Modi Can Be Stopped
It will take worker agitation and a broad front of popular forces to chip away at Modi’s power over Indian politics.
19243 Articles by: Karl Leffme
Karl Leffme is a socialist in New York CIty.
The War Erdoğan Wants
Turkey is increasingly drifting towards civil war. Solidarity is needed now.
Corbyn Versus the Third Way
Jeremy Corbyn is attempting to transform a Labour Party that represents labor in name only.
Can Jeremy Corbyn Redeem the Labour Party?
It looks like the Blairites might finally be defeated tomorrow. But can Jeremy Corbyn really change the Labour Party?
Why the Seattle Strike Matters
Seattle teachers are striking not simply for better pay and benefits, but for a more just public education system.
The Great Reformer
Olof Palme’s career illustrates the Swedish model’s great successes — and crippling weaknesses.
The Douglass Option
Frederick Douglass believed there was an alternative. So should we.
Turkey’s War on the Kurds
The Turkish state is deploying the word “terrorist” to mask its brutal repression of the Kurds.
Marketizing China
Factory relocations and land privatizations have put Chinese migrant workers on the defensive.
Awakening the European Left
An interview with Greek MP Costas Lapavitsas on Popular Unity and the case for a progressive Grexit.
Austerity Reaches Brazil
Policies to combat inequality in Brazil have buckled under investor pressure.
What Does Popular Unity Stand For?
The platform of Popular Unity, the Greek political front that emerged in the wake of Syriza’s capitulation to the eurozone.
A Labor Movement That Takes Sides
Unions must act on the principle that if it’s a social justice issue, it’s a labor issue.
Labor Day is May 1
Today is a boss’s holiday.
Cuba Before the Revolution
While Americans saw only decadent gangsters, Cuban revolutionaries diagnosed deeper social ills.
Building Radical America
The 1960s magazine that kept alive the history of the US left and provided the intellectual material for its future.
What’s Wrong With Obama’s Clean Power Plan?
Barack Obama promised a transformative presidency on climate change. Environmental justice activists are still waiting.
Don’t Count on Merkel
The German left must fight for a solution to the refugee crisis that doesn’t involve more fences, border guards, or racist demagoguery.
The Market Goddesses
With Ashley Madison, capitalism has reached a new low: the commodified Ideal Woman.
Europe’s Lethal Fortress
Make no mistake — it’s European governments who are to blame for the deadly migrant crisis.