The Next Great Chicago Strike
The Chicago Teachers Union is going on strike tomorrow — and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
19271 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.
The Greek Lesson
With the Syriza experience fresh in mind, Slovenia’s left is drafting a plan for eurozone exit.
A Long Way to Go
Jeremy Corbyn on his surprising rise to the top of the Labour Party and the challenges he now faces.
The Bernie Generation
The millennials who support Bernie Sanders have low expectations but high hopes.
Farewell to Ford Nation?
Rob Ford’s toxic political career grew out of an urban class divide that won’t perish with him.
The Case Against Bombing ISIS
The military campaign against ISIS is just the latest phase of US imperialism in the Middle East.
The Realist’s Dilemma
Brazil’s Workers’ Party thought accommodating capital could save them. That was a fatal mistake.
Ireland’s Unfinished Revolution
The revolutionary period sparked by the 1916 Easter Rising offered a vision of a truly democratic Ireland.
What Die Linke Should Do
The German right made stunning gains in this month’s regional elections. The Left must rise to the challenge.
Trump and the Tea Party
The Tea Party laid the groundwork for Donald Trump’s rise.
Returning Guantánamo
The Guantánamo Bay naval base has long been a site of US imperial power.
Turkey’s Covert War
A dispatch from Diyarbakır, Turkey, where Erdoğan continues his military assault on the Kurdish resistance.
Argentina’s New Order
Newly elected Argentine president Mauricio Macri has inaugurated harsh austerity measures and quashed dissent.
The Taiwanese Way
Taiwan’s recent election was a referendum on its past — and a battle for its future.
Making Freedom a Fact
Economic justice has always been at the core of black freedom struggles in the US.
A Coup in Brazil?
Brazil’s right is determined to remove Dilma Rousseff from power and cripple any movements to her left.
The Sharing Economy’s Dirty Laundry
Sharing economy companies like Uber and Airbnb aren’t helping local economies — they’re just helping themselves.
The Same Bosses
Fighting corporate trade deals requires uniting with immigrants and foreign workers — not scapegoating them.
Is Socialism Undemocratic?
Socialism is often conflated with authoritarianism. But historically, socialists have been among democracy’s staunchest advocates.
India Is (Still) Indira
Fifty years after her inauguration as India’s first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi still casts a long shadow over the country’s politics.