Educate, Agitate, Organize
The Left’s engagement with the Sanders campaign is about more than one nomination in a rotten and compromised party.
20401 Article(s) by: Benjamin Case
Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
“They Want to Prohibit Us From Dreaming”
A 2014 interview with renowned Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, who was assassinated last week.
The Meaning of International Women’s Day
The first International Women’s Day was celebrated 103 years ago by revolutionaries in Russia.
The Means of Escape
The communists in the Coen brothers’ Hail Caesar! are silly caricatures, but the film upholds basic Marxist premises.
Reparations Isn’t a Political Demand
The reparations demand resides largely in the realm of the political imaginary. There are more effective means of fighting oppression.
Up From Liberalism
Only a forthright anticapitalism can end the reign of Third Way politics.
Rebuilding the Bolivarian Revolution
The Right’s recent success in Venezuela shows how vital it is to reclaim and democratize Hugo Chávez’s project.
ICE’s War on Refugees
The federal government’s deportation raids are an inhumane response to a humanitarian crisis.
Socialists and the Horse Race
Will backing Bernie Sanders help build an independent left? A debate.
The Dynamics of Retreat
The same politics that underpinned the welfare state brought about its collapse.
The Primary Isn’t Over
Five theses on the Super Tuesday results.
Modi’s Student Crackdown
Amid economic failure and a rising student movement, Indian Prime Minister Modi has turned to outright repression.
Speculating a Better Future
For too long, speculative fiction has been hostile to emancipatory politics. That’s finally starting to change.
The New Republicans
The Democratic Party establishment has given up on the policies that would attract disaffected workers.
The Socialist Case for Reparations
Class politics and reparations aren’t at odds — they’re part of the same struggle.
Bernie Versus the Earthquake Industry
Bernie Sanders’s wholesale opposition to fracking could help him in key Super Tuesday contests.
Feminism Against Capitalism
Today and every day, we need a feminism of the 99%.
Fear and Pandering in the Palmetto State
Why did Bernie Sanders lose in South Carolina, and what does it mean going forward?
Welfare Reform, Then and Now
The welfare reform bill Hillary Clinton championed has doubled the number of people living on less than $2 a day.