Beyond the Usual Suspects
Saturday’s marches were successful because they rallied millions, not just a small core of activists.
19722 Articles by: Alex Press
The Stakes Are Clear
Theresa May’s plans for implementing Brexit will be disastrous for workers.
Mexico’s Gasolinazo
A hike in fuel prices has sparked popular protests across Mexico. Will it take a deeper political form?
Striking the Startups
In Italy, striking food couriers showed “gig economy” capitalists they’re serious about their rights as workers.
We Can Make the Nazis Back Down
How a Montana town came together to shut down a white-supremacist march led by Richard Spencer.
No Free Lunches
Here’s something liberals and conservatives agree on.
The Rebel Girl
As we build a movement to thwart Trump and win genuine social change, the activist life of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is instructive.
On the Market
New York governor Andrew Cuomo wants to be loved by the people but paid by the developers.
The Politics of Nostalgia
To defeat the nostalgic nationalism that Donald Trump personifies, we must offer an alternative future worth fighting for.
Assessing Obama
With Donald Trump set to enter the Oval Office, we look back on what Barack Obama’s presidency meant for the Left.
The Party We Need
Imagine a different inauguration. If we had a working-class party, what would it fight for?
The DeVos Democrats
Corporate Democrats have enabled Betsy DeVos’s privatization agenda for years. It’s time for them to choose which side they’re on.
Missing the Point
We can’t take down Trump’s cabinet picks with technocratic zingers. We have to fight the radical right-wing ideas that animate them.
Mark Fisher, 1968–2017
Mark Fisher gave a moribund left the imaginative jolt it needed to wake from the nightmare of neoliberal complacency.
Betsy DeVos’s Golden Age
Betsy DeVos has spent a fortune to influence education policy. If she is confirmed as education secretary, for the first time, she can do it for free.
Freeing Oscar López Rivera
The widespread jubilation over Oscar López Rivera’s release shows that anticolonial struggle still resonates in Puerto Rico.
Serving the Leviathan
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s life and death highlight what’s at stake in Iran today.
A Wasted Opportunity
Despite union officials’ post-election justifications, it’s clear Hillary Clinton did not deserve labor’s support.
What Did Bernie Do?
Looking back at the Sanders campaign and the struggles to come.
The UBI Bait and Switch
Finland’s UBI experiment serves as a cautionary tale for basic income proponents on the Left.