Krystal Ball, Vivek Chibber, and Matt Karp discuss how class politics stalled after the Bernie Sanders campaigns — and why a new political opening is finally emerging.
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele Is Donald Trump’s Jailer-for-Hire
Nayib Bukele swept to power in 2019 by presenting himself as an insurgent outsider who was going to clean up corruption in El Salvador. In reality he has waged war on democratic rights and turned his country into a MAGA prison camp.
401(k)s Are Flashing a Red Light
Since the pandemic, Americans’ hardship withdrawals from their 401(k) funds have soared. It’s a stopgap for many people who are struggling, but also points to a dysfunctioning pension system.
India’s Migrant Workers Are Paying the Price for Trump’s War
Migrant workers have been fleeing from India’s cities as the US war on Iran sends fuel prices soaring. The scenes today resemble the exodus of migrant workers to their home villages during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the crisis is just beginning.
Keir Starmer Has Given Scottish Nationalism a Booster Shot
In 2024, the Scottish National Party suffered its worst election setback for decades at Labour’s hands. But the calamitous record of Keir Starmer’s government has given the party and its leader John Swinney the chance to recover its dominant position.
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.
We Need a Socialism After Capitalism
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.