Karl Leffme is a socialist in New York CIty.
Participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza in defiance of Israel’s blockade knew they were in danger of Israeli attacks — and that was before yesterday’s drone attack. We spoke to one participant from the ship.
A new Census Bureau report establishes that poverty increased over the course of the Biden administration. The data is yet another rebuke to the politicians and commentators who insisted economic conditions under Joe Biden were great.
Fed chair Jerome Powell announced a quarter-point interest rate cut last week in an effort to prevent an economic slowdown. But a primary driver of the current crisis is Donald Trump’s brutal immigration policy.
A new crop of young Democratic Party challengers is running on generational politics alone, hoping to capitalize on voters’ hunger for change without running afoul of the centrist establishment’s political preferences.
The news that many Western nations have recognized Palestine has driven Israel and its allies into a fit of hysteria. Israel’s leaders knows that it is too weak to dominate its region alone.
The farcical spat that has riven Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s “Your Party” exposes a Left increasingly focused on itself rather than on the class it aims to mobilize.
Donald Trump is amassing more and more tools of repression, and he is not afraid to use them.
Homebuilding giant Lennar has a large stockpile of houses it can’t sell at current asking prices. Instead of lowering home prices for the public, the company has launched an e-marketplace catering to wealthy investors and corporate landlords.
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey pairs Colin Farrell with Margot Robbie in a colorful, life-affirming fantasy setting. How could it go so wrong?
A sudden social media blackout lit the fuse. But the youth revolt shaking Kathmandu runs far deeper, fueled by years of corruption, joblessness, and a democracy hijacked by its former revolutionaries.
This month’s “Unite the Kingdom” march was the biggest far-right rally in British history. Sponsored by Elon Musk, it seeks not just to install Nigel Farage in government but to build a mass street movement.
Keir Starmer’s British government has formally recognized a state of Palestine. But he still needs to take some basic steps to start treating Palestinians as human beings.
In the middle of war-ravaged Europe, Asllan Ypi, a jaded communist and son of Albania’s tenth prime minister, reflected on a world shaped by the rise of Stalinism and the collapse of the liberal order.
TikTok is being sold to an investor consortium that includes Oracle, the tech company of pro-Trump billionaire Larry Ellison. The move is yet another big step in the consolidation of major media sources under right-wing control.
Many states are moving to guarantee COVID vaccine access in defiance of restrictions from health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But big pharmacy chains like CVS and Walmart are still discouraging and barring people from booking these appointments online.
The British historian and New Left Review editor Perry Anderson set out to trace the history of European class societies from antiquity to the present. Anderson’s uncompleted project is a landmark in the development of Marxist historiography.
The top 10% are responsible for nearly half of the consumer spending that’s keeping the economy afloat. There’s something disturbing about a tiny number of people having so much money that it effectively masks how poor everyone else is.
What does democratic socialism mean to Omar Fateh, Minneapolis mayoral candidate? “It’s pretty clear cut: you want to take care of everyone.”
The growing popularity of the “Bowie” bond — a security backed by royalties — may sound strange, but it’s nothing new. In treating songs like annuities, capitalists prove once again that nothing is too sacred, or silly, to be commodified.
America’s packed eviction courts and overflowing homeless shelters are the result of decades of deliberate policy choices. We once made better choices rooted in a commitment to providing decent, affordable housing for all. It’s not too late to reverse course.