The Velvet Glove and the Iron Fist
Janus represents a turn from conciliation with public-sector unions towards pure repression.
20389 Article(s) by: Julia Goodman
A New Party of a New Type
The Democratic Party is hopelessly corporate, but election law is stacked against third parties. The Left needs an independent organization that can stay flexible about running as Democrats but behaves with the discipline of a real party.
The Jerry Lewis of International Diplomacy
Is Trump’s foreign policy the work of an incompetent ignoramus or a strategic genius? The answer may surprise you.
The New Balkan Route
Along the new migration route through southeastern Europe, migrants are beaten, stranded, and neglected, while the EU looks the other way.
Democratic Socialism Is About Democracy
At the core of democratic socialism is a simple idea: democracy is good, and it should be expanded.
Own the Future
Corbyn’s Labour Party is advancing a transformative project that could push beyond traditional social democracy — and toward democratic workers’ control.
Who’s Endangering the Endangered Species Act?
The capitalist drive for profit is posing a looming threat to a landmark environmental law.
Why Comey’s Shook
Of course former FBI director James Comey dislikes socialists — we’re against the kind of reprehensible business practices that made him rich.
Russiagate Can’t End Well for the Left
Liberals are using Russiagate to gin up nationalist fervor and anti-Russian paranoia. It’ll only backfire.
The Need for Carbon Removal
Too much global warming is already locked in. We need a radically utopian way of removing carbon from the atmosphere.
The Question of Russia and the Left
Making political hay from attacking Donald Trump as Vladimir Putin’s puppet is both wrong and dangerous.
Richard Pipes, the Historian as Essentialist
For Richard Pipes, the anticommunist ideologue and historian, Soviet tyranny was rooted not in communism, but in the Russian soul.
The Benalla Affair
One of Emmanuel Macron’s leading aides has been caught impersonating riot police to assault protesters. It’s a scandal that symbolizes a presidency.
The Return of the Super-Elite
New research reveals inequality levels not seen in a century — and it shows where these new super-elites live, too.
A Life on the Front Line
One day in 1944, Madeleine Riffaud saw a German officer walking through Nazi-occupied Paris and shot him dead in broad daylight. At 93, she is one of the last survivors of the French Resistance.
Israel’s New-Old Discrimination
The message of Israel’s new “nation state” law is as simple as it as repugnant: Palestinians need not exist.
“Crazy” Anticapitalism
Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You captures the crude madness that we live in every day under capitalism.
Bulletin: The Tyranny of Structurelessness in American Politics
Want to find out if “progressives” are winning their fight against “establishment” Democrats? Good luck figuring out who’s who — you’ll have to take the candidates at their word.
Everything You Wanted to Ask About Sects … But Were Afraid to Know
We joined the New Communist Movement because we were serious about changing the world. It taught us much about how to organize — and how sectarianism ruins everything.
The Wall and the Sea
Steve Bannon thinks the Mediterranean can be a laboratory for anti-migrant politics worldwide. Unfortunately, he’s right.