Was the Teamsters’ Amazon Strike a Success?
The 2024 holiday season Amazon strike seemed driven more by a desire for media attention than the development of the deep worker base fundamental to forcing the company to accept a union.
20389 Article(s) by: Adrien Beauduin
Adrien Beauduin is currently researching a PhD on Polish and Czech politics at the Central European University’s department of gender studies.
Let Workers Lead
The “worker-to-worker” organizing model adopted by many of the most dynamic unions and campaigns in the country has enormous promise for revitalizing labor — in large part because it puts workers themselves in the drivers’ seat.
Learning From the Courage of the Civil Rights Movement
Many on the Left are wondering what to do against the Trump administration’s vicious assaults on workers, immigrants, and free speech. We can look to the example of US civil rights activists, who kept taking great risks even after demoralizing setbacks.
Welfare State Modernism’s Lost Future
Central European designers and architects who fled fascism brought modernist ideals to Britain, reshaping its urban fabric. Today their work is being demolished, abandoned, or privatized.
A St Patrick’s Day Socialist Guide to Irish Film and TV
From Dancing at Lughnasa to The Wind That Shakes the Barley, from Peaky Blinders to Kneecap, here’s a list of Irish-themed films and TV shows for the discerning left-wing viewer — including the time Jackie Chan took on the IRA.
There’s a Hidden History of US Support for Irish Republicans
The solidarity group Noraid raised millions of dollars to support the Irish republican movement during the Troubles. Although Noraid attracted lots of hostile media coverage at the time, the group’s true history remains largely unknown and misunderstood.
Landlords Want Us to Think Rent Gouging Isn’t Price Gouging
We recognize extortionate prices for lifesaving medicine or bottled water after a natural disaster as price gouging. Landlords want us to believe that rent hikes forcing people into homelessness are just the market at work, but that’s not true.
All Games Are Political
Board games aren’t just escapist — they play a unique role in helping us imagine new worlds and different ways of working together. Recent games like Pandemic and Daybreak put the crises of our time on the table and ask us to solve them.
When Belgian University Cleaners Swept Out Their Boss
Fifty years ago, women cleaners at a Belgian university went on strike, then set up their own cooperative called the Liberated Broom. A new film shows how they kicked out the boss, starting an experiment in self-management that lasted for 14 years.
How the Right Hijacked Antonio Gramsci
Inspired by a misreading of Antonio Gramsci, far-right activists have spent decades attempting to shape intellectual and cultural spaces. But their version of Gramsci’s ideas leaves out a crucial element: class struggle.
Greenland’s Election Wasn’t a Victory for Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s desire to take over Greenland brought unprecedented global attention to this week’s election. But calls for independence weren’t the only issue at stake in the election debate, and there’s little support for integration with the US.
Trump’s Crypto-Invested AI Czar Cleared to Oversee Crypto
The Trump administration has issued a blanket ethics waiver to venture capitalist David Sacks, the president’s new special advisor for AI and crypto. The waiver clears Sacks to work on regulatory issues directly related to his financial holdings.
Georgian Mining Shutdown Leaves Workers Abandoned
The layoffs of thousands of miners in Chiatura, Georgia, ought to be big news in a country of under four million people. But most outlets have ignored the story, because it doesn’t fit the narrative of a grand geopolitical battle between East and West.
Unionizing UnitedHealthcare
The largest NLRB union election win in February was at the primary care group Optum Care, a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare. The vertical integration of health care has brought frustrating consequences for health workers, who are now organizing in response.
A Truly Free Society Demands Workplace Democracy
The unfreedom workers suffer on the job has been an abiding critique of capitalism, and for good reason. A society that allows for the full development of human freedom must allow people to collectively determine the conditions under which they work.
Trump’s Pro-Israel McCarthyism Is Already Boomeranging
Neocons are taking advantage of the neo-McCarthyism Donald Trump has stoked against pro-Palestinian activists on the left to go after more antiwar voices on the right in his own administration. Such witch hunts never stop at their original targets.
Inside Donald Trump’s Self-Deportation Crisis
Under the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security has launched a $200 million ad campaign calling on immigrants to self-deport. These moves have already torn apart communities and rallied far-right extremists.
Sebastiano Timpanaro Lived His Life With the Italian Left
As well as being one of the most creative postwar Marxist thinkers, Sebastiano Timpanaro was also a dedicated activist. His life on the left spanned the entire postwar history of Italian socialism, from the Liberation to the end of the Cold War.
Australian Doof Culture Has a Zionist Problem
In Australia, outdoor dance parties — known colloquially as “doofs” — are billed as progressive events that value peace, love, unity, and respect. So why do organizers keep booking artists who celebrate Israel’s genocide in Gaza?
Supreme Court Lobbyists Don’t Want to Reveal Their Funders
A government committee in charge of federal judiciary rules wants to make Supreme Court lobbyists disclose who is funding them. Some of the most powerful corporate and conservative forces in DC are trying to keep that information secret.