Private Jets Should Be Illegal
They’re grotesque symbols of plutocratic wealth and massive drivers of the climate crisis. We should ban private jets.
21063 Article(s) by: Kool A. D.
Kool A.D. is a rapper, author, and astrological navigator.
A Walk Through the Rich History of Struggle in Manhattan’s Chinatown
The public history of Manhattan’s Chinatown often exoticizes the neighborhood and its residents. But in its streets and its sweatshops, Chinatown has long been the site of mass struggles by Chinese immigrants.
Meet the Fake Progressive Opposing Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar, one of the most left-wing members of Congress, faces a primary challenger, Don Samuels, backed by an unsavory circle of right-wing billionaires and cops. Despite being an enemy of public schools, he’s calling himself a progressive.
UPS Is Installing Surveillance Cameras in Our Trucks, but Not Air Conditioning
UPS drivers are facing dangerously hot working conditions this summer. But instead of installing AC, or making changes that would reduce exposure to extreme heat, the company is installing cameras to surveil workers on the job. Now drivers are fighting back.
Eugene V. Debs: “Back Up the Teachers”
Eugene Debs supported the struggles of workers everywhere for power on the job. That included Chicago teachers — who he praised in this 1915 article, never before reprinted, for doggedly fighting a local ban on their union.
Silicon Valley Is Privatizing Our Future
Most of us don’t want self-driving cars, yet governments are kowtowing to firms like Tesla rather than planning for sustainable means of transport. It’s just one example of how Silicon Valley has hijacked public infrastructure to sell us stuff we don’t need.
115,000 Railroad Workers Are Weighing a National Strike
US labor law is designed to prevent railroad strikes like the kind that shook America in the past. But the constant cuts to staffing levels and erosion of conditions for rail workers could produce a national rail walkoff by September.
Yemen’s Socialist Experiment Was a Political Landmark for the Arab World
South Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arabian Peninsula, gave birth to its most radical government in the 1960s and ’70s. The achievements and failings of Yemeni socialism are a vital case study as Yemen seeks to recover from a catastrophic war.
We Should Never Forget South Africa’s Marikana Massacre
Ten years ago this month, 34 striking mine workers in South Africa were slaughtered by police on live TV. The Marikana massacre exposed the deep ills of the postapartheid status quo — and the urgent need to build working-class power in the country.
Nancy Pelosi Is Rolling the Dice on World War III
Nancy Pelosi is in Taiwan. The trip will accomplish nothing except ratcheting up tensions with one nuclear-armed superpower while the United States is already in a proxy war with another.
History Will Condemn Us If We Keep Obeying the Supreme Court
On climate issues, the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority is trying to force Americans to accept collective suicide in the name of the Constitution. If we sacrifice the planet to appease unelected judges, posterity will not forgive us.
Yes, Jeremy Corbyn Was Vilified Because He Criticized Israel
Jeremy Corbyn’s critics are once again furious because he stated an undeniable fact. Corbyn was shamefully denounced as a dangerous antisemite primarily because he supported the democratic rights of the Palestinians.
Cable News Wants War With China Over Taiwan
On TV news, a jingoistic discourse is already developing over the Taiwan crisis — and not just on the right. The result could be another disastrous great-power conflict, this time with China.
Europe’s Central Bank Has a New Tool to Protect Bond Markets. When Will It Protect Workers?
After its poor handling of the Eurozone debt crisis in the 2010s, the European Central Bank has created a mechanism to provide support to bondholders across the bloc, protecting creditors from the consequences of rate hikes. Workers will not be so lucky.
To Properly Care for Mental Health Problems, We Must First Accept Those Problems Are Real
Access to mental health services in Canada is woefully inadequate. To build a thoroughgoing mental health infrastructure, the Left must confront anti-psychiatry advocates and insist that mental illness exists — and that the best care is publicly funded.
Why Capitalists Care About Our Record-Low Birth Rate
One reason the corporate elite has an interest in antiabortion policies is because they hope to lower the price of labor — the labor of bearing and rearing children.
The Last Cold War Was Disastrous — We Shouldn’t Welcome Another
A new book uses poor history to urge the ruthless containment of America’s rivals — skirting Washington’s past failures and the millions of civilian dead.
Are We at the Dawn of “Insulin Socialism”?
The high cost of insulin is one of the great injustices of the US health care system. But now, states like California are looking at directly manufacturing this essential medicine — a potentially massive win for both patients and left-wing politics.
Dems Promised Universal Pre-K, Paid Leave, and Free Community College. Now It’s All Gone.
As progressives debate whether or not to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act, let’s take a moment to remember Build Back Better: universal pre-K, paid family and medical leave, free community college. It’s all been taken away — and you should be furious.
Yes, Providing Drug Users With Safe Drugs Will Fight the Opioid Crisis
Vancouver is the latest city to sign up for a Safe Supply program, which provides safe drugs to users. Pilot programs — and the failure of the war on drugs — show that this approach is the best way to combat the opioid crisis.