Strikes Aren’t for the Privileged
The claim that strikes are reflections of privilege is totally disconnected from the history of women’s labor organizing in the US.
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Carrying on the Revolution
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The Story of the February Revolution
Russian workers went on strike on International Women’s Day 1917. They ended up toppling tsarism.
Before February
The February Revolution erupted 100 years ago today and swept away a blood-soaked monarchy.
A Guide to the February Revolution
One hundred years after Russia’s February Revolution, we answer your questions about the historic rebellion.
The Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day
From the beginning, International Women’s Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism.
A Feminism That Takes to the Streets
Today’s Women’s Strike is a rebuke to corporate feminism.
Ireland Strikes for Repeal
This International Women’s Day, women in Ireland are striking for abortion rights against a backdrop of horror stories caused by the country’s prohibition.
Argentina’s Life-or-Death Women’s Movement
When Argentinian women strike tomorrow, they’ll do so in resistance to a terrifying wave of femicides.
No Easy Answers
Owen Jones’s call for Corbyn to stand down won’t solve Labour’s fundamental problems — but it could be a gift to the party’s right.
Remembering Sandino
The Nicaraguan nationalist was assassinated eighty-three years ago last month.
Power in Podemos
Podemos’s second congress reaffirmed Pablo Iglesias’s power. But there were also openings for a more democratic, left party.
The Lie of ‘Rebuilding’ the Military
A right-wing misinformation campaign and timid liberal pushback has obscured how absurdly bloated the US military budget is.
The Anticapitalist Bodybuilder
This weekend’s Arnold Sports Festival showed that many seek in bodybuilding what they can’t find in their jobs.
Losing West Virginia
Few states better illustrate the contradictions and failures of the Democratic Party than West Virginia.
The Myth of the Fiscal Conservative
Austerity measures don’t actually save money. But they do disempower workers. Which is why governments pursue them in the first place.
Something’s Off
Get Out has tapped into the fears of millions of people who have a growing sense that something is very wrong in this country.
The Specter of Materialism
We need our social theory to be rigorous and accessible. At least one side of the debate over Vivek Chibber’s recent book does that.
No More Saturday Marches
The brilliance of strikes and stoppages like the Day Without Immigrants and the Women’s Strike lies in organizers’ willingness to halt business as usual.
Lords of Disorder
Marine Le Pen’s National Front tries to sow the seeds of chaos to make their far-right rhetoric appear more sensible.