Corbyn Under Fire
For weeks, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party has been the target of a defamatory campaign meant to undermine it.
19612 Articles by: Frantz Durupt
Frantz Durupt is a journalist at French daily Libération.
The Other West Virginia Teacher Strike
This year’s strike wasn’t the first time West Virginia witnessed an organized teachers’ rebellion.
The Bankers’ Coup
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the only federal agency that protects ordinary people from Wall Street. That’s why it’s being dismantled.
Wall Street Is Trying to Embezzle Puerto Rico’s Hurricane-Relief Money
Puerto Rico’s federal relief funds are being earmarked for bondholders.
Bangladesh’s Incomplete Revolution
The Left in Bangladesh has struggled for generations against Islamism and authoritarianism.
Why Israel Kills
Nonviolent struggle against violent occupiers is politically effective. That’s why Israel fears and represses it.
The Meaning of Lula’s Imprisonment
The soft coup now underway in Brazil shows just how quickly capitalists can turn against democracy.
Winnie Mandela (1936-2018)
Through her fearlessness and charisma, Winnie Mandela came to be seen by the people of South Africa’s townships as the Mother of the Nation.
Labor Renaissance in the Heartland
Red state teachers are reviving the labor movement’s core values: respect for democracy and the dignity of work.
Labour’s Antisemitism Affair
The controversies of the last week show the need to be vigilant against antisemitism while remaining steadfast in defense of Palestinian rights.
The Solution Is Social Housing
How can we solve the housing crisis? Simple: have the government build more housing.
Liberals and the Strike
The wave of teacher strikes is a challenge not just to GOP austerity, but to Democratic Party neoliberalism.
The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr wasn’t just a brilliant orator and organizer. He was also a groundbreaking thinker.
Nonviolence and Social Change
In 1967, Martin Luther King Jr delivered a lecture calling on the “dispossessed of this nation” to revolt in nonviolent struggle. We reprint it here in full.
The Promised Land Is Still Not Here
The Left struggles to speak with the kind of moral clarity Martin Luther King exemplified — but that shouldn’t stop us from trying.
Signs of a French Spring
A wave of strikes and a student revolt has shaken France in recent days — but can it provide the first real challenge to Macron’s agenda?
The Right to Rent Control
Last month, voters and organizers in Chicago mobilized against Illinois’ rent-control ban — a first step in stemming the city’s affordable-housing crisis.
The Politics of Survival
Puerto Rico’s left is rebuilding in the wake of two disasters: Hurricane María and a neoliberal onslaught.
Here’s Who the Democrats Want You to Vote for This November
Millionaires, mediocrities and militarists — a sneak preview of the Democratic Party’s new fall lineup.
“This Is a Struggle of Regular Working People”
Kentucky schools are shut down today amid a growing grassroots worker rebellion. We spoke with one rank and filer who helped organize the action.