As the union reform organization Teamsters for a Democratic Union turns 50, we spoke to its cochairs about their work building rank-and-file power inside one of the most important unions in the United States.
New York Democrats Marched With Israeli Fascists
Democrats say they are a bulwark against rising authoritarianism. Why, then, did some of New York’s most powerful Democratic leaders like Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sen. Chuck Schumer march with war criminals and self-described fascists from Israel?
How to Democratize the United States
Donald Trump’s authoritarianism has been enabled by long-standing antidemocratic features of the US state — the same features that have time and again blocked pro-worker policies. The Left needs a serious program aimed at democratizing our political system.
The UFC Is Debasing Itself for Donald Trump
The Freedom 250 mixed martial arts event at the White House will be a new low for the UFC and its president, Dana White. After campaigning for Donald Trump in 2024, White is now turning the sport he runs into a propaganda prop for Trump’s 80th birthday.
His Rivals Wrote Him Off, but Jean-Luc Mélenchon Is Back
Critics of French left-winger Jean-Luc Mélenchon have repeatedly claimed that he’s finished. But as he launches his latest presidential campaign, his popularity among working-class and minority voters is again making him a real contender.
Socialism cannot mean merely managing capitalism more fairly. It must point toward a society where survival is no longer contingent on the market — and where democracy extends into the economy itself.
Yemen Could Be Sucked Into the US War on Iran
Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement has held back so far from full-scale involvement in the conflict between the US and its Iranian allies. But with ceasefire talks seemingly close to collapse, Yemen could be drawn into any renewed outbreak of war.
Everyone Loves the Knicks. Everyone Hates James Dolan.
The awful billionaire James Dolan’s stranglehold on one of sports’ greatest franchises is holding the New York Knicks back. The solution? Yes, that’s right: public ownership of the Knicks.
Donald Trump Is Accidentally Speeding the Green Transition
Donald Trump’s policies, especially his war on Iran, are having the unintended effect of accelerating the very green transition project he scorns. The Left must ensure the renewable energy build-out advances the well-being of the US working class.
Financial Speculators See Big Opportunities in Puerto Rico
Without full sovereignty, Puerto Rico is significantly constrained in its ability to design independent fiscal or monetary policies — leaving the island vulnerable to tourism investments that are becoming increasingly financialized.
Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power. Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
Kill Dick Attempts the Great OxyContin Novel
In Luke Goebel’s much-hyped novel Kill Dick, a rich dropout is hooked on OxyContin, a drug manufactured by her lawyer dad’s biggest client. Aptly set in a strange and soporific Los Angeles, it captures the degradation of American society and interior life.
Class War on the Red Carpet
The Cannes Film Festival might seem like an elite event, but it has deep roots in anti-fascism and the labor movement. Its early history in the years after World War II tells us how cinema can truly belong to the working class.
In Hawaii, Uber Is Creating a Tax Shelter for Itself
Ridesharing behemoth Uber has quietly amassed billions of dollars in a Hawaii-based shell company, ostensibly reserved for insurance liability. This “reserve” could be used to sidestep taxes and fund Uber’s robotaxi projects.
Reforming Capitalism Is Not Enough
The era of class compromise is never coming back. Any serious democratic socialist politics must pursue a politics of rupture with capitalism.