Call It by Its Name
We have to name the crimes against the Rohingyas, Palestinians, and Kashmiris what they are: genocide, apartheid, and colonialism.
20407 Article(s) by: Alex Press
The Rise of Community Control
The New York Board of Education and teachers unions’ refusal to fight racism in public education was responsible for the 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville crisis, not Black Power.
Quebec’s No Good, Terrible Election Campaign
Quebec has no shortage of urgent issues: housing, deep cuts to public services, crumbling schools, inequality. But in the province’s forthcoming elections, parties are taking up xenophobia and Islamophobia instead.
We’re On a Winning Streak
Julia Salazar won her New York State Senate race last night. Her campaign, and those that lost, show what the Democratic Party will throw at left candidates — and how we can beat them.
Deeper Into the Dark
On Sunday, the far right had its best ever result in Sweden. And they’re pushing the rest of the political spectrum to capitulate to their agenda.
Workers Are Treading Water
US household incomes saw a small uptick in 2017. But for the working class, the larger picture remains largely bleak.
Teachers’ Strikes Are Escalating in Washington
To win their walkouts for better pay and better schools, educators are defying court injunctions and district-organized strikebreaking across Washington state.
There Is Nothing Confusing About Medicare for All
Medicare for All is good policy. It’s also very easy to understand.
Twilight of the Superdelegates
Desperate for unity, the Democrats have clipped the superdelegates’ wings. It’s another win for the Bernie wing of the party.
Richard DeVos, Great American Scam Artist
Right-wing billionaire Richard DeVos, who died at ninety-two last week, tried to cover up his life’s record — pioneering the cruel pyramid scheme Amway, attacking organized labor, fighting LGBTQ equality — with philanthropy. But he should be remembered as a bigoted con artist.
The UFT’s Opposition to the Community Control Movement
The New York teachers’ union in the 1960s was stridently anticommunist and embraced an elitist sense of professionalism — producing an obsessive opposition to community involvement and black nationalism and the 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville strikes.
Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Fifty Years Later
On the fiftieth anniversary of the “strike that changed New York,” the Ocean Hill-Brownsville teachers strikes have much to teach us about building a strong anti-racist labor movement made up of both workers and community members.
The Shocking Attack On Teacher Pay
Working three jobs, renting out their homes: decades of regressive tax cuts have driven the teacher wage penalty to record levels — and are forcing educators to take desperate measures.
Free Max Zirngast
One of our contributors, Max Zirngast, has been taken into custody by Turkish police. This is an appalling abridgment of democratic rights.
A Thousand Days of Democracy
The violent overthrow of Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973 brought to a brutal close a thousand days of popular participation and radical democratic ferment.
Emperor Musk
The disappearance of kings and emperors didn’t end domination by powerful individuals — capitalism just transformed it. Julius Caesar has given way to Elon Musk.
Allende’s Last Speech
Salvador Allende died 46 years ago today in a US-backed coup. Here’s his final address, broadcast over the radio while he was barricaded in the presidential palace.
Thanks, Obama?
Barack Obama thinks Medicare for All is a good idea. His support is welcome — but this time, we won’t accept any compromises on a universal, free public health program.
Iran’s Quiet Counterrevolution
Decades of neoliberalism have reshaped Iranian society — leaving its battered Left in a quandary.
Picking Up Their Weapons
Maoists have ruled Nepal for almost a decade, after helping end centuries of monarchy. But hard-liners disappointed by their record are returning to the armed struggle.