On Solidarity
A left that does not champion the interests of every oppressed group is no left at all.
19127 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 Zapatista Candidate
By participating in Mexico’s 2018 election, the EZLN can bring its indigenous anticapitalist platform into mainstream politics.
The Sharing Economy Comes to Mexico
Mexico’s neoliberal reforms have created fertile ground for exploitative “sharing-economy” apps to grow.
The Opposition Is Born
Trump thinks he can do what he’s doing now because no one will stop him. He’s wrong.
Who Cares If the Dow Jones Hit 20,000?
Stock market booms benefit the rich, not ordinary workers.
What We Get Wrong When We Talk Trade
What would be the impact of Trump’s proposed 20 percent tariff?
Our Alternative
We need a socialist politics that challenges the Democratic Party’s leadership, not just the Right.
No Time for Despair
To defeat Trump, we have to build democratic, multiracial, militant organizations with a foundation in solidarity.
Life in the Century’s Midnight
On International Holocaust Memorial Day we should remember the resistance that organized itself in Nazi death camps.
From the White House to the Boardroom
The Obama Foundation’s new board of directors embodies the neoliberal approach that failed to defeat Trump.
Reuniting Cyprus?
The Left in Cyprus can only reemerge if it steps out of the confines of the “national question.”
No Quarter for Trump
President Trump has so many groups at home and abroad in his crosshairs, and he intends to pull the trigger. It is our responsibility to fight back.
In Defense of Die Linke
Die Linke’s Sahra Wagenknecht is wrong about refugees, borders, and police. But don’t give up on the party just yet.
A Game of Russian Roulette
Couching opposition to Trump in anti-Russia language will only end up benefiting the Right.
From Realignment to Reinforcement
Leftists looking to take over the Democratic Party will confront even more roadblocks than in the past.
It Didn’t End With the Cold War
You don’t have to travel back to the Cold War to find evidence of US meddling in elections abroad.
Chicago’s Brutal Example
A new Department of Justice report shows that Chicago police have proven immune to reform.
Strangers and Enemies
Strangers in Their Own Land elicits sympathy for white workers but fails to identify the class forces responsible for their plight.
Sri Lanka’s Post-Labor Politics
Organized labor has struggled to push demands and set the agenda during Sri Lanka’s democratic transition.
Striking a Match
Mexico’s gasolinazo protests are responding to the bankruptcy of the country’s ruling political class.