The Meaning of France Insoumise
Even in defeat, the movement around Mélenchon offers new possibilities for the French left.
19483 Articles 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.
A New Beginning
Despite its defeat today, the Mélenchon campaign created big opportunities for recomposition on the French left.
Erdoğan Can Be Beaten
Erdoğan is not unstoppable. The Turkish left must fight to annul the fraudulent referendum and mobilize against dictatorship.
(Not) Born This Way
There’s nothing natural or innate about inequality — but a long history of pseudo-science will tell you there is.
The Mélenchon Economy
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s senior economic advisor explains his proposals to grow the economy and carry out an ecological transition.
An Earthquake in the Making
A Mélenchon victory wouldn’t solve Europe’s crisis, but it will put us in a better position to rebuild the movements that can.
Another World Is Possible With Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Two hundred French educators explain why they’re supporting Jean-Luc Mélenchon in tomorrow’s presidential election.
Criminalizing Anti-Austerity in Ireland
Irish activists won major concessions against water privatization. Now, the state is looking to imprison them.
Trump’s Predictable Rise
Trump’s election isn’t cause for reassessing politics as we know it. Shifts in the economy and political parties created an easy opening for him.
Center-Left in No Man’s Land
The difficulties facing Benoît Hamon’s campaign reveal a French Socialist Party being outflanked on its right and left.
Duke Nukem’s Dystopian Fantasies
It’s hard to think of a piece of media that understands itself less than Duke Nukem 3D.
Iran’s Past and Present
Why has the history of Iran’s left been erased?
The Dangers of Detoxification
The FN’s new image doesn’t mean the far-right party had a change of heart — it means the mainstream has accepted its program.
Between Vichy and the Republic
The National Front hasn’t changed. It just learned how to articulate its longstanding racism and xenophobia with mainstream French republican discourse.
The Jobless Economy
The US economy is creating a historically low level of jobs. But robots aren’t the culprit.
Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On this day in 1943, a band of Jewish resistance fighters launched an armed insurrection against the Nazis. They were proud socialists and internationalists.
The Left Must Save Labour
The British left’s task isn’t to win the next general election — it’s to fight for the survival of the Labour Party itself.
Living for the City
Marshall Berman’s Modernism in the Streets is a final testament to his delicately intimate, thoroughly urban Marxism.
For a Free Guiana
French Guiana has taken to the streets to protest decades of underinvestment and neglect.
Is Socialism Eurocentric?
Both capitalist exploitation and workers’ resistance look fundamentally similar all over the world. Within the West and outside of it, socialism speaks to those experiences.