Things Are Only Going to Get Worse for Developers
The landmark tenant protections won in New York last week are more than just good policy. They lay the basis for a statewide movement for universal rent control.
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Jonathan Sas has worked in senior policy and political roles in government, think tanks, and the labor movement. He is an honorary witness to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. His writing has appeared in the Toronto Star, National Post, the Tyee, and Maisonneuve.
AOC Is Right — They’re Concentration Camps
By arguing over the term “concentration camps,” we’re giving Republicans cover for Trump’s repulsive immigration policy. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling them what they are.
When the Pie Shrinks
For decades, Denmark’s Social Democrats have preached compromises between capital and labor to share out the proceeds of growth. What they can’t explain is how come today workers are getting less and less.
Fortress Europe Is Sociopathic
A 35-year-old German boat captain has personally helped rescue more than a thousand migrants. But instead of offering her commendations, the Italian government is trying to throw her in jail for 20 years.
Why Bernie Talks About the New Deal
The pundits are puzzled that Bernie Sanders sees socialist values in the New Deal. They shouldn’t be. That’s how socialists around the world — and their enemies — saw it at the time.
The SPD Must Change Course or Die
The Social Democrats’ subordination to Angela Merkel has brought the German center-left to its knees. If the party wants to stop its voters from fleeing to the Greens and the far right, it needs to decide what side it’s on — and fight for it.
Developers Want to Destroy Chicago. We Won’t Let Them.
We’re in a nationwide crisis of affordable housing. In Chicago, momentum is growing to fight back.
“Ulysses” Truthers Are the Latest Threat to Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn recently mentioned that he’d read James Joyce’s Ulysses and liked it. It triggered a deranged uproar from Britain’s elite cultural gatekeepers. They’re just mad we’re coming for their stuff.
Tenants Won This Round
Last week, New York tenants overcame the state’s powerful real-estate lobby to win a historic package of renter protections. Next stop: universal rent control.
Bernie Sanders’ Democratic Socialism Speech Was a Landmark
In a single speech, Bernie showed why he’s an existential threat to the political establishment. He decried poverty and exploitation and named capitalism as the culprit and democratic socialism as the solution.
Everything You Need to Know About the Hong Kong Protests
Hong Kong’s government tried to rush through a bill that would limit civil liberties. Instead they triggered a tidal wave of protests — some of the largest in modern history.
How Financial Giants Might Come to Rule Us All
Three giant financial companies control trillions of dollars in corporate stock, giving them the power to act on behalf of the capitalist class as a whole. What happens when they start to use it?
The New Deal Didn’t Create Segregation
Housing segregation, like racism in general, has deep roots in American society. It wasn’t imposed by the federal government — and certainly not by the New Deal.
Solidarity With Glenn Greenwald
Last week, the Intercept exposed Lula’s persecution for the farce that it was. Now journalist Glenn Greenwald, his family, and the Intercept are under attack by Bolsonaro and his followers. They deserve our solidarity.
We Are All Charlie Chaplin on the Assembly Line
Under capitalism, “efficiency” most often translates into drudgery, discomfort, and alienation. Thank Frederick Winslow Taylor.
Only Jeremy Corbyn Can Stop Farage
Boris Johnson and his rivals for the Tory leadership are outbidding each other to copy Nigel Farage’s agenda. Only Corbyn’s Labour Party stands in the way of a disastrous no-deal Brexit.
Universal Rent Control Now
Ignore the neoliberal naysayers — rent control is an important tool in our battle for housing justice. We need universal rent control now.
Ralph Miliband’s Masterpiece at 50
Fifty years after it was published, Ralph Miliband’s The State in Capitalist Society remains indispensable for any socialist movement with ambitions of power.
Ban Private Equity
The relationship between private equity firms and workers is zero sum: when they thrive, working-class communities suffer.
Brunch Bros Are Just a Symptom
Capitalism has proven itself unable to provide us all with homes — the most basic human need after food and water.