20407 Article(s) 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 Bureaucratic Nightmare of Incrementalism
America’s patchwork system of social services makes it hard to care for ourselves.
Beyond “Race Relations”
Barbara and Karen Fields, the authors of Racecraft, on the illusion of race, the dead-end of “whiteness,” and the need to revive class politics.
Ideological Training for the New Economy
At job search clubs across the country, unemployed workers are taught to blame themselves for their joblessness — not the system that produced their precarity.
Small Businesses Are Overrated
We shouldn’t fetishize mom and pops. They offer lower wages, skimpier benefits, and inferior labor protections.
The Enigmatic Anarchist
Lucy Parsons’s life was rife with contradictions. But her commitment to workers’ emancipation was never in doubt.
Targeted Social Programs Make Easy Targets
Trump’s assault on Medicaid highlights the cancer at the heart of the US welfare state: means-testing.
Tom Brady Is Trying to Kill You
Go ahead and watch Tom Brady play football today, but whatever you do, don’t read his book.
The Machinations of Empire
Hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans will soon be at risk of deportation — just the latest injustice they’ve suffered at the hands of the US state.
State Racism Meets Neoliberalism
In Burma, state racism isn’t just perpetrated by its military, but liberals like Aung San Suu Kyi.
History From Below
Leon Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution remains a singular work of Marxist historiography.
Why Baltimore Doesn’t Heat Its Schools
In postindustrial Baltimore, low-income residents are treated as expendable — and public services are slashed accordingly.
The Moral Economy of the Iranian Protests
Beset by inequality and corruption, Iran’s provincial working classes are revolting against the revolution’s broken promises.
The Real Winston Churchill
Churchill was no hero — he was a vile racist fanatical about violence and fiercely supportive of imperialism.
Single Payer Could Solve the Rural Hospital Crisis
Rural hospitals are closing at an alarming rate. And the profit motive is to blame.
The Purge of New York
How real estate barons and investment bankers plotted the destruction of working-class New York.
Never Forget Nagasaki
Two veterans go to Japan to discuss the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the urgent need for nuclear disarmament.
Finland’s Red Women
During Finland’s bloody civil war, revolutionary women struggled against exploitation in all its forms.
Muddling Through Isn’t Enough
Modern democracy seems resistant to programs of sweeping change. But they may be the key to its survival.
The Roots of the Egyptian Crisis
Egypt’s current crisis highlights the flawed foundations of its post-revolutionary state. But liberal nostalgia for the days of the monarchy is equally misplaced.