The Left and the State
When leftists set themselves up as defenders of government against libertarian hostility to the state, they unwittingly accept the Right’s framing of the debate.
19274 Articles by: Elizabeth Mahony
Chicken Soup for the Neoliberal Soul
The problems of our time will be solved by our collective capacity to change the world, not self-therapy.
Teachers’ Unions and Democracy
No labor leader, no matter how dedicated, can substitute for a mobilized membership that exercises collective control of its union.
Breaking Promises
Obama’s “Promise Zones” anti-poverty program is a Trojan horse for deregulation.
The Schizophrenic State
The American government’s response to the 2007–8 financial crisis reveals an increasing tension between its domestic and global responsibilities.
My Brooklyn, Not Yours
Brooklyn nostalgia has done more than sell hot dogs and baseball memorabilia.
In Praise of White Elephants
Though easy targets for fiscal hawks, public architecture that’s luxurious and dramatic — even excessive — should be ours as a right.
Managing Bolivian Capitalism
Evo Morales’s administration has scored some successes, but it has failed to deliver on its more radical promises.
The Bad Kind of Unionism
When police unions have widened their gaze beyond issues like compensation and working conditions, it’s been almost exclusively to conservative ends.
Bahrain’s Fate
On Ibrahim Sharif and the misleadingly-dubbed “Arab Spring.”
A Petrodollar and a Dream
Any reversal of neoliberalism in the Middle East would require challenging powerful Gulf States.
Alive in the Sunshine
There’s no way toward a sustainable future without tackling environmentalism’s old stumbling blocks: consumption and jobs. And the way to do that is through a universal basic income.
There’s a Gene for That
History is littered with horrifying examples of the misuse of evolutionary theory to justify power and inequality. Welcome to a new age of biological determinism.
In the Name of Love
“Do what you love” is the mantra for today’s worker. Why should we assert our class interests if, according to DWYL elites like Steve Jobs, there’s no such thing as work?
The Office of the Future
A view inside C&S Wholesale Grocers, America’s secret corporate empire.
The Job Guarantee
A job guarantee would enable communities to create jobs that fit the skills of local workers.
Toward Cyborg Socialism
The failure of the American left to engage more substantially on environmental issues at home has real consequences for the expansion of neoliberalism worldwide.
Empire Down
The player in Age of Empires II doesn’t take on the role of a monarch or a national spirit, but the feudal mode of production itself.
Hungary after Communism
The only forces tapping into Hungarian discontent are on the Right.
Subaltern Mythologies
Postcolonial theorists have to stop insisting we choose between the universal and the particular.