Returning Guantánamo
The Guantánamo Bay naval base has long been a site of US imperial power.
20401 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.
Turkey’s Covert War
A dispatch from Diyarbakır, Turkey, where Erdoğan continues his military assault on the Kurdish resistance.
Argentina’s New Order
Newly elected Argentine president Mauricio Macri has inaugurated harsh austerity measures and quashed dissent.
The Taiwanese Way
Taiwan’s recent election was a referendum on its past — and a battle for its future.
Making Freedom a Fact
Economic justice has always been at the core of black freedom struggles in the US.
A Coup in Brazil?
Brazil’s right is determined to remove Dilma Rousseff from power and cripple any movements to her left.
The Sharing Economy’s Dirty Laundry
Sharing economy companies like Uber and Airbnb aren’t helping local economies — they’re just helping themselves.
The Same Bosses
Fighting corporate trade deals requires uniting with immigrants and foreign workers — not scapegoating them.
Is Socialism Undemocratic?
Socialism is often conflated with authoritarianism. But historically, socialists have been among democracy’s staunchest advocates.
India Is (Still) Indira
Fifty years after her inauguration as India’s first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi still casts a long shadow over the country’s politics.
How to Stop Trump
The protesters shutting down Donald Trump’s rallies aren’t attacking democracy — they’re protecting it.
The Antifascism of Fools
Supporting centrist forces is the wrong way to keep the Right out of power.
Extracting Democracy
A growing socialist movement in Sierra Leone knows that democracy can’t live alongside neoliberal development.
The Attack on American Muslims
The US government uses the guise of counter-terrorism to squelch the rights of American Muslims.
We’re Still in Nixonland
The silent majority opposes Donald Trump — and nineteen other theses on American politics today.
Platismo Lives
President Obama visits Cuba tomorrow, where he will draw the ire of a Cuban right that has long curried favor with Washington.
Labor in the Age of Climate Change
Any just transition to a green economy must take place on labor’s terms — not capital’s.
Brazil on Edge
Five points on the political crisis in Brazil — and what it means for the Left.
The New-Old PKK
The PKK has continued to struggle for justice in Kurdistan. But its democratic transformation leaves much to be desired.
Cut-and-Run Liberalism
President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination exemplifies the liberal politics of accommodation.