Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
Hind Rajab is one of at least 14,500 Palestinian children killed in the war in Gaza. An investigation by the research collective Forensic Architecture exposes the IDF’s blame for this six-year-old’s death — but most Western media has ignored it.
A major Democratic donor and Microsoft board member is pressuring Kamala Harris to dismiss the government’s top antitrust regulator, who has launched an aggressive crackdown on corporate power since taking office.
The US’s record of intervening in the politics of Global South countries is well known. But in recent decades, US intelligence agencies have meddled even in the affairs of staunch ally the UK, and the US military maintains a major presence in the country.
Everything about Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress yesterday was grotesque. But it will at least provide a historical document that clearly identifies which American elected officials were enthusiastic backers of genocide.
In the 1930s, labor unions were in bad shape. An imaginative new labor organization called the Congress of Industrial Organizations swept in and made them powerful and relevant. Now unions are in bad shape again, and the CIO’s history points the way out.
SpaceX just won a preliminary injunction in a Texas federal district court against the National Labor Relations Board. The decision moves us closer to a potential Supreme Court decision declaring the NLRB unconstitutional — and massively empowering bosses.
As rideshare and delivery drivers rack up local legislative wins, the idea of gig work legislation on a federal level no longer seems farfetched.
Why has Joe Biden been such a die-hard defender of Benjamin Netanyahu’s genocidal campaign against Gaza? The answer can be found in part through a deep dive into Biden’s early political career.
This week, Keir Starmer opted to preserve a notorious Tory policy that drove countless children into poverty. When seven Labour MPs voted to end the two-child benefit cap, Starmer stripped them of the Labour whip in an unprecedented and authoritarian move.
Protests in Kenya that began last month over higher taxes continue to rock the country. They have exposed the fissures running through its facade of stability, from its massive debts to the role it plays in upholding Western imperialism in the region.
Striking Ontario public alcohol store workers won a new contract with job protections and modest wage increases. However, their future remains uncertain as privatization plans threaten their jobs and public revenue.
The Republican right has always contained a subcurrent hostile to multiracial democracy. In When the Clock Broke, writer John Ganz argues that this reactionary force flourished in the 1990s and is behind the emergence of Donald Trump’s right-wing populism.
Telemarketing firms operating on behalf of political action committees are claiming to raise money to support police departments. But instead of actually funding the police, the alleged fraudster behind the scam is pocketing millions.
Ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, seven unions — whose members constitute almost half of all American union members — have demanded an end to US military aid to Israel. The labor movement’s calls to end the genocide in Gaza are growing.
If Kamala Harris really wants to show she is ready to turn a new page in the campaign against Donald Trump, it’s obvious who her choice as running mate should be: Bernie Sanders.
Upon its creation ten years ago, Podemos promised to rally the masses against the establishment parties. But it soon became dominated by highly educated progressives, confining its appeal to just part of the working class.
Canada’s social democratic party, the NDP, is grappling with Conservative inroads into its voter base, declining support, and internal divisions. As the party confronts the phenomenon of class dealignment, its future is an open question.
Hegel claimed that wisdom about a historical period often comes only after it has ended. As wokeness loses sway, we can better see its effects on socialist politics.
NBA bylaws allow the league’s commissioner to punish players for statements “prejudicial or detrimental to the best interests” of the NBA or a team. The rule violates workers’ rights — which is why I’ve filed unfair labor practice charges against the NBA.
In Twisters, Glen Powell, Hollywood’s newest MVP, spins a formulaic script into good old-fashioned summer box office gold.