The Metamorphosis at 100
Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis speaks to the banality of terror in a world dominated by capital.
19633 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 Myth of the Bernie Bro
The notion that Bernie Sanders’ supporters are overwhelmingly male isn’t borne out by the numbers.
The Logic of Global Capitalism
Why Nations Fail has been widely praised for its explanatory power. But it oversimplifies the workings of global capitalism.
Why the State Matters
The state has been used to discipline capital before. With climate change upon us, it’ll have to do so again.
The Most Basic of Rights
The global fight to make water a human right is part of the broader struggle against neoliberalism.
Bolivia’s Passive Revolution
Evo Morales’s government has increasingly incorporated conservative elements into the Bolivian state.
Are We Winning?
The Obama administration’s new rhetoric on testing shows the tide may be turning against corporate education reformers.
What Can Corbyn Do?
Jeremy Corbyn’s task is formidable: contend with Labour’s conservative bureaucracy, while restoring the party’s mass base.
Unelectable and Unafraid
We have a rare opportunity to redefine socialism for a new generation. That’s more important than who wins the 2016 election.
Stigmatizing Solidarity
The smear campaign against a Bay Area pro-Palestine group shows the depths pro-Israel groups will go to silence critics.
The Green Struggle
Transitions to new forms of energy have always been rooted in class struggle. Renewable energy will be no different.
Who Wants to Save Capitalism?
Free-market thinkers are increasingly embracing radical-sounding ideas to shore up capitalism.
How We Get Free
The struggle for black liberation is bound up with the project of human liberation and social transformation.
The Long Game
Ahead of today’s Argentine elections, Workers’ Left Front candidate Nicolás del Caño discusses his coalition’s prospects.
Argentina After Kirchner
Tomorrow’s Argentine elections will mark the end of Kirchner rule. What should the Left’s strategy be going forward?
The Theorist Who Reached Across Time
When the great radical thinker Sheldon Wolin died this week, he left behind a singular approach to political theory.
Giuliani in Rio
Rudy Giuliani is crisscrossing the Americas, spreading the draconian policies he pioneered in New York City.
Meet the New Church, Same as the Old
Pope Francis’s progressive rhetoric obscures his past and the role the church still plays throughout the world.
Leaking the Drone War
A courageous new whistleblower has revealed the terrible extent of President Obama’s drone program.
Rewriting the Holocaust
Netanyahu’s attempt to shift the burden of Nazi atrocities to Palestinians is nothing new.