Joe Biden Should Absolutely Erase Student Debt via Executive Order
There’s no excuse for Joe Biden not to eliminate student debt through executive order. With the stroke of a pen, he could relieve the crushing debt burden that millions are facing.
19529 Articles by: Rob McIntyre
Rob McIntyre is a United Workers Union delegate at the Toll Kmart warehouse in Truganina.
Yes, Politics Do Belong in Sports
FC St. Pauli isn’t Germany’s best football club, but its resistance to commercialization has earned it a mass following around the world. Resisting the call to “keep politics out of sports,” its fans insist that what sports really need protecting from is the pervasive power of money.
The Repression of France’s Yellow Vests Has Left Hundreds in Jail — And Crushed Freedom of Protest
Two years since the start of France’s gilets jaunes movement, hundreds of arrested protesters are languishing in prison, and dozens are still coping with the loss of an eye or a limb. The Macron administration’s brutal crackdown brought a level of police violence not seen in decades — and dramatically reduced the right to protest.
Will Joe Biden End the Brutal War in Yemen?
Joe Biden says he opposes the war in Yemen. He will soon have the power to end it. Will he?
It’s Time to Abolish the Organization of American States
A year since the Organization of American States made unfounded claims of electoral fraud in Bolivia, leftist leaders from across the region have called for its Trumpian secretary general to resign. Throughout its history, the OAS has been a tool of Washington’s domination of Latin America — and an obstacle to genuine efforts at regional integration.
AOC Is Standing Up for the Left
Since the election, Democratic centrists have harshly criticized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Left for their own poor electoral showing. But AOC has bravely hit back — standing up for left-wing politics and refusing to be cowed by the centrist attacks.
No, Medicare for All Didn’t Sink Democrats in 2020
Medicare for All backers won in safe Democratic districts and Trump country alike this year, while its opponents lost in both. Yet centrists are now leading a campaign to blame M4A for the party’s devastating down-ballot losses this year. They’re wrong.
The Climate Movement Must Be Ready To Challenge Rising Right-Wing Environmentalism
Right-wing forces have denied the existence of climate change for decades, but we are beginning to see a shift away from crude denial toward a terrifying eco-fascism. We have to oppose any attempt to use the climate crisis to justify racist, reactionary, and authoritarian policies.
Labour Is Suspending Members Just for Defending Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension from the Labour Party is a travesty of justice — denying him the right to speak the truth about the media smears he has endured. Now, members who speak up in Corbyn’s defense are themselves being suspended, as Blairite officials attempt to silence the socialist left.
Dear Joe Biden: Don’t Put Rahm Emanuel in Your Administration
An open letter to President-elect Joe Biden from Chicago city council member Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez: Rahm Emanuel was disastrous for Chicago. He would be just as disastrous in a Biden administration.
Making Space for Palestine
Palestinians aren’t just kept in misery and degradation by the Israeli occupation — they’re also silenced, at home and abroad. Palestinian activists and their supporters are trying to change that.
Here’s What We Learned About the Far Right From Donald Trump’s Presidency
Despite his authoritarian tendencies, Donald Trump never came close to dragging us into fascism. But he did drag us further toward a xenophobic, anti–working-class, right-wing-populist abyss. Those forces will continue to destroy American and global politics — if we don’t take them on and defeat them.
Across the World, Sports Stadiums and Arenas Are a Gigantic Swindle
From Calgary to Los Angeles, everyone knows that sports arenas are a bad deal for cities. But the problem isn’t just the use of public subsidies for private profit: the whole multibillion-dollar sports venue industry is built on the backs of poorly treated, underpaid workers.
Bulgaria’s Unending Transition To Capitalism
The fall of state socialism in Bulgaria in 1989 brought neither the promised prosperity nor a flowering of popular democratic politics. Three decades on, elites still blame Bulgaria’s woes on a supposedly incomplete transition to capitalism — the excuse for an unending series of measures to run down public services and strip workers of their rights.
Americans Work Too Damn Much
Workers in the United States have lost control of perhaps the most important aspect of their lives: their time. Getting that time back is crucial — for workers’ well-being, for democracy, and for weakening the tyrannical power of the boss.
British Columbia’s NDP Should Act Now To Support Union Rights
Card check helps workers claim their rights by making union certification straightforward. British Columbia’s newly elected NDP majority government must bring card-check certification back to the province and help rebuild the power of workers.
How Digitalization Is Preparing a Fight for World Market Supremacy
With US hegemony in decline, China and the European Union are each vying to impose their own leadership over the next wave of digitalization. Donald Trump’s talk of “America First” expressed this rivalry in especially crude terms — but even after his departure, the contest among the main world powers is only intensifying.
Kim Stanley Robinson Is One of Our Greatest Ever Socialist Novelists
For more than 40 years, Kim Stanley Robinson has written radical science fiction that offers readers not an easy vision of utopia, but a hopeful alternative that still confronts the ecological devastation wrought by capitalism.
We Fought Against South African Apartheid, and We’re Appalled by Jeremy Corbyn’s Suspension
Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension from the Labour Party is shameful, not least because he is one of the party’s most steadfast longtime anti-racist activists. We should know: we fought by his side to end apartheid in South Africa.
Italy Has Turned Cruise Liners Into Jails for Migrants
With Italy’s tourist sector sunk by the pandemic, authorities are now hiring cruise ships as floating jails for refugees. The migrant prisons show capitalism’s ability to restructure in times of crisis — but also the potential resistance to it.