A Lesson Plan for Organized Labor

This Labor Day, with public opinion firmly in favor of unions and teachers racking up victories across the country, the news for the labor movement is actually hopeful.

Argentina’s Anticapitalist Feminism

A bill to legalize abortion narrowly failed in the Argentinian Senate. But feminist movements have already effected a social revolution in South America.

The Movement Against “Modern Day Slavery”

American prisons are barbaric. The national prisoners’ strike is a righteous response to those horrendous conditions.

Muddying the Revolution

We should be honest about the Communist Party of the Philippines’ record, including its assassinations of left-wing activists.

When Union Leaders Don’t Want to Strike

Some New York union leaders have joined Governor Cuomo against public-sector workers’ right to strike. They’re picking political favors over bottom-up organizing.

France’s Changing Climate

Last year, French president Emmanuel Macron gave liberalism a hip young face. Now the golden boy’s shine has started to come off.

Welfare, But for CEOs

A new report shows how the United States is lining corporate executives’ pockets with tax dollars.

Disciplined and Punished

The European Memoranda imposing austerity on Greece came to an end last week. But the country still has no way out of its crisis.

The John McCain of India

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India’s “statesmanlike” far-right leader, died this month. The praise showered on him by Indian liberals shows how far to the right the country has moved.

In Defense of Air-Conditioning

Opposition to air-conditioning is just another form of austerity politics. Nothing’s too good for the working class — especially not freedom from the heat.

The Crisis That Created Putin

Twenty years ago, a crisis of Russian capitalism doomed Moscow’s pro-Western regime and gave birth to the Putin era.

Booze and Socialism

German socialists knew the craze for schnapps was a plague on working-class life. They fought it by building their organizations around beer.

“This System Is a Moral Horror”

Franklin Bynum is a socialist candidate for judge in Houston. In an interview, he explains his vision for criminal-justice reform, nonprofits’ attempts at co-opting reform, and why “capitalism drives the horrors of this system.”

Medicare for All Is a Money Saver

Need another reason to love Medicare for All? Bernie Sanders’s plan is so much cheaper than the alternatives that passing it would make it easier to fund other social programs.

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Facebook After Capitalism

Jeremy Corbyn’s call for a “free and democratic media” promises to break the stranglehold of the established monopolies. And that also means taking on tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg.

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Over the Border

The Communist Party of Finland was founded 100 years ago today. Its fate was tightly wound up with the Soviet Union across the border.

Why We Need a Social Wealth Fund

A social wealth fund could massively reduce wealth inequality — and democratize the economy at the same time.