Restoring King
There is no figure in recent American history whose memory is more distorted than Martin Luther King Jr.
19502 Articles by: Elizabeth Mahony
The Real Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton’s record cuts against the claim that she’s an ardent champion of women’s rights.
When Revenge Goes Wrong
Instead of a captivating revenge film, The Revenant quickly becomes an overwrought mess.
Workers in a Workers’ State
The Chinese state has dramatically escalated repression against workers organizations.
Remembering Ellen Meiksins Wood
Ellen Meiksins Wood showed so many of us what it means to be a committed intellectual.
Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942–2016)
Ellen Meiksins Wood breathed life into Marxist political theory.
The Threat of a Free Haiti
The Haitian Revolution sowed fear in the hearts of Cuba’s slaveholding class.
Revisiting the Cult of the Supreme Being
Spinoza, Rousseau, and Robespierre may provide a model for the relationship between church and state in an emancipated society.
Why Obama Can’t Slay Trumpism
The policies President Obama outlined in last night’s State of the Union will only reinforce the trends that produced Donald Trump.
The Lady and the Generals
Aung San Suu Kyi’s electoral victory could bring political reform to Myanmar. Economic justice is another story.
Golden Dawn on Trial
The criminal trials against Golden Dawn are crucial to defeating fascism in Greece.
Sanders Is Not Trump
Equating the Sanders and Trump campaigns is meant to obscure their real political differences and defend the neoliberal consensus.
The Far Right Comes to Sweden
Swedish politics has taken a xenophobic turn with the explosive rise of the Sweden Democrats.
The Road to Friedrichs
A case before the Supreme Court threatens to devastate public-sector unions. How did it come to this?
No Common Ground
The Oregon militiamen aren’t taking a stand against mandatory minimums. Justice for landowners isn’t justice for workers.
The Young Benjamin
Walter Benjamin’s Marxism owed much to his early engagement with anarchism and surrealism.
Debating Clinton
Doug Henwood responds to a critical review of his new book on Hillary Clinton.
Memories of Ventimiglia
Last summer, refugees and activists built a camp on the Italian-French border that stood against the inhumanity of borders.
An Anticapitalism That Can Win
We should engage with and update the revolutionary Marxist tradition — not reject it.
The Fed Doesn’t Work For You
What’s behind the Fed’s recent interest rate hike? A desire to keep workers insecure and wages depressed.