Don’t Take the Boss’s Bait
In the wake of Janus, it’s tempting for some trade unionists to give up on representing all workers in a given workplace. This is exactly what the boss wants.
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Bulletin — Tuesday, July 10
Today in Bulletin: Could globalization end with a whimper? … Christian Democracy in the USA … China’s Marxist millennials … and more.
Barcelona, a Beacon By the Sea
With far-right forces on the rise across Europe, Ada Colau’s progressive administration in Barcelona shows how local government can be a base of resistance.
Who’s Sober in Narcotics Anonymous?
Abstinence-only ideology in twelve-step treatment programs is making it harder for addicts to stay clean.
Capitalism Is Ruining Science
Creeping marketization has created perverse incentives for researchers — threatening the wholesale corruption of science itself.
Out of the Wilderness
Radical candidates. “Crazy” platforms. Shocking upsets. The history of US conservatism holds lessons for the Left about how the impossible can become the inevitable.
The Socialist Case for School Integration
America’s schools are more segregated than ever. We can integrate them — but only by forcing the state to expand universal public institutions and redistribute wealth.
Turning to the Working Class
Kim Moody reflects on his time in the New Left, turning to the working class, and opportunities for socialists in the labor movement today.
Moving With the Times
It’s often a sign of progress when people change their minds. But it can also be unsettling, even eerie.
Dreams of a Better Mexico
Violence, corruption, inequality — AMLO has the chance to attack all three and transform Mexico for the better.
“It Really Comes Down to Empowering the Working Class”
Socialist New York State Senate candidate Julia Salazar on electoral politics, the Democratic Party, and why strikes matter.
Defeat Without Despair in Colombia
Recent elections in Colombia saw the Right’s Iván Duque win the presidency. But the Colombian left had its most impressive turnout in history.
Inventing the Weekend
The advent of capitalism didn’t just regiment our working lives. It changed the very meaning of free time.
Explaining Away Ocasio-Cortez’s Political Earthquake
Liberal pundits are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to explain away Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory.
AMLO’s Time Has Come
It took Andrés Manuel López Obrador twelve years to become president-elect of Mexico. Now comes the hard part.
How Ocasio-Cortez Beat the Machine
The transactional political class was no match for the passion and moral clarity of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the broader socialist movement.
In Search of an Alternative in Slovenia
Politics in Central Europe are deadlocked between the neoliberal center and the ethnonationalist right. Can Slovenia’s left break past both?
AMLO’s Mexico
Andrés Manuel López Obrador has shaken Mexico’s entire political landscape. Will he be able to reshape the country?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Transformational Vision
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won because she put forward a bold, clear message of class politics.
No, AMLO Is Not Mexico’s Trump
Equating Andrés Manuel López Obrador with Donald Trump may be absurd, but that hasn’t stopped mainstream media from running with it.