Erasing Empire
Today’s understanding of the British Empire has been shaped by state secrecy and the destruction of historical records.
21053 Article(s) by: Elizabeth Mahony
Nothing to Lose
In 1985, Mexican-American women led 1,700 of their coworkers on strike against one of California’s biggest canning companies.
Inside “the Jungle”
France’s recently razed “Jungle” refugee camp illustrates the human toll of Europe’s anti-refugee policies.
“Our Flag Is Education”
A youth leader’s powerful testimony on Brazil’s student movement, which is defending public education through over 1,000 school occupations.
The Truth About Venezuela’s Opposition
Western journalists can’t admit that Venezuela’s opposition is neither democratic nor peaceful.
The Places Left Behind
Bill Clinton’s New Markets initiative tried to fight poverty by showering incentives on the private sector. And now Hillary has embraced it.
In Theresa May’s Shadow
Labour strategies that try to win over English workers through patriotic appeals are both condescending and self-defeating.
Zombies: Apocalypse or Rebellion?
This Halloween, let’s welcome the rebellion against zombie capitalism.
Remembering the Black Panther Party
More than five decades after its founding, the Black Panther Party’s antiracist, anticapitalist vision remains just as relevant today.
Defying Trump’s Racist Death Sentence
An interview with Yusef Salaam, one of the five men of color wrongfully convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case.
Twenty-First Century Victorians
The nineteenth-century bourgeoisie used morality to assert class dominance — something elites still do today.
Trashing Union Democracy
The latest round of WikiLeaks shows Clinton’s high-ranking labor allies were happy to tip the scales in her favor.
When the Workers Were Communists
The once mighty French Communist Party is a shell of its former self. What happened to its mass base?
The Communists and the Colonized
The French Communist Party left a checkered record on anti-imperialism.
Letter From Okinawa
Okinawan residents have built a broad movement to resist the power of the United States military in Japan.
The Problem With CETA
Center-left politicians’ championing of free trade will only fuel right-wing forces on both sides of the Atlantic.
They Don’t Care About Us
The Podesta emails show that Democratic power brokers won’t reward labor’s unwavering loyalty or record contributions.
Hunters and Dogs
What today’s labor radicals can learn from the socialists who helped build the CIO in the 1930s.
Graduating at Sing Sing and Princeton
At Princeton, college graduates step into six-figure salaries. At Sing Sing, they step back into their cells.
The Limits of Liberalism at Harvard
Many of Harvard’s prominent Democratic Party cheerleaders couldn’t be bothered to support the dining hall workers’ strike.