The UPS Strike, Two Decades Later
Twenty years ago, workers ground one of the world’s largest corporations to a halt. And workers in the logistics industry could do it again today.
19073 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.
The Fruits of Commodification
Grade inflation is just another byproduct of the neoliberal university.
The Future of Greece
Syriza continues to oversee the implementation of austerity. But all is not hopeless in Greece.
Populism for Plutocrats
Democratic leaders still haven’t learned: you can’t fight the forces of oligarchy without naming the enemy.
Identity Politics Can Only Get Us So Far
Let’s give identity politics its due, but let’s also be clear about why we need universalist politics.
An Open Letter to Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron is wrong. Anti-Zionism is not “the reinvented form of antisemitism.“
How Socialists Can Fight for Single Payer
Socialists have played a key role in the fight for single payer in California. Their campaign has lessons for organizers everywhere.
Undergraduates Are Workers, Too
Undergraduates aren’t just students — they’re increasingly also workers.
Not Just an Artifact
The Russian left doesn’t just belong to the past. It can use the surge around Alexei Navalny to grow a new independent movement.
What Should Socialists Do?
Democratic socialism needs to become a mass presence in US society.
How to Escape the Present
The desire to radically challenge capitalism is widespread and growing. Naomi Klein’s new book is an important contribution to that project.
The Success Sequence Is About Cultural Beefs, Not Poverty
Marriage and high school diplomas are a distraction. To end poverty, we simply have to structure our economy to ensure nobody falls below the poverty line.
From Trumpcare to Transformation
The apparent death of Trumpcare is more than a resounding victory — it’s a case study for how to organize in the Trump era.
The Politics of Narcos
In the world of Narcos, dim-witted cops and populist narco-capitalists become the heroes we need.
GE’s Switch
Jeff Immelt’s resignation as CEO of General Electric shows that we cannot think of industry as finance’s opponent.
A Question of Academic Freedom
BDS opponents are wrong — boycotts are well within the bounds of academic conduct.
After Trumpcare
Republicans wanted to repeal Obamacare and gut Medicaid. Instead they galvanized the push for Medicare for All.
Closed Rooms and Class War
Yanis Varoufakis presents himself as a heroic Prometheus in his new memoir, but he comes off looking more like a Narcissus.
Which Way Out of the Venezuelan Crisis?
As Venezuelans go to the polls this Sunday, the country faces a choice between deepening revolution and an elite-enforced rollback.
Voices From the Sweltering Inside
The recent protests at the St Louis Workhouse jail serve as a brutal reminder that American prisons are oppressive hellholes.