The Wilderness Years

Splitters from Labour want to create a new centrist force in British politics. The Social Democratic Party of the 1980s offers plenty of reason to hope they’ll fail.

Ilhan Omar Is a Threat to US Empire

Progressive politicians like Ilhan Omar aren’t being attacked because they’re antisemitic. They’re being attacked because they threaten the bipartisan consensus on Israel and US empire.

“We’re Fighting a Mean-Spirited and Antidemocratic Attack on Public Education”

Oakland teachers aren’t just fighting for a living wage and better working conditions. They’re fighting against the closure of dozens of schools, which would pave the way for the privatization and destruction of public education.

Rojava Is Under Existential Threat

Rojava, the site of a remarkable peoples’ revolution, is on the brink of colonization and extermination. The international left must stand against it.

From Faculty to Factory

In 1990 Albania’s students were key to bringing down a decrepit regime. Today, they are fighting the order that replaced it.

Dead Center

The Labour Party defectors keep repeating the tired centrist refrain that the public is hungering for moderation. The whole history of the past generation shows otherwise.

A Season of Discontent

Three months since the gilets jaunes protesters first blockaded roads around France, the movement has created a crisis in Emmanuel Macron’s presidency — and one that’s due to last.

“I Love Chicago. I’m Gonna Fight to Stay Here.”

Jeanette Taylor is a community activist on Chicago’s South Side running for city council. In an interview, Taylor explains why she participated in a month-long hunger strike to reopen a school, how to fight inequality in the city, and her vision for a working-class Chicago.

Modern Monetary Theory Isn’t Helping

MMT is billed by its advocates as a radical new way to understand money and debt. But it’ll take more than a few keystrokes to change the economy.

Where Are They Now?

We went looking for our favorite Obama and Clinton campaign alums. We found them in corporate America.

The Hater Class

As long as the upper middle class exists, it’s going to be at best ambivalent about our program.

The Whitlam Coup

In 1975, the Queen’s loyal representative, governor-general John Kerr, decided he’d had enough of Australian social democracy.

The Purgatory of Canadian Social Democracy

If Canada’s NDP is to have a future, it needs to rediscover its militancy.

Revisiting A Very British Coup in the Age of Corbyn

It’s a reminder that the state is not neutral, and the ruling class has more than capital strikes at its disposal.

The Soapbox, Issue 32

The Most Suspect Name in News

Sarah Isgur Flores’s whole career is based on shading the truth at the behest of the GOP. Bafflingly, she’ll now be driving CNN’s news coverage.

Oakland Teachers Are Striking Against Billionaire Privatizers

Oakland teachers are on strike today to defeat plans by the superrich to take over and dismantle their public schools.

“This Campaign Is Literally Making Socialists”

Ugo Okere is a 22-year-old Nigerian immigrant and democratic socialist running for Chicago City Council. In an interview, he describes his history as an activist, the smears he’s faced from the incumbent, and why democratic socialism “is about democratic control of every single facet of our life.”

The Anti-Amazon Ground Game

How New York City socialists and their allies combined electoral muscle with front-stoop politicking to keep Amazon’s headquarters out of the city.

The Green New Deal Is the Only Realistic Option

Liberals and conservatives alike love to decry AOC’s Green New Deal as “unrealistic.” But what’s really unrealistic is continuing on the path of denial and incrementalism we’re on now.