Why the Seattle Strike Matters
Seattle teachers are striking not simply for better pay and benefits, but for a more just public education system.
19639 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 Great Reformer
Olof Palme’s career illustrates the Swedish model’s great successes — and crippling weaknesses.
The Douglass Option
Frederick Douglass believed there was an alternative. So should we.
Turkey’s War on the Kurds
The Turkish state is deploying the word “terrorist” to mask its brutal repression of the Kurds.
Marketizing China
Factory relocations and land privatizations have put Chinese migrant workers on the defensive.
Awakening the European Left
An interview with Greek MP Costas Lapavitsas on Popular Unity and the case for a progressive Grexit.
Austerity Reaches Brazil
Policies to combat inequality in Brazil have buckled under investor pressure.
What Does Popular Unity Stand For?
The platform of Popular Unity, the Greek political front that emerged in the wake of Syriza’s capitulation to the eurozone.
A Labor Movement That Takes Sides
Unions must act on the principle that if it’s a social justice issue, it’s a labor issue.
Labor Day is May 1
Today is a boss’s holiday.
Cuba Before the Revolution
While Americans saw only decadent gangsters, Cuban revolutionaries diagnosed deeper social ills.
Building Radical America
The 1960s magazine that kept alive the history of the US left and provided the intellectual material for its future.
What’s Wrong With Obama’s Clean Power Plan?
Barack Obama promised a transformative presidency on climate change. Environmental justice activists are still waiting.
Don’t Count on Merkel
The German left must fight for a solution to the refugee crisis that doesn’t involve more fences, border guards, or racist demagoguery.
The Market Goddesses
With Ashley Madison, capitalism has reached a new low: the commodified Ideal Woman.
Europe’s Lethal Fortress
Make no mistake — it’s European governments who are to blame for the deadly migrant crisis.
Demonizing the Poor
Harsh restrictions on welfare don’t limit fraud and abuse. They advance the interests of the rich and powerful.
The Privatization of Childhood
Childhood has become a period of high-stakes preparation for life in a stratified economy.
A United Front
A strong alliance between Fight for 15 and Black Lives Matter would propel both movements forward.
Dismantling the Low-Wage Economy
It’s about more than fast-food workers. Fight for 15 is taking on an economic model built off poverty wages.