Power for Capital’s Sake
The 1984 Kissinger Commission shows that American intervention is a bipartisan project.
19149 Articles by: Jonathan Sas
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.
Turkey’s “Queer State of Emergency”
A dispatch from Erdoğan’s Turkey, where Kurds, leftists, and the LGBTQ community are all under fierce attack.
Modernism or Barbarism
The answer to the miseries of modernity isn’t to reject modernity — it’s to demand more of it.
The Legacy of Vladimir Lenin
One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin’s ideas on democracy, terrorism, and revolution still matter.
Donald’s Myths
Liberals won’t get anywhere fact-checking Donald Trump, because they have no powerful message of their own.
Brazil’s Crisis of Hegemony
Ruling class infighting is threatening the Temer administration. The Left must take advantage of this unprecedented moment.
The Stuff of Politics
Giving people stuff isn’t a bad thing. In fact, it’s the material basis of mass politics.
Weaponizing Accreditation
University of Puerto Rico students are on strike against austerity — and in retribution, officials might terminate their school’s accreditation.
The Women of 1917
Women weren’t just the Russian Revolution’s spark, but the motor that drove it forward.
Exporting Deportation
Even before Trump, the US had begun outsourcing key elements of immigration enforcement to Mexico.
California Single Payer Is a No-Brainer
If California implemented single-payer, the state would spend much less on health care than the rest of the US.
The Continental Strikes
The history of general strikes in Brazil shows why last month’s — the country’s largest yet — was so vital.
Red Is the New Red, White, and Blue
Chinese investments in Latin America have skyrocketed over the past ten years. But not everyone is thrilled about the new superpower in the region.
Hillary Clinton’s Self-Defeating Triangulation
It wasn’t just petty infighting that tanked Hillary Clinton’s campaign. It was the lack of any coherent program for the country.
Inequality University
Ivy League universities fuel social inequality at the same time public colleges are cut to the bone. They deserve to be dismantled.
Class Struggle Still Gets the Goods
How do wealth and income inequality develop? And how can they be reversed?
The European Choice
Yanis Varoufakis on how to build a democratic Europe in a post-Brexit landscape.
Unfinished Business
The Bolivarian Revolution went too far for capitalism but not far enough for socialism.
More Island Than Frontier
A look back at Barbados’s brutal history and hopeful future.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The Ukrainian state and far-right groups have allied to build a new nationalist consensus.