Resilience for Whom?
The Japanese prime minister’s plans for “resilience” will serve corporations and US military goals more than the Japanese people.
19409 Articles by: Rob McIntyre
Rob McIntyre is a United Workers Union delegate at the Toll Kmart warehouse in Truganina.
The Third Capitalist Party
The Libertarian Party is trying to position itself as an alternative to both Clinton and Trump. But there’s nothing progressive about it.
Labour’s Red Scare
Tom Watson’s hunt for Trotskyists does more than misrepresent Corbyn’s movement — it opens the door to attacks on party democracy.
Doubling Down in Atlantic City
The casino workers’ strike at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino is a defining battle for American labor.
No Friend of Immigrants
Democratic presidents have been responsible for some of the most punitive immigration policies in modern history.
The Rank and File’s Paper of Record
The history of Labor Notes shows that labor’s strength — and socialists’ relevance — depend on a militant and independent rank and file.
Warping History
Timothy Snyder’s Black Earth misuses the horrors of the Holocaust in the service of Zionist and neoconservative platitudes.
The Long Struggle of Mexican Teachers
The teachers’ protests that have erupted in Mexico are part of a century-long fight for equitable schools and genuine democracy.
The Forgotten Union
District 65 grew powerful by organizing low-wage workers that had been ignored by the traditional labor movement.
Labor Must Take on Capital
Unions must expand beyond narrow bargaining to challenge those who hold wealth and power at the highest levels.
The Establishment Foundation
The Clinton Foundation allows the Clinton family to accumulate wealth and power, all under the guise of humanitarianism.
The Murder of Michael Brown
How regional inequities and a local fiscal crisis conspired to kill Michael Brown two years ago today.
Bernie Sanders and the New Class Politics
Adolph Reed on assumptions about black voters, the legacy of the Sanders campaign, and the task ahead.
The Olympic Calamity
It might not be captured on primetime Olympic coverage, but Brazilians are welcoming the Games with mass protest.
The Forgotten Militants
Weak working class resistance is rooted in the loss of radical trade unionists.
Alton Sterling’s Right to the City
The murder of Alton Sterling attacked the idea that public space and culture should belong to those who produce them.
A Lost History
Socialists have long championed the struggles of all oppressed peoples, not just the white male factory worker.
The Last Convention
Ill fares the land in 2016 … the shame of Cleveland … America First … 9/11=Inside Job … Islamic Plots … Alex Jones … Build the Wall … Police State Vibes … Un-American Activity … Loneliness, Despair, Frustration … Meet the people ushering in the age of Trump.
The Repression Lists
For decades, the state has used lists like the no-fly list to expand its power and harass political dissidents.
How the Trumps Got Rich
The Trump fortune was built off theft — from workers, from the state, and from the commons.