Four More Years
Rahm Emanuel’s win in the Chicago mayoral election doesn’t spell the defeat of the city’s grassroots movements.
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How to Socialize Uber
Turning Uber into a worker cooperative would be surprisingly simple.
Technology and Socialist Strategy
With powerful class movements behind it, technology can promise emancipation from work, not more misery.
Ending Narco-Politics
The Mexican Drug War is a product of the country’s democratic deficit.
It’s Not Just the Lobby
The US supports Israel because it furthers American interests in the Middle East — not just because of pressure from the Israel Lobby.
Workers in the New Turkey
Already a country hostile to workers, Turkey has now effectively banned the strike.
Against the NCAA
March Madness is the crown jewel in the NCAA’s multibillion dollar empire. But the labor that generates this wealth remains unpaid.
The Movement Against Rahm
Working-class Chicagoans have been mobilized by Jesus “Chuy” Garcia’s mayoral campaign. Leftists can’t sit this one out.
Dangerous Days Ahead
Alain Badiou and Stathis Kouvelakis in conversation on Syriza and whether a radical break from the eurozone is possible.
California Is Burning
The worsening California drought shows how important the fight for ecological justice is.
Insurgency and Orthodoxy
The Socialists’ return to power in Chile has raised expectations. But so far reforms have stabilized neoliberalism, not undermined it.
“Worse Regimes”
Claims of the West’s inherent moral superiority end up excusing its atrocities.
After Ayotzinapa
The massacre of forty-three students sparked months of protests in Mexico. Can the Left turn outrage into political power?
Red Innovation
Far from stifling innovation, a socialist society would put technological progress at the service of ordinary people.
A Better Europe is Possible
Die Linke’s Oskar Lafontaine on “anti-systemic” parties and how to forge a democratic Europe.
The Anthropocene Myth
Blaming all of humanity for climate change lets capitalism off the hook.
A Promise He Can’t Deliver
Real estate barons benefit from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing policies — not tenants.
The Second American Revolution
Historian Eric Foner on slavery, freedom, and contemporary US politics.
Scapegoating China
Framing China as an environmental villain only serves to excuse American inaction.
Podemos’s Latin American Roots
Podemos has gained traction by drawing on lessons from the Latin American left.