The Romance of American Liberalism
Grading a century of liberal film presidents.
19276 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
Freedom’s Call
Inappropriate campaign music is the only good campaign music.
It Takes a Factory
With lofty promises, the Clinton Foundation helped found an industrial park in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Photographer Robert Shook traveled there to document how things went terribly wrong.
A Blueprint for a New Party
With the rise of Donald Trump, we need to think seriously about what it would take to form a democratic organization rooted in the working class.
No Easy Solutions
A reply to Seth Ackerman
Trial and Error
Guides to a century of left history.
A Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
Lesson from the Podesta email leak: Clinton surrogates are eager to rule, but not very bright.
Beltway to English Dictionary
Because sometimes words mean other words.
Hillary Clinton Is Running for President
In case you haven’t noticed …
Austerity With a Vacant Face
Capital’s third favorite party sounds a lot like its first.
Voting Under Socialism
It’ll be more meaningful — but hopefully won’t involve endless meetings.
Why We Publish
Having history on our side isn’t enough. We need your support.
The Ruling-Class Circus
The absurdity of this election has shown how badly we need a working-class politics of justice and solidarity.
Until Hope Appears
A statement against the arrest of HDP leaders and activists by the Turkish regime.
The Real Vladimir Lenin
Ninety-nine years after the Russian Revolution, let’s free Lenin from distortions of all types.
The Art of Spin
How Hillary Clinton backers deployed faux feminism and privilege politics to divert attention from her destructive policies.
Donald Trump Is America
Trump should be a wake-up call — a frightening enough harbinger that the American dream is a dead end, leading only to failure, frustration, and thoughts of revenge.
The Death of Ricky Ray Rector
How the execution of a mentally ill black man delivered Bill Clinton into the Oval Office.
Donald Trump Is Buckley’s Rightful Heir
The only thing that separates Donald Trump and the genteel conservatives who reject him is a few degrees of vulgarity.
Building the House of Breitbart
How Breitbart News rose on the darkest of money to hijack the conservative media — and how liberals helped them do it.