A Better Gun Control
The only kind of gun control we have in the United States is the kind that locks up black people. We need an alternative.
19776 Articles by: Alex Press
Defending Labor’s School
The University of Massachusetts Labor Center has served generations of union activists. Now the administration wants to squeeze it out.
A Struggle Without Borders
The Black Lives Matter movement is gaining ground in the United Kingdom.
Follow the Money
Canadian autoworkers are demanding control over companies’ investments. Will it work?
The Technocratic Takeover
Will the evisceration of democracy in Puerto Rico be allowed to proceed unnoticed?
Puerto Rico’s One-Sided Class War
Puerto Ricans are suffering from intense exploitation and a lack of democratic control over the island’s wealth.
Fighting Puerto Rico’s Federal Coup
How the Puerto Rican left is trying to build resistance to both colonialism and neoliberalism.
Lessons From the Arab Spring
Far from ending in defeat, the Arab Spring inaugurated a long-term revolutionary process in the Middle East.
Greece: A Country for Sale
Alexis Tsipras and his Syriza government have overseen privatizations at a scale unseen since German reunification.
Money Talks
The University of Chicago’s opposition to safe spaces isn’t about free speech. It’s about fundraising.
Yale’s Bad History
What happens when a history professor at Yale opposes a grad union but doesn’t know her history?
Revolt of the Elites
Patricio Guzmán’s The Battle of Chile captures the class war that culminated in Salvador Allende’s overthrow 44 years ago today.
The Coup in Chile
How the reasonable men of capitalism orchestrated horror in Chile 46 years ago today.
A History of Violence
What mainstream accounts of Venezuela’s “peaceful” opposition leave out.
Yanis Varoufakis’s Fantasy Politics
The European Union is the enemy of left internationalism, not its friend.
This Bunkered Island
Britain is a nation in crisis and decline. But the Right doesn’t have to remain in the driver’s seat.
We Spoke in One Voice
A conversation with Joseph “Jazz” Hayden, who helped organize the Attica prison uprising that began 45 years ago today.
Remembering Attica
The Attica Prison inmates who rebelled on this day in 1971 remain a symbol of resistance in the face of injustice.
Justin Trudeau Is Not Your Friend
Everybody loves Justin Trudeau. But his policies are bad for workers, the environment, and struggling people everywhere.
Ireland’s Bad Apples
The EU says Apple owes Ireland $14.5 billion in back taxes. Why don’t Irish elites want the money?