Against Charity
Rather than creating an individualized “culture of giving,” we should be challenging capitalism’s institutionalized taking.
19265 Articles by: Karl Leffme
Karl Leffme is a socialist in New York CIty.
Why the Rich Love Burning Man
Burning Man became a festival that rich libertarians love because it never had a radical critique at its core.
America’s First Red Scare
For many of its ideologues, a slaveholding Confederacy was meant to be a bulwark against radical politics of all stripes.
From Germany to Greece
Five German left activists on building solidarity with the Greek people and confronting the pro-austerity elites in their own country.
It’s All About a Salary
The new biopic Straight Outta Compton is more mixtape than manifesto.
Why Liberals Separate Race from Class
The tendency to divorce racial disparities from economic inequality has a long liberal lineage.
The Cinematic Lost Cause
Why have so many films dealing with the Civil War embraced the Confederate struggle?
Exit Stage Left?
The independence movement in Catalonia is gaining steam. Incorporating anti-austerity and democratic demands is the next step.
Introducing Popular Unity
Syriza’s left wing has split from the party, becoming the third largest group in the Greek Parliament.
The Black Belt Communists
During the Great Depression, black sharecroppers and the Communist Party waged war against tenant farming in the South.
Tearing Down the Walls
The story of the Stonewall Rebellion and the rise of the gay liberation movement.
How Class and Race Immiserate
Class and race operate both separately and together to impoverish huge swaths of American society.
The Many Lives of François Mitterrand
Before Alexis Tsipras, Europe battered François Mitterrand’s reformist ambitions into a sweeping neoliberal program.
Killing Reconstruction
During Reconstruction, elites used racist appeals to silence calls for redistribution and worker empowerment.
The Party and Black Liberation
In its formative years, the Communist Party was pushed by the Comintern to organize against racism.
The Other March on Washington
As Nazism was challenged abroad, A. Philip Randolph led an uncompromising campaign for democracy at home.
Struggle and Progress
Eric Foner on the abolitionists, Reconstruction, and winning “freedom” from the Right.
The Second American Revolution
The Civil War inaugurated a titanic revolution that within years brought slavery to an end and broke the planter class.
Grocery Shopping With Tom Friedman
In his latest column, Thomas Friedman reaches new heights of belligerence — and idiocy.
Party and Ministry
Syriza Minister of Education and Culture Aristides Baltas on the tensions and challenges of working within the Greek state.