Yemen’s Disaster
Yemen had the longest and deepest Arab Spring — why did the country collapse into civil war?
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Still Not an Activist
Hillary Clinton is rebranding herself as an activist. Don’t be fooled.
A Politics of Solidarity
Solidarity between Muslim and Latino communities is crucial to building the kind of movement that can defeat Trump.
From February to October
In the standard account, February was the good revolution and October was the extremist one. But events in Russia were far more complex than that.
The National Front Isn’t Dead
The French left shouldn’t rest easy — Marine Le Pen hasn’t been vanquished.
The Market Theocracy
The Handmaid’s Tale is less a dystopian nightmare about Trump’s America than a comforting fiction we tell ourselves.
No Third Way for the Planet
An environmentalism that can actually save the planet must do battle with corporations. Mainstream environmental groups have done the opposite.
The Problem With Saul Alinsky
If the Left is going to rebuild power in the age of Trump, we shouldn’t look to Saul Alinsky for a roadmap.
Walter O’Brien: The Man Who Never Returned
In 1949, the Boston People’s Artists wrote “MTA” for a left-wing candidate. The song became a hit — the man behind it disappeared.
Politics As Psyche
It doesn’t matter if Trump is a tyrant in his heart of hearts.
The Shape-Shifter
Kirsten Gillibrand’s name is being floated as a progressive 2020 presidential candidate. But her record shows she’s a poor tribune for anti-Trump resistance.
Lessons From the French Election
Macron managed to defeat the far right this time. But to get rid of the National Front for good, the Left will need to make a comeback.
A Partisan Mayor
A look back at the “French Tito,” partisan militant Georges Guingouin.
The Real Dad’s Army
Britain’s wartime Home Guard is immortalized in popular culture — but the socialists who shaped it are forgotten.
The British Camps
Though it reached its horrific heights at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, the British, not the Nazis, pioneered the concentration camp.
The Lost History of Antifa
72 years after the triumph over Nazism, we look back to postwar Germany, when socialists gave birth to Antifa.
How Churchill Broke the Greek Resistance
How Winston Churchill and the British government attacked the Greek Resistance and sowed the seeds of civil war.
The Anti-Fascist Revolution
Remembering the Action Party, one of Italy’s biggest anti-fascist partisan movements.
Saving the NEA Won’t Save Culture
We need an expansive, radical vision for art that makes it more than a plaything for the wealthy.
Hungary: The End of Democratic Illusions?
The government-sponsored attack on the Central European University represents one more step in the country’s authoritarian drift.