Labor Must Take on Capital
Unions must expand beyond narrow bargaining to challenge those who hold wealth and power at the highest levels.
19121 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 Establishment Foundation
The Clinton Foundation allows the Clinton family to accumulate wealth and power, all under the guise of humanitarianism.
The Murder of Michael Brown
How regional inequities and a local fiscal crisis conspired to kill Michael Brown two years ago today.
Bernie Sanders and the New Class Politics
Adolph Reed on assumptions about black voters, the legacy of the Sanders campaign, and the task ahead.
The Olympic Calamity
It might not be captured on primetime Olympic coverage, but Brazilians are welcoming the Games with mass protest.
The Forgotten Militants
Weak working class resistance is rooted in the loss of radical trade unionists.
Alton Sterling’s Right to the City
The murder of Alton Sterling attacked the idea that public space and culture should belong to those who produce them.
A Lost History
Socialists have long championed the struggles of all oppressed peoples, not just the white male factory worker.
The Last Convention
Ill fares the land in 2016 … the shame of Cleveland … America First … 9/11=Inside Job … Islamic Plots … Alex Jones … Build the Wall … Police State Vibes … Un-American Activity … Loneliness, Despair, Frustration … Meet the people ushering in the age of Trump.
The Repression Lists
For decades, the state has used lists like the no-fly list to expand its power and harass political dissidents.
How the Trumps Got Rich
The Trump fortune was built off theft — from workers, from the state, and from the commons.
When Donald Comes to Town
Donald Trump tried to transform Atlantic City into a personal cash cow — and doomed the city in the process.
Why “Twenty-First-Century Socialism” Failed
The Bolivarian Revolution improved millions of lives, but it was never able to fundamentally challenge the logic of capital.
Redeeming Australian Labor
If they’re to have any chance of reviving, Australian unions need to abandon backroom deals and activate their rank-and-file.
Winning Over Labour
NEC candidate Rhea Wolfson on how she discovered socialist politics and what it will take to change the Labour Party.
The Monetary Hawks
Federal Reserve policies did more to smash the power of American workers than Ronald Reagan’s union busting.
The Two Souls of Labour
Corbyn supporters’ vision for the Labour Party is fundamentally at odds with that of its entrenched elite.
Assessing Robert Conquest
Historian Robert Conquest was a fierce critic of Stalinist brutality, but Cold War anticommunism hampered his scholarship.
Allende’s Poet
Victor Jara was tortured and killed for being the musical voice of Allende’s Chile. Now his murderer may finally be brought to justice.
Lessons From Vermont
Five things a Vermont third party can teach us about carving out a space to the left of the Democrats.