Ending the Empathy Gap
Our aim is a society where people are guaranteed the necessities of life not because they’re sympathetic, but because they’re human beings.
19674 Articles by: Enver Motala
Enver Motala is an associate of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT) at the University of Johannesburg and of the Centre for Integrated Post-School Education and Training at the Nelson Mandela University.
Trump’s Lethal Threat
Donald Trump’s administration has already proven deadly for trans youth. It’s up to the Left to fight the new attacks.
The Glory Days Are Over
Trump’s victory signals a deep crisis of neoliberalism.
How to Fight Trumpcare
The GOP’s attacks on our already crippled health-care system are an opportunity for the Left to offer an alternative to neoliberalism.
The Lies of Originalism
Neil Gorsuch’s originalist philosophy isn’t uniquely unbiased or respectful of democracy. It’s a handmaiden of American reaction.
Black Liberation and Left Renewal
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation compels us to respond to Trump by building multiracial solidarity and socialist alternatives.
Defeat in Victory
Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom did worse than expected on Wednesday. But there’s not much else to cheer in Dutch politics.
Rooting for the Monsters
The monsters of Kong: Skull Island are as brilliantly rendered as its politics are muddled and queasy.
Trump’s “Hard Power” Budget
Donald Trump’s budget would make America even more authoritarian and militaristic than it already is.
Ignoring Antisemitism’s Threat
Zionist leaders have been downplaying antisemitic attacks in the US in order to cozy up to Donald Trump.
Ireland’s Other Proclamation
This St. Patrick’s Day we remember the 1867 Fenian uprising — and its radical vision of an Irish Republic.
No Easy Answers, Just Bad History
A Vox writer sets out to prove social-democratic policies aided the far right. He fails.
The Far Right’s Leftist Mask
The European far right has cynically appropriated left-wing and pro-worker talking points for its own purposes.
Don’t Study Collective Action Alone
We’re offering bulk copies of The ABCs of Socialism to groups and individuals at below costs.
Between Students and Workers
At the height of the 1960s antiwar movement, student radicals held a heated debate about their role in labor struggles. That debate is still relevant today.
Politicking Without Politics
Democratic elites are delusional — you can’t subdue the reactionary right without a robust alternative political vision.
Two Crises
Capitalism routinely creates crises for the working class. To transform society, we need to create a crisis for capitalists.
Assessing Togliatti
Palmiro Togliatti helped build the Italian Communist Party into the envy of the European left. But just how tangible was his Italian road to socialism?
The Failure of “Choice Feminism”
Jessa Crispin’s new book Why I Am Not a Feminist offers some ideas on how to weave a strong class politics into twenty-first century feminism.
The Real Parallel Between Hitler and Trump
Trump rose to financial and political power thanks to the systemic rot of the country’s political economy.