Last night’s socialist sweep in New York was built on the organizing power of the Democratic Socialists of America, which has now established itself as the leading political power in the city.
Socialists Won Big in NYC Last Night and Aren’t Done Winning
With a clean sweep of electoral wins for Zohran Mamdani’s endorsees and nine out of ten victories for NYC Democratic Socialists of America last night, it’s clear the socialist mayor and socialist movement are major political forces to be reckoned with.
José Martí Saw American Empire Coming
Long before Fidel Castro, José Martí warned that Cuban independence would mean little if US domination replaced Spanish rule.
Unions and the Working Families Party Bet Against the Future Again
In New York City, leaders of unions and nonprofit groups like the Working Families Party again picked the losing, old-guard side in last night’s elections. How long before these leaders get on board with the future of working-class politics?
SpaceX’s IPO: Enriching the Few, Harming the Many
Investors and Elon Musk insiders have captured the massive gains of SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO, while ordinary households are left holding risk they never chose to take on — and facing the downstream consequences of extreme inequality.
Liberty’s Brutal Conquest
The Founders made expansion the precondition of American freedom. We must find an alternative.
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.
Europe’s New Asylum Pact With the Devil
After the EU Parliament passed legislation last week to detain and expel more migrants, some lawmakers chanted “Send them back.” The anti-migration measures were pushed by the far right — but passed thanks to centrist pro-EU parties.
Abelardo de la Espriella Will Face Strong Resistance
The far-right Abelardo de la Espriella won Colombia’s presidency in the tightest race in decades. To carry out his extremist agenda, he’ll have to go through a Colombian left that, in terms of congressional and people power, has never been stronger.
Alan Greenspan Was a Faithful Servant of the Ruling Class
Longtime Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is often thought of as a free-market dogmatist. In reality, he was something far worse: an ideologically flexible but devoted servant of the powerful and a leading organizer of the war on US workers.
The Welcome Table’s Socialist Vision for Climate Refugees
Gasland director Josh Fox’s new HBO documentary, The Welcome Table, argues the climate emergency is inseparable from empire, capitalism, and the fight for universal freedom of movement.
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.
Donald Trump Helped Colombia’s Far Right Win
Far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella eked out a marginal victory over his left-wing opponent Iván Cepeda in Colombia’s presidential race after crude election interference by the US government. The outcome is a major threat to democratic rights.
Cory Doctorow on the Right — and Wrong — Way to Criticize AI
Worrying about whether AI can do your job is a blind alley, Cory Doctorow argues. The real danger is AI’s bubble: a speculative fantasy built on convincing bosses to replace workers with systems that can’t actually do what their salesmen promise.
The Socialist Who Tried to Abolish the Senate
In 1911, Socialist representative Victor Berger attempted a task that we must complete.
Brexit Gave the EU a Glimpse of Its Own Future
June 23, 2016, has gone down as the day Britain departed from the mainstream by voting to leave the European Union. In reality, British politics was a few steps ahead of the curve, as the EU itself has become a vehicle for the anti-immigrant far right.