Landlords Hate Rent Control Because It’s Good for the Rest of Us

Rent control means more money and control for renters and less for landlords. It’s why they hate it — and why we should fight for it.

COVID Is Exposing Australia’s Neoliberalized Health System

In Australia, decades of neoliberal policies have crippled our capacity to respond to public health crises like COVID.

PayPal and the ADL: A Match Made in Censorship Hell

PayPal has announced a partnership with the Anti-Defamation League to defund extremist and hate movements. The problem is that, for the ADL, that often means groups fighting against Israeli apartheid.

Putting in Time on the Line at Dodge Main

After the upsurges of the 1960s, a small but dedicated number of leftists decided to find jobs in industries like auto manufacturing with the intention of stoking radicalism on the job. Mark Levitan was one of them.

Annette Fascinates but Doesn’t Convince

Leos Carax’s Annette, starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, is audacious. But the film thwarts its own truth-telling ambitions by refusing to put its characters’ inner turmoils in dialogue with anything but themselves.

Jeremy Corbyn: Climate Crisis Is a Class Issue

In a column for Jacobin, Jeremy Corbyn writes that we need class politics to transform our economies and save humanity from climate apocalypse. There’s no other way.

Italian Identity Doesn’t Have to Belong to the Far Right

Xenophobic nationalism has assumed a central role in Italian political life in recent decades. But calls for the country’s Left to “reject Italian identity” are a dead end — and risk distancing it from its own popular traditions. 

How the Philippines Were Crucial to the Making of American Empire

From its vicious occupation in the early 20th century to its military bases in the present, the US has long had a brutal, domineering relationship with the Philippines. And crucially, it’s depended on the labor of colonized Filipinos themselves.

Americans Are Migrating Toward Climate Disaster, Not Away From It

Census data shows Americans are moving out of locales most insulated from climate change and into the most climate-threatened regions. The results could be disastrous in the near future.

Zohran Mamdani: So Much Is Possible Without Andrew Cuomo as Governor

Andrew Cuomo is on his way out. Socialist New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani talks about Cuomo’s history of bullying and blocking progressive bills, the role of the Democratic Socialists of America in Cuomo’s ouster, and new opportunities for left policy in New York.

Republicans Are Poised to Gerrymander Their Way Into Long-Term Power

Democrats missed a critical deadline to stop GOP gerrymandering. Now it will be full steam ahead on the Right’s undemocratic agenda.

We Can’t Fight the Climate Crisis Without Fighting the Military-Industrial Complex

If we’re serious about stopping impending climate disaster, we have no choice but to radically rein in one of the world’s worst polluters: the US military.

Every Kid Deserves to Go to Camp

Summer camps create magical, self-contained worlds overflowing with play and human connection. All kids deserve the ability to have such experiences. All kids deserve camp.

British Politics Still Lives in the Shadow of the Coal Mines

Coal mining regions were central to Britain’s labor movement, and the industry’s decline has left a gaping hole. This social crisis and political vacuum made Boris Johnson’s election victory possible — but the Tories haven’t conquered the coalfields yet.

Australia Is Enabling State Violence in the Philippines

Australia has a long history of meddling in the affairs of its Pacific neighbors. In the Philippines, right-wing strongman Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” amounts to state terror — which Australia’s government has enthusiastically supported through military aid and legal advice.

Kim San, Martyr of Korean Socialism

From the struggle against Japanese rule in Korea to his work with China’s revolutionaries, Kim San lived a life committed to socialism and the struggle against imperialism. He deserves to be remembered today.

Capitalists Can’t Become Nicer

Mark Carney, ex-governor of the central banks in Canada and Britain, has written a much-hyped book about the problems with modern capitalism. But this consummate insider can’t trace the roots of those problems back to their fundamental sources.

Imagine a New York City Not Dominated by Real Estate

New York’s commercial real estate sector is in crisis, as office workers are increasingly unwilling to come back into a physical office. It’s an opportunity to rethink what a city that serves its residents rather than commercial landlords could look like.

Jesus and John Wayne w/ Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Even After the IPCC Report, Senate Dems Are Voting for Fracking

Seven Democratic senators voted with the GOP to block restrictions on fracking this week. Those seven Democrats also raked in $1.7 million in donations from oil and gas donors.