Foul-Weather Friends

Radical critique from an unexpected source — the head of currency trading at a major Wall Street firm considers global capital markets.

The Children of Men

Edmund Burke to Niall Ferguson: You know nothing of my work. You mean my whole theory is wrong. How you ever got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing.

The European Left: An Interview with Leo Panitch

In this interview, the fate of European social democracy, among other topics, are discussed.

Like Mike?

Michael Harrington was wrong about a lot of things, but not quite in the way Joe Allen describes.

At the Barricades with E! Writers

Pitching jokes to Joan Rivers for $500 a week.

The Muslim Problem

The Muslim community has been continuously reminded by the media since 9/11 that the primary duty of an acceptable Muslim is to continuously condemn the behavior of a tiny minority of coreligionists.

The Next Left

A new New Deal alliance would bode well for the liberal-left, but rejuvenating American liberalism will only be a means to an end.

“Guns Not Bombs”

After Austerity

For the Left, it will no longer do simply to be anti-austerity.

Death of a Trader

The tools that make our increasingly digital markets efficient might constitute a vital part of a more modern, complex and egalitarian future financial system.

We Have Always Been Rentiers

The development of rentism entails not just a change in the laws, but in the way the economy itself is measured and defined.

The Strike That Didn’t Change New York

The Chicago teachers’ strike was a victory for workers around the country. But how do we move from homegrown resistance to a national movement that could ignite a shift in public policy?

Imported From Detroit

Behind American auto’s latest PR campaign lies a bleak economic reality.

Fellow Travelers

It’s impossible to deny that institutionally the socialist left is in disarray.

The Rise of the Machines

Automation isn’t freeing us from work — it’s keeping us under capitalist control.

Honduran Labyrinth

In a leftward-moving region, the iron fist of Honduras’ Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo makes him Obama’s sort of “democrat.”

Life and Death Squads in the World’s Homicide Capital

In a society ravaged by crime, radical “law-and-order” forces end up being at the root of the problem.

When the Union’s the Boss

While some level of personal sacrifice on the part of union organizers is inevitable, that can’t justify rendering them powerless over their own workplace conditions.

The Industrial Classroom

In resisting standardized testing, today’s teachers are part of a rich tradition of struggle against dehumanization in the workplace.

Curriculum for a New American Century

What would a national core curriculum to prepare students for work in the Age of Service look like?