No More Saturday Marches
The brilliance of strikes and stoppages like the Day Without Immigrants and the Women’s Strike lies in organizers’ willingness to halt business as usual.
19098 Articles by: Rob McIntyre
Rob McIntyre is a United Workers Union delegate at the Toll Kmart warehouse in Truganina.
Lords of Disorder
Marine Le Pen’s National Front tries to sow the seeds of chaos to make their far-right rhetoric appear more sensible.
Why Wagenknecht Will Fail
In Germany and elsewhere, making tactical concessions to the Right isn’t just bad socialist politics — it won’t work.
Still No Victory in Sight
The United States has been losing the war in Afghanistan. Whether or not Trump delivers a “surge” of new troops there, he will continue to lose that war.
It’s Not Just Uber
The dysfunction and harassment Susan Fowler experienced doesn’t just happen at Uber. It pervades our working lives.
Marx on the Silver Screen
The Young Karl Marx is an entertaining and surprisingly funny portrait of the Old Man.
What the Women’s Strike Means
The International Women’s Strike is about taking on the degradations of capitalism in all spheres of life.
Same Trump, New Shine
Trump’s Congressional address gave his nightmarish agenda a newly “presidential” gloss. We should be worried.
Still in the Shadow of Terror
The greatest threat to Colombia’s peace deal doesn’t come from the Left, but from right-wing paramilitaries.
After Privatization
Even after public services have been privatized, workers have opportunities to fight back.
Supporting a Feminism for the 99%
Hillary Clinton’s failed candidacy exposed the limits of corporate feminism. We need something better.
Capitalism’s Theologian
Michael Novak made his name by providing theological cover for capitalism. The passing of his generation signals a new opening for religious socialism.
What Happened to Keith Ellison?
The Democratic establishment waged war on Keith Ellison. We should respond in kind.
How the Left Can Win
Robert Brenner and Bhaskar Sunkara on how the Left can seize the momentum and build a majority.
When Jail Becomes a Death Sentence
Incarceration is on the rise in small, poor towns across the country — often with deadly consequences.
“Where Are the People of Color?”
Guilt is a sad, passive emotion — and it won’t help us build a more diverse left.
A Socialist Approach to Free Speech
Liberal defenses of free speech ring hollow. But socialists can’t abandon the principle.
Bob Crow in Rojava
Who are the British volunteers fighting with the Kurdish YPG in Rojava?
Steve Bannon’s Autobahn
You can’t fight Herrenvolk populism with weak-tea liberalism.
In Defense of the Lecture
As universities replace the lecture with active learning pedagogy, we should remember the benefits of collective listening.