Locke’s Folly
Jeffersonian Democrats made a serious attempt to implement Locke’s theories. Colonization and expropriation followed.
19354 Articles by: Benjamin Case
Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
The Conservative Movement Has No Decency
Framing Donald Trump as an indecent anomaly exonerates the movement and party that produced him.
Labour’s Crises
The Labour Party’s historical crises are rooted in crises of capitalism.
How the War on Terror Fuels Trump
The bipartisan consensus of endless wars and attacks on civil liberties laid the groundwork for Trump’s toxic agenda.
Another Police Murder in Chicago
The police’s flippant behavior towards their victims confirms that the institution will never reform itself.
Resilience for Whom?
The Japanese prime minister’s plans for “resilience” will serve corporations and US military goals more than the Japanese people.
The Third Capitalist Party
The Libertarian Party is trying to position itself as an alternative to both Clinton and Trump. But there’s nothing progressive about it.
Labour’s Red Scare
Tom Watson’s hunt for Trotskyists does more than misrepresent Corbyn’s movement — it opens the door to attacks on party democracy.
Doubling Down in Atlantic City
The casino workers’ strike at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino is a defining battle for American labor.
No Friend of Immigrants
Democratic presidents have been responsible for some of the most punitive immigration policies in modern history.
The Rank and File’s Paper of Record
The history of Labor Notes shows that labor’s strength — and socialists’ relevance — depend on a militant and independent rank and file.
Warping History
Timothy Snyder’s Black Earth misuses the horrors of the Holocaust in the service of Zionist and neoconservative platitudes.
The Long Struggle of Mexican Teachers
The teachers’ protests that have erupted in Mexico are part of a century-long fight for equitable schools and genuine democracy.
The Forgotten Union
District 65 grew powerful by organizing low-wage workers that had been ignored by the traditional labor movement.
Labor Must Take on Capital
Unions must expand beyond narrow bargaining to challenge those who hold wealth and power at the highest levels.
The Establishment Foundation
The Clinton Foundation allows the Clinton family to accumulate wealth and power, all under the guise of humanitarianism.
The Murder of Michael Brown
How regional inequities and a local fiscal crisis conspired to kill Michael Brown two years ago today.
Bernie Sanders and the New Class Politics
Adolph Reed on assumptions about black voters, the legacy of the Sanders campaign, and the task ahead.
The Olympic Calamity
It might not be captured on primetime Olympic coverage, but Brazilians are welcoming the Games with mass protest.
The Forgotten Militants
Weak working class resistance is rooted in the loss of radical trade unionists.