Fake Controversy, Terrible Comedy
The new Ghostbusters isn’t a feminist triumph. It’s just a bad movie.
21047 Article(s) by: Elizabeth Mahony
Celebrating Defeat
The proposed CUNY contract is no victory — a just settlement will come only through struggle.
Yes, Philando Castile Was Killed for the Color of His Skin
We can’t talk about police brutality without talking about white supremacy.
Terror and Politics in Bangladesh
Outside commentators have failed to understand the recent Bangladeshi terror attacks in the country’s political context.
Battling Convention
Inside the police’s playbook for repressing protests at national conventions.
What Happened in Turkey?
Turkey’s failed military coup wasn’t in service of democracy — but neither is Erdoğan’s countercoup.
The Problem With Gun Control
Homophobic and racist violence won’t be fixed by heavily armed police or discriminatory gun control.
Learning to Fight
Teachers everywhere are fighting against austerity.
Arguing Over Cuba
Far too often, US intellectuals either defended Cuban Communism uncritically or fed into Washington propaganda.
Let the Games Begin
The Rio Olympics are taking to the extreme the overblown promises and neoliberal development now typical of the games.
CUNY’s Last Lifeline
This spring’s contract struggle brought students and faculty together to stem attacks on public higher education in New York.
The Life and Resistance of a Chinese Worker
One worker’s tale of exploitation and fighting back in the new China.
Remaking Labour
MP Jon Trickett on studying under Ralph Miliband and how Labour can become a million-member party.
Teamsters and Cops
Minneapolis teamsters in 1934 knew something we should remember — police enforce the ruling class’s unjust order.
Yes, the French Revolution Was Necessary
Historians who argue otherwise overlook the appalling conditions on the ground.
Hegel on Bastille Day
Hegel was no reactionary, and he had a special sympathy for the French Revolution.
How Should We Judge the Revolutionaries?
One of the historic leaders of French socialism defends the Revolution of 1789.
Resist Pokémon Go
If Pokémon Go could resemble the best of childhood, it might have some value. What it actually does is very different.
At All Costs
Canada’s tar sands are destructive and massively inefficient. But for capitalists, they’re the future.
Croatia’s Bad Choices
Croatians suffering from austerity and sick of corruption need a political alternative.