Austerity Reaches Brazil
Policies to combat inequality in Brazil have buckled under investor pressure.
19134 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
What Does Popular Unity Stand For?
The platform of Popular Unity, the Greek political front that emerged in the wake of Syriza’s capitulation to the eurozone.
A Labor Movement That Takes Sides
Unions must act on the principle that if it’s a social justice issue, it’s a labor issue.
Labor Day is May 1
Today is a boss’s holiday.
Cuba Before the Revolution
While Americans saw only decadent gangsters, Cuban revolutionaries diagnosed deeper social ills.
Building Radical America
The 1960s magazine that kept alive the history of the US left and provided the intellectual material for its future.
What’s Wrong With Obama’s Clean Power Plan?
Barack Obama promised a transformative presidency on climate change. Environmental justice activists are still waiting.
Don’t Count on Merkel
The German left must fight for a solution to the refugee crisis that doesn’t involve more fences, border guards, or racist demagoguery.
The Market Goddesses
With Ashley Madison, capitalism has reached a new low: the commodified Ideal Woman.
Europe’s Lethal Fortress
Make no mistake — it’s European governments who are to blame for the deadly migrant crisis.
Demonizing the Poor
Harsh restrictions on welfare don’t limit fraud and abuse. They advance the interests of the rich and powerful.
The Privatization of Childhood
Childhood has become a period of high-stakes preparation for life in a stratified economy.
A United Front
A strong alliance between Fight for 15 and Black Lives Matter would propel both movements forward.
Dismantling the Low-Wage Economy
It’s about more than fast-food workers. Fight for 15 is taking on an economic model built off poverty wages.
The Global Race to the Bottom
The acute hardship European workers are facing is part of an international process of impoverishment.
After Syriza
Syriza failed to stop austerity in Greece. What can Popular Unity do differently?
Race to Nowhere
For over a century, black elites have pushed improved “race relations” instead of redistribution as the solution to inequality.
Ecuador’s Impasse
Left and indigenous forces in Ecuador are attempting to create an alternative to both Rafael Correa and the Right.
How the Ruling Class Remade New Orleans
The language of social justice has been used to sell intensified neoliberalism in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Gentrification’s Ground Zero
In the ten years since Katrina, New Orleans has been remade into a neoliberal playground for young entrepreneurs.