Building a Social-Democratic Majority

The Meaning of International Women’s Day

The first International Women’s Day was celebrated 103 years ago by revolutionaries in Russia.

The Means of Escape

The communists in the Coen brothers’ Hail Caesar! are silly caricatures, but the film upholds basic Marxist premises.

Reparations Isn’t a Political Demand

The reparations demand resides largely in the realm of the political imaginary. There are more effective means of fighting oppression.

Up From Liberalism

Only a forthright anticapitalism can end the reign of Third Way politics.

Rebuilding the Bolivarian Revolution

The Right’s recent success in Venezuela shows how vital it is to reclaim and democratize Hugo Chávez’s project.

ICE’s War on Refugees

The federal government’s deportation raids are an inhumane response to a humanitarian crisis.

Socialists and the Horse Race

Will backing Bernie Sanders help build an independent left? A debate.

The Dynamics of Retreat

The same politics that underpinned the welfare state brought about its collapse.

The Primary Isn’t Over

Five theses on the Super Tuesday results.

Modi’s Student Crackdown

Amid economic failure and a rising student movement, Indian Prime Minister Modi has turned to outright repression.

Speculating a Better Future

For too long, speculative fiction has been hostile to emancipatory politics. That’s finally starting to change.

The New Republicans

The Democratic Party establishment has given up on the policies that would attract disaffected workers.

The Socialist Case for Reparations

Class politics and reparations aren’t at odds — they’re part of the same struggle.

Bernie Versus the Earthquake Industry

Bernie Sanders’s wholesale opposition to fracking could help him in key Super Tuesday contests.

Feminism Against Capitalism

Today and every day, we need a feminism of the 99%.

Fear and Pandering in the Palmetto State

Why did Bernie Sanders lose in South Carolina, and what does it mean going forward?

Welfare Reform, Then and Now

The welfare reform bill Hillary Clinton championed has doubled the number of people living on less than $2 a day.

Nurses for Bernie

Meet the nurses trying to make Bernie Sanders’s “political revolution” a reality.

The Wrong Kind of Experience

Hillary Clinton’s record suggests she’ll wield power to undermine progressive goals — not advance them.