How a Democrat Killed Welfare
Bill Clinton gutted welfare and criminalized the poor, all while funneling more money into the carceral state.
19364 Articles by: Benjamin Case
Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
In Search of Alternatives
How I became a socialist.
Against the New Normal
Workers successfully fought for better contracts from Detroit automakers in the latest bargaining round. But they’re still plagued by historic givebacks.
Atari Democrats
As organized labor lost strength, the Democratic Party turned to professional-class voters to shore up its base.
Jeremy Corbyn and the Battle for Socialism
Even if socialism can’t be won through the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn’s success shows how valuable work within the party can be.
“I Am Skeptical That Capitalism Has a Future”
Cory Doctorow on the surveillance state, Edward Snowden, and the core values of a utopian society.
Reclaiming the Computing Commons
Resisting the commodification of information is a political struggle, not a technical one.
Bernie and the Millennials
The New Yorker is wrong. Young people are attracted to Bernie Sanders because of economic insecurity, not naive idealism.
It’s Their Party
A generation ago, socialists and civil rights activists tried to transform the Democratic Party. Why did they fail?
Questions for the Canadian Left
The Canadian left must rally opposition to the Trudeau government and chart an independent course.
An Open Letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Liberals Who Love Him
The reparations demand survives as a parlor debate — it cannot address the real needs and interests of black workers.
The False Debate on Homelessness
Homelessness is the natural result of a system that makes some fantastically wealthy and others desperately poor.
Social Democracy in Middle America
Last night’s Iowa Caucus shows promise for radical politics in the United States.
The War on Bernie Sanders
The Democratic Party elite has launched a virtually unprecedented attack against Bernie Sanders.
Bernie and His Critics
Whether he wins tonight’s Iowa caucuses, Bernie Sanders has provided an opening that we can’t squander.
A Moment for Movements
Frances Fox Piven on the failure of welfare reform and the promise of new movements.
Becoming Syriza Again
Syriza’s rush to power eroded its original radical strategy — but it can be reclaimed.
Bernie and the Liberals
Whatever the claims of the media, Bernie Sanders’s appeal does not seem limited to liberals.
The Bloomberg Factor
Michael Bloomberg’s potential presidential run is the latest sign elites are rattled.
Rosa Lives
The revolutionary thought of Rosa Luxemburg continues to inform and inspire anticapitalist movements today.