Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Pick a Fight With the Loan Sharks
Bernie Sanders and AOC are pushing for rules that would put payday lenders out of business — and end Wall Street’s business model of exploiting the poor.
20401 Article(s) by: Abigail Torre
Abigail Torre grew up in Chile and now lives in Berkeley, California where she is cochair of the East Bay chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.
Forget Apocalypse Now
It’s the fortieth anniversary of Apocalypse Now’s voyeuristic adventure to the dark side of human nature. But the real victims of the Vietnam War are forgotten in its cheap thrills.
10 Reasons Why Centrists Won’t Save Democracy
The Financial Times thinks Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn are would-be despots. They’re wrong — it’s socialists, not centrists, who will save democracy.
A Video Game Workers’ Walkout
Despite brutal working conditions and massive industry profits, few video game workers have taken collective action on the job. That changed on Monday, when two hundred Riot Games workers walked off the job.
Thankfully, the Democrats Are Playing Hardball With the Left
The Democrats’ congressional campaign arm is trying to blacklist the Left. We welcome their hatred.
From Russiagate to Gunboat Diplomacy
Russiagate hysteria is already being used to push Trump into an act of armed aggression against Venezuela. It’s a disastrous result of a pointless delusion.
Erdoğan’s Civil Coup
Turkey’s recent election saw the ruling party’s control over Istanbul broken. Now, the regime wants a re-do.
The City Is Ours, Not Uber’s
Uber and Lyft drivers have called a one-day strike on the day of Uber’s initial public offering. But their strike is about more than fighting the exploitation of the “sharing economy” — it’s about a right to the city.
Looking Leftward at the South African Elections
Amid mass unemployment and soaring inequality, voters in today’s South African election are getting sick of the ANC’s broken promises. But there’s no real alternative for them in sight.
Delete Your App
Uber and Lyft drivers are on strike today. They’re challenging companies that refuse to even recognize them as workers.
The Scale of the Problem
We may be witnessing the first stirrings of a climate movement that’s big enough to tackle the coming disaster — and radical enough to name the system responsible for it.
A Green New Deal Needs to Fight US Militarism
We can’t heal the climate if the US war machine keeps raining destruction, absorbing resources, and gobbling up fossil fuels all around the world. Here’s how to stop it.
God and Mammon at Loyola
At Loyola University, graduate workers aren’t just fighting for better conditions. They’re challenging the neoliberalization of one of Chicago’s leading Catholic institutions.
The Consequences of Forgetting
We live in a country built off slavery and anti-black racism. The struggle for reparations is about remembering that, and fighting for a better future for all working people.
Pub Workers of the World, Unite
Workers at Wetherspoons, the British pub chain, were tired of low wages and grueling conditions. So they formed a union, went on strike — and won.
Sanctions Are Murder
As media and political figures cheer on regime change for the sake of the Venezuelan people, they say nothing about the sanctions that are killing ordinary Venezuelans.
Tech Workers Are Workers, Too
Tech workers in China and the US recently united in the largest display of tech worker solidarity we’ve ever seen. It’s exactly what we need to prevent a global race to the bottom in tech.
Uber Is a Scam
A glance at the company’s recently released prospectus reveals the truth about Uber: it’s a scam.
Knock It Down
Rachel Lears’ electric new documentary about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three fellow working-class political insurgents is now in theaters. It tells the story of four ordinary people confronting a corrupt Democratic establishment.
Game of Thrones’ Real Heroes Are the Peasants
What would be a good Game of Thrones ending? How about unleashing the latent Jacobin power of the “smallfolk” on all these would-be kings and queens.