President Trump’s midterm debacle has weakened the entire MAGA camp. But J. D. Vance, a more disciplined and more ideological far-right figure, is already positioning himself to inherit the movement in 2028.
Whatever Centrists Say, the Left Won Big in the Midterms
Don’t allow centrists to change the terms of debate and the metrics of success. Last week’s midterms saw victories for socialists and other progressives that will allow the Left to grow in the months and years to come.
Providence Built a Winning Movement to Divest From Israel
Providence, Rhode Island, is now the largest US city to divest from Israel and the first to enact a divestment law through popular vote. An organizer on the campaign explains how they did it alongside campaigning for socialist elected officials.
Wild Horse Nine Skewers the Dangerous Fools Behind US Empire
Wild Horse Nine is an irreverent portrait of the dopes who traffic in violence against democracy around the world, all in the service of US empire. But the connection between human callousness and evil has flown over the heads of some critics.
On Strike for a Different Spain
Spain will see a general strike on Wednesday, following mass protests around housing. A member of Marxist group Coordinadora Juvenil Socialista discusses how these protests have cohered a militant class-based movement for more sweeping change.
Is Trump Crashing the Dollar Empire?
Economist Mona Ali on how the United States wields the world’s most powerful currency to shore up empire and its own ruling class — and how Trump’s careless moves might blow it all up.
The real choice is not between globalization and deglobalization, free trade and tariff walls, but between empowering capital and empowering workers.
End the Private Health Insurance Tax: Pass Medicare for All
Make no mistake: the thousands of dollars that come out of your paycheck each year to pay for health insurance is a tax, just one paid to a private insurer rather than the federal government. Medicare for All would actually lower your taxes.
An Effective AI Pushback Has to Go Beyond the Local
The midterms made clear that Americans are angry about the headlong rush into artificial intelligence. We are blocked from needed federal action for now, but states and localities have options that can move us toward eventual national regulation.
The Dollar’s Power Never Came From Oil
The emergence of the dollar as the world’s currency was the result of the rise of the US as the preeminent global power. But the slow erosion of US economic and political power will not automatically spell the end of the dollar system.
Reactionary Feminists Offer Bad Solutions to Real Problems
Reactionary feminist writers Mary Harrington and Louise Perry dress up arguments for marriage and sexual restraint in Marxist rhetoric. But they also point to the limits of liberal feminism — limits that the Left needs to grapple with.
Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s Empire became a campus sensation because it offered a master theory for globalization at a moment when old Marxist categories seemed exhausted. But the capitalist internationalism they saw as permanent has now crashed and burned.
California UFCW Leaders Really Don’t Want Union Elections
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 8–Golden State has been headed by one family since 1984. Reform candidates say union staff are using intimidation tactics to prevent a competitive election this year.
Portland’s Socialists Have Built a Political Machine
While New York City gets much of the media attention, the Democratic Socialists of America chapter in Portland, Oregon, has quietly built a local political powerhouse over the last few years.
The Bases of US Empire Are Crumbling
In recent decades, the basis of US hegemony has shifted from domestic industrial strength to its ability to enforce the rules that organize global production, finance, and money. Today this imperial role is now increasingly under strain.
Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream Has Replaced the Maoist Credo
China’s leaders now appeal to the vision of a rejuvenated future rather than a revolutionary past. The new social contract between the people and the party state is a pragmatic one: social stability in return for continued economic growth.