Ireland’s Bad Apples
The EU says Apple owes Ireland $14.5 billion in back taxes. Why don’t Irish elites want the money?
19118 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.
Why Sisi Hates Unions
The Egyptian state’s crackdown on labor is a naked attempt to quash the force behind the Tahrir Square revolution.
A History and Future of Resistance
The fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline is part of a centuries-long indigenous struggle against dispossession and capitalist expansionism.
Bill Clinton, Superpredator
Bill Clinton’s political career has been a disaster for black Americans.
The Promise of Universal Pre-K
New York City’s prekindergarten program is far from perfect, but it’s the kind of universal public good we have to defend and expand.
Round Two
Slashed budgets and union-busting might lead to Chicago’s second teacher strike in four years.
The Rise of the Unorganizable
Wildcat strikes in informal sectors are challenging unions’ assumptions about where and who to organize.
Three Hours to Midnight
Alternative for Germany’s string of successes shows the party is here to stay. How can the Left respond?
Trump’s Middle-Class Army
Trump’s narrative of American decline has captured a bitter and embattled middle class.
The Tragedy of Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly’s anti-feminism denied women like herself the full measure of their talents.
Fora Temer
Despite police violence, millions are resisting the parliamentary coup in Brazil and trying to build a political alternative.
No More Lesser-Evilism
A strategy of “lesser evilism” won’t prepare the Left for the long fights ahead.
Evict the Landlords
Evicted sharply details the injustices renters face. But the book’s “solution” would end up enriching landlords.
Gary Johnson’s Hard-Right Record
Gary Johnson spent his time as New Mexico’s governor championing private prisons and austerity. He’s not worth a protest vote.
Dream Big on Labor Day
This Labor Day, organize for what we need and deserve, not what we’re told we must accept.
Today Belongs to Workers
Labor Day was born from the most radical struggles of the nineteenth century. Celebrate it.
Europe’s Left After Brexit
Former Greek finance minster Yanis Varoufakis responds to his critics and lays out DiEM25’s plan for resisting within the European Union.
Keeping the Student Strike Alive
Quebec’s massive student strikes emerged from an organizing model that constantly trains new generations of activists.