Reconstruction, 150 Years Later
In 1858, four million enslaved black people wielding political power in the American South would have seemed impossible. Ten years later, it became a reality.
20412 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.
Uber’s Big Lie
Uber has been given free rein to violate basic employment laws with impunity. We have to stop them.
The Biggest Trump Scandal So Far
The Trump administration’s response to Hurricane Maria was bungling, insulting, and ultimately murderous. For any other politician, it would have been a career-ending debacle.
A Lesson Plan for Organized Labor
This Labor Day, with public opinion firmly in favor of unions and teachers racking up victories across the country, the news for the labor movement is actually hopeful.
Argentina’s Anticapitalist Feminism
A bill to legalize abortion narrowly failed in the Argentinian Senate. But feminist movements have already effected a social revolution in South America.
The Movement Against “Modern Day Slavery”
American prisons are barbaric. The national prisoners’ strike is a righteous response to those horrendous conditions.
Muddying the Revolution
We should be honest about the Communist Party of the Philippines’ record, including its assassinations of left-wing activists.
When Union Leaders Don’t Want to Strike
Some New York union leaders have joined Governor Cuomo against public-sector workers’ right to strike. They’re picking political favors over bottom-up organizing.
France’s Changing Climate
Last year, French president Emmanuel Macron gave liberalism a hip young face. Now the golden boy’s shine has started to come off.
Welfare, But for CEOs
A new report shows how the United States is lining corporate executives’ pockets with tax dollars.
Disciplined and Punished
The European Memoranda imposing austerity on Greece came to an end last week. But the country still has no way out of its crisis.
The John McCain of India
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India’s “statesmanlike” far-right leader, died this month. The praise showered on him by Indian liberals shows how far to the right the country has moved.
In Defense of Air-Conditioning
Opposition to air-conditioning is just another form of austerity politics. Nothing’s too good for the working class — especially not freedom from the heat.
The Crisis That Created Putin
Twenty years ago, a crisis of Russian capitalism doomed Moscow’s pro-Western regime and gave birth to the Putin era.
Booze and Socialism
German socialists knew the craze for schnapps was a plague on working-class life. They fought it by building their organizations around beer.
“This System Is a Moral Horror”
Franklin Bynum is a socialist candidate for judge in Houston. In an interview, he explains his vision for criminal-justice reform, nonprofits’ attempts at co-opting reform, and why “capitalism drives the horrors of this system.”
Medicare for All Is a Money Saver
Need another reason to love Medicare for All? Bernie Sanders’s plan is so much cheaper than the alternatives that passing it would make it easier to fund other social programs.
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Facebook After Capitalism
Jeremy Corbyn’s call for a “free and democratic media” promises to break the stranglehold of the established monopolies. And that also means taking on tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg.