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.
19277 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
How Centrists Failed Immigrants
On immigration, the road to the noxious nativism of Donald Trump was paved by centrist Democrats and moderate Republicans.
Against the Libertarian Party
A vote for Gary Johnson is a vote for placing property rights over democratic rights.
We Need Each Other
How austerity and the Chicago Teachers Union have fostered a culture of solidarity between parents and educators.
Erasing Empire
Today’s understanding of the British Empire has been shaped by state secrecy and the destruction of historical records.
Nothing to Lose
In 1985, Mexican-American women led 1,700 of their coworkers on strike against one of California’s biggest canning companies.
Inside “the Jungle”
France’s recently razed “Jungle” refugee camp illustrates the human toll of Europe’s anti-refugee policies.
“Our Flag Is Education”
A youth leader’s powerful testimony on Brazil’s student movement, which is defending public education through over 1,000 school occupations.
The Truth About Venezuela’s Opposition
Western journalists can’t admit that Venezuela’s opposition is neither democratic nor peaceful.
The Places Left Behind
Bill Clinton’s New Markets initiative tried to fight poverty by showering incentives on the private sector. And now Hillary has embraced it.
In Theresa May’s Shadow
Labour strategies that try to win over English workers through patriotic appeals are both condescending and self-defeating.
Zombies: Apocalypse or Rebellion?
This Halloween, let’s welcome the rebellion against zombie capitalism.
Remembering the Black Panther Party
More than five decades after its founding, the Black Panther Party’s antiracist, anticapitalist vision remains just as relevant today.
Defying Trump’s Racist Death Sentence
An interview with Yusef Salaam, one of the five men of color wrongfully convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case.
Twenty-First Century Victorians
The nineteenth-century bourgeoisie used morality to assert class dominance — something elites still do today.
Trashing Union Democracy
The latest round of WikiLeaks shows Clinton’s high-ranking labor allies were happy to tip the scales in her favor.
When the Workers Were Communists
The once mighty French Communist Party is a shell of its former self. What happened to its mass base?
The Communists and the Colonized
The French Communist Party left a checkered record on anti-imperialism.
Letter From Okinawa
Okinawan residents have built a broad movement to resist the power of the United States military in Japan.
The Problem With CETA
Center-left politicians’ championing of free trade will only fuel right-wing forces on both sides of the Atlantic.