless.  In an era of substantial losses for everyday people around the world, choosing to exist as if the world were in a constant stasis of neutral “nothingness” does generates a sense of control in one’s own life and being that is difficult to come by. If “nothing ever happens” at a global scale, then the only things that could possibly matter are those matters that directly concern a person on their individual level; however, this adage is ignorant of the fact that everything and especially human beings (and the societies they compose) a...

In light of the blatantly unjust and biased persecution of Students for a Democratic Society’s National Vice-President, Juleea Berthelot by members of the Loyola University New Orleans administration, it is worth noting that the student movement has long faced repression by administrations that are— as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would put it— ”more committed to order than justice.” Our administrations would rather sit idly by while the rights and dignities of the masses are thoroughly violated. They would prefer a peace defined not by the presence of a truly liberatory education, nor by strong communities rooted in human-centred values, but a peace defined by compliance and non-antagonism towards the status-quo.  For additional context, Berthelot was charged with “promoting an unregistered student organization,” a charge so vague as to seem to carry rather little meaning. This is entirely irrespective of the fact that the Liberate and Unite New Orleans (LUNO) chapter of SDS is exp...