Why Did Facebook Purge TeleSUR English?
TeleSUR English is a rare voice of dissent to US foreign policy. Is that why Facebook deleted its page?
19429 Articles by: Frances Abele
Frances Abele CM is Distinguished Research Professor and Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy Emerita at Carleton University. She is a research fellow at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation and the Broadbent Institute. Much of her work focuses on indigenous-Canada relations.
More Myths About Bernie’s Medicare-for-All Plan
There’s a rumor going around that Bernie Sanders’s Medicare-for-All plan would cut provider payments by 40 percent. It’s an absolute lie.
“I Have No Problem Saying I’m a Democratic Socialist”
Jumaane Williams is the Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidate for New York lieutenant governor. In an interview, he explains his broad progressive platform — and states “I’m a democratic socialist.”
Last Chance, SPD
Only a left-wing revival can save Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) from political extinction. But leaders like Andrea Nahles and Olaf Scholz are not up to the task.
South Dakota Unions Against White Supremacy
The Sioux Falls, South Dakota AFL-CIO recently banned white supremacists from union leadership. President Kooper Caraway says that’s because labor has a duty to fight the far right.
Lenin’s The State and Revolution
The definitive essay on Lenin’s classic pamphlet.
The Anti-Fascist Boomerang
How anti-fascist speech laws end up targeting the Left.
The Washington Post Keeps Publishing False Claims About Medicare for All
The newspaper continues to spread a lie about Bernie Sanders’s Medicare-for-All plan — despite its own fact checker admitting it’s wrong.
The Great Welfare Wall
Stephen Miller’s heinous proposal draws on a long, bipartisan history of weaponizing welfare against immigrants.
The Argentine Right’s Pyrrhic Victory
Argentina’s anti-abortion forces won this battle. But the feminist “green wave” will have the war.
Public Sector Workers Should Have the Right to Strike
Cynthia Nixon has come out in support of right-to-strike laws for public sector workers in New York. Backing such laws nationally should be a litmus test for all political candidates.
Striking for the Future
Striking taxi drivers in Spain are demanding state action against Uber. They show that even in the digital economy, strikes are our most potent weapon.
Sorry, Bernie Is Right
Mainstream fact-checkers are still trying to discredit Bernie Sanders’s Medicare-for-All plan. But there’s no way around it: single-payer is entirely realistic.
“Right to Try” Is a Cruel Farce
Drug companies want you to think they’re providing glimmers of hope to terminally ill patients. Don’t believe them.
Arsène Tchakarian (1916–2018)
Arsène Tchakarian was the last surviving member of a Communist military unit in the French Resistance. Mainly Jews and immigrants, they risked everything to fight the Nazi occupation.
Getting the Common Goods
The North Carolina teachers strike was the result of years of grassroots organizing. And they’re not done yet.
The Kuleana of Socialism in Hawai‘i
It’s election day for Kaniela Ing in Hawai’i today. His campaign shows that socialism has both deep history and future potential on the islands.
Reflections on the Rank and File Strategy
Socialists have a key role to play in building the labor movement — if they can avoid the pitfalls of sectarianism and union bureaucracy.
Spain’s Right-Wing Populist
Last month Pablo Casado was elected leader of Spain’s People’s Party. His project: to use Reaganomics, flag-waving nationalism, and a war on feminism to reinvigorate the Right.
What’s the Matter With Chicago?
Chicago’s horrifying gun violence last weekend isn’t the result of a “spiritual deficit,” as Mayor Rahm Emanuel argues. It’s the result of decades of poverty and austerity.