Do Democrats Want a War With North Korea?
Just a year ago, liberals were terrified of Trump starting a war with North Korea. Now they seem scared he might defuse the standoff with Pyongyang.
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Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
The Lesser Evil
After years of corruption scandals and austerity, Spain finally ousted its conservative president Mariano Rajoy. But will the center-left PSOE do much better?
The Overworked American
We already have too much work in the United States. Why not redistribute it?
Tech Workers Versus the Pentagon
Workers at Google just scored an impressive victory against US militarism.
Pawtucket, America’s First Factory Strike
This week 194 years ago, Rhode Island textile workers waged the first factory strike in US history. It was organized by young women.
The Week That Stopped Brazil
The strike that paralyzed Brazil last week didn’t come from the Left, but from an ignored and isolated group of workers.
Connolly at 150
James Connolly was born 150 years ago today. He remains the outstanding socialist of Ireland’s history.
Indonesia’s Red Slaughter
From 1965 to 1966, the Indonesian military and its allies massacred hundreds of thousands of Communists — often with the active aid of Western, democratic governments.
The Good Old Days
Madeleine Albright’s Fascism: A Warning is full of criticism of Trump — but it’s silent on the swamp from which he emerged.
The NDP Claws Its Way Back
After years of rightward drift, the NDP has a shot at capturing Ontario’s government this week with its most left-wing platform in years.
Emmanuel Macron Goes to Church
France’s neoliberal golden boy is now flirting with religious identity politics.
Mapping the Movement to Dismantle Public Education
It’s not just the Koch brothers: a state by state look at the forces driving school privatization.
Soldiers of Fortune
In the 1970s American mercenaries traveled to Angola and Rhodesia, seized by racist, anticommunist dreams and delusions of grandeur.
Justin Trudeau’s Pipeline Boondoggle
An energy company wasn’t sure they could complete a pipeline expansion to transport some of the world’s dirtiest oil. Luckily for them, Justin Trudeau stepped in to help.
Time For Unions To Step Up On Medicare For All
The labor movement can’t afford to keep clinging to the remnants of its private welfare state.
Remembering Pier Paolo Pasolini
A look at the life and politics of Pier Paolo Pasolini, heterodox communist.
Sacrificing at the Altar of the Euro
Breaking up the eurozone would be no simple task. But maintaining the single currency dooms progressive politics across the continent.
China’s Uyghur Repression
In the name of combating Islamic extremism, the Chinese Communist Party has embarked on a massive campaign of harassment and detention of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province.
Why Do Workers Strike?
Think conservative workers won’t strike? Think again. History shows it’s not workers’ ideas that count, it’s the conditions they face on the job.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour vs. the Single Market
If the next Labour government is to be truly transformative, it has to free itself from the constraints of the single market.