The Occupation’s Accomplice
Mass incarceration is a central pillar of Israeli occupation. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are waging a hunger strike to fight it.
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A New Day in Philadelphia
A left-wing civil rights lawyer is within reach of becoming Philadelphia’s district attorney. Can he use the office to roll back mass incarceration?
South Korea After Park
Moon Jae-in’s presidential victory closed the door on Park Geun-hye’s scandal-prone administration, but will it create space for real social and political transformation?
Winner Take All
Even after ISIS is defeated in northern Iraq, the country won’t see an end to violent conflict.
The Imperial Bureau
The FBI embodies authoritarianism more than any other domestic agency. It can’t curb Trump’s autocratic tendencies.
“We Are Not the Dirt We Clean”
Cleaners at one of the UK’s most prestigious universities are waging an indefinite, one-day-a-week strike.
Michael Manley’s Vision
Jamaican prime minister Michael Manley died twenty years ago. What can we learn from his democratic socialism?
Communism in Words
A brief history of Esperanto, the language intimately tied to the common destiny of the working class.
Slavery, War, and Revolution
Marx’s Civil War writings wrestle with many of the issues that plague today’s left.
Dialectical Enlightenment
The socialist project isn’t to rebel against the values of liberty, equality, and fraternity, but to show how capitalism is incapable of fulfilling them.
Not Just Nuns
Catholic activists like Maura Clarke, an American nun assassinated by a Salvadoran death squad in 1980, transformed missionary work into anti-imperialist solidarity.
Rebuilding a Workers’ Movement
A new labor federation in South Africa promises to resist the country’s neoliberal kleptocracy, but it faces an uphill battle.
The Privatization Prophets
For years, millionaires and religious zealots have teamed up to preach “school choice” in an effort to dismantle public education.
Finland’s Revolution
The forgotten Finnish Revolution has perhaps more lessons for us today than events in 1917 Russia.
The Struggle for the Congo
Joseph Kabila’s second term as Democratic Republic of Congo president was supposed to end last November, but he’s still clinging to power, despite massive resistance.
Why Is Venezuela Spiraling Out of Control?
Opposition violence and the government’s increasing authoritarianism are both to blame.
The FBI Is Not Your Friend
There’s nothing to celebrate about the FBI — it isn’t, nor has it ever been, a guardian of democracy.
Colombia’s Christian Alt-Right
In Colombia, Internet personalities and religious leaders mobilize opposition to the peace process by drumming-up fears of sexual diversity and “gender ideology.”
Picking up the Threads of Struggle
Two years ago, the Baltimore Uprising pointed the way towards a new, militant antiracist struggle. Today, the young movement must adapt to the Trump era.
Class Struggle Trumps Hate
The Momentive strike proved that when workers take collective action, the politics of Trumpism can be overcome.