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.
Lessons From San Francisco’s Fight Against Tech Displacement
A new book recounts how San Francisco tenant organizers took on tech-fueled displacement in the 2010s. Their campaigns were brave, media-savvy, and sometimes successful — but the conditions that made them possible have changed, and so must the strategy.
Elon Musk Is Defending His Walled Garden From the Rest of Us
Tech oligarchs like Elon Musk envision a future in which a chosen elite enjoys sovereignty, as a service, through the technologies they provide. Those left outside their Edenic fortress are merely a threat.
The Rich Promised to Flee Mamdani’s New York. They Haven’t.
When Zohran Mamdani won the mayor's race, his critics predicted a mass exodus of wealth and business from New York City, cratering its tax base. It’s been nearly six months since he won, and market indicators suggest so far that the rich are staying put.
Union Organizing Needs Leadership Density
Two former United Auto Workers organizers make the case for what they call a “leadership density” union organizing model. That model was central to recent UAW breakthroughs, and we should accept no substitutes in similar campaigns.
Under capitalism, technological “progress” like AI systematically deskills workers, deepens managerial control, and turns the labor process into a site of conflict rather than liberation. This is by design.
Meatpacking Workers Declare Victory After Major Strike
An overwhelmingly immigrant workforce in Colorado — speaking over 50 languages — says it won its strike at the largest meatpacking company in the world, striking a blow against an industry that has colluded to suppress wages and raise consumer prices.
Zohran Mamdani Has a Choice on Free-Speech Restriction
The New York City Council has passed two bills that would restrict the freedom to protest across the city. Mayor Zohran Mamdani must now decide if he can stop at least one.
The Era of Citizens United Could Be Nearing Its End
A Maine lawsuit has suddenly become the most significant anti-corruption battle inside America’s legal system, offering the first serious chance in decades to challenge the disastrous Citizens United decision.
Trump Won’t Stop at Attacking Birthright Citizenship
Central to Donald Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship, enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment and a key feature of American jurisprudence, is the creation of an underclass of hyperexploited labor at home and abroad.
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.
Facing Up to the Horrors of the Mỹ Lai Massacre
Last month, Vietnam marked the 58th anniversary of the Mỹ Lai massacre, when US soldiers killed hundreds of defenseless civilians. US public memory largely ignores the history of atrocities like Mỹ Lai, making it easier to repeat them in the future.
The Rise and Fall of Puerto Rican Independence
In the 1940s, the gradual unraveling of colonialism offered hope to Puerto Ricans demanding independence. But the archipelago was of military importance to the US — so Washington used economic threats and repression to retain it.
Trump Officials Built an AI Tool to Turbocharge Deregulation
Artificial intelligence has a history of making poor regulatory decisions with disastrous effects on people’s lives. Newly released documents show the Trump administration sought to deploy a powerful AI tool to accelerate its deregulation spree.
War Isn’t Working for American Workers
While Pentagon budgets have steadily increased in recent years, the arms industry has become more consolidated, more automated, and less labor-intensive. The warfare state is not an effective economic development strategy for working people.