Can I Talk to a Manager?
Liberals believe in a society ordered like a restaurant: some eat, some serve, and there is a manager to keep it all going.
19592 Articles by: Opal Lee
Opal Lee is a writer.
The People’s Vote Illusion
Pundits are pushing Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party to back a second Brexit referendum. They should be careful what they wish for.
The Public Ownership Solution
The US has a surprisingly large amount of public ownership. But in order for it to truly serve the social good, it must be expanded — and democratized.
Fighting for the Right to Heal
In 2016, 14 health workers tried to help civilians trapped in Turkey’s besieged town of Cizre. Today, Erdogan’s government wants to jail them for this act.
A Political Revolution for Labor
Bernie Sanders’s political revolution can’t be limited to election campaigns — it must be brought into our workplaces and unions too.
Mexico in the Era of AMLO
In an inauguration ceremony unlike any other in Mexican history, Andrés Manuel López Obrador called neoliberalism a disaster. Now he must dismantle it.
Can the Yellow Vests Speak?
France’s elites were quick to condemn the gilets jaunes protesters as stupid and backward. But as novelist Édouard Louis writes, they’re just standing up for their rights.
Corporate Science and Designer Babies
For the first time in human history, we have the tools to reprogram life itself. That could be a recipe for dystopia — unless we create a scientific commons that values the public good over private profit.
Rent Control’s Momentum
The midterms offered mixed results for affordable housing advocates. But one thing is clear: rent control is back on the agenda.
The Fund for Needy Millionaires
Think government benefits all go to the poor? Think again — here are five ways Washington shovels billions in public money to the superrich.
A Common Sense for Our Planet
Labour MP Rebecca Long Bailey on why socialism is the only basis on which we can begin to confront the threat of climate change.
Unfortunately, We Can’t Log Off
Social media sucks — but it might just be the best propaganda tool socialists have ever had. That’s why we can’t log off.
The Nihilism of Moderation
When the survival of the planet is at stake, calls for moderation and compromise aren’t a mark of adult politics — they’re a threat to civilization.
Spain Against Itself
On the 40th anniversary of Spain’s post-dictatorship constitution, the center is wracked by crisis, the far right is on the rise, and tensions over Catalonia continue to rise.
The Long Transition
Four decades since the passing of Spain’s democratic Constitution, the “regime of ’78” is sharply criticized by the Left and the Catalan independence movements. Yet former prime minister Felipe González still defends it.
“Our Solidarity Must Become a Verb”
In a speech last week at the UN, Marc Lamont Hill issued a passionate call for action to achieve justice in Palestine. We reprint his address here in full.
The Guardian’s Populism Panic
Britain’s leading liberal newspaper has set out on a mission to define and defeat “populism.” It has not gone well.
A Thousand Points of Shite
How George H. W. Bush paved the way for Trumpism.
The Death of a Class
Italy’s illustrious Marxist filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci died last week. His films explored the death of the bourgeoisie; his legacy points us to the death of the chauvinist male auteur.
An Immigration Bill That Puts Immigrant Workers Last
Shinzō Abe is pushing to open up Japan’s restrictive immigration system. But his reforms would serve the interests of business, not immigrant workers.