An English Rust Belt?
To win power, Corbynism must challenge a creeping conservative presence in England’s former industrial heartlands.
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.
An Independence Day Alternative
How the “enlightened” leaders of the early US disregarded an Independence Day oration and set in motion indigenous peoples’ brutalization.
Toward a Marxist Interpretation of the US Constitution
The US Constitution inaugurated a social order that benefits property owners and makes a mockery of equal rights.
The Democrats Are Eisenhower Republicans
For decades, Democrats have positioned themselves as guardians of fiscal responsibility while Republicans happily hand tax cuts to the rich.
We Need a Medicare for All March on Washington
Both parties aren’t addressing our health care needs — now is the time for socialists to lead a national Medicare for All campaign.
After the Elections
The French left’s task is clear: build a coherent majority that can work together to change society.
Standardizing Wales
The recent history of education reform in Wales serves as a cautionary tale for educators everywhere.
“Having America Care About You Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing”
The war in Afghanistan is already the longest in US history. And now Trump is considering sending more troops.
Cleaning Toilets for Jesus
Inside the program teaching submission to capitalism as a divine duty.
No More Walter Scotts
Ending racism requires us to take up class struggle, to shift the social terrain that gives race practical meaning.
Posting Left and Right
Angela Nagle’s Kill All Normies forces us to reconsider left media strategy in the age of Trump.
Where Despots Rule
The American workplace is marked more by hierarchy and domination than democracy and freedom.
Between Capital and Volk
Germany’s AfD poses as a defender of the “common man,” but seeks to impose an authoritarian form of neoliberalism.
An Education Worth Fighting For
The neoliberal revolution is radically reshaping higher education. Faculty can play a central role in fighting it.
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
The new Catalan party, Catalunya en Comú, faces challenges all new political organizations must overcome.
Blanqui and Marx
If we ignore Blanqui’s influence on Marx, we miss important ideas about the role of theory and practice in revolutionary politics. A reply to William Roberts.
The Centrist Suicide Note
Jeremy Corbyn’s recent success has finally deflated New Labour’s favorite boogeyman: Michael Foot’s 1983 general election defeat.
A Job-Killing Robot for Rich People
A financial transactions tax would attack income inequality by attacking the finance industry.
Seeing off the Tories
Jeremy Corbyn’s former press officer Matt Zarb-Cousin on why Labour’s anti-establishment campaign worked and how to finish the job.
Clinton’s Slow-Motion Strikeout
A new book renders Hillary Clinton’s insider elitism in great detail, but fails to explain how that elitism translated into her electoral downfall.