The Phantom Limb
Why it matters that the United States has no labor party.
21047 Article(s) by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
Not One Less
One month ago, women in Argentina walked off work to demand an end to violence, fair pay, and full reproductive rights.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-Wall Street)
Left populism is the answer to Trumpism. But all incoming Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has is more favors for Wall Street.
Rattling the Cages
This fall’s prison strikes are a model of how to both survive and challenge an authoritarian, racist order.
Garbage In, Garbage Out
Turns out Clinton’s ground game sucked.
Vengeance Is Mine
Chaos reigns…fascist stooge finds his balcony…the resistible rise of Donald Trump…bomb crater America finds its Dauphin…Hillary Clinton: 10.0 Richter scale failure….the pinko revolt begins….digging ourselves out of the collapsed gold mine….
From the Shop Floor to the White House
Under Trump, labor must abandon its insider approach and concentrate on the power of the rank and file.
The Long Road to Crisis
The dismantling of autoworker gains was a class project, not the inevitable result of globalization.
Organizing New Media
A former Gawker writer and a union organizer on online worker unions, life under Univision, and labor’s new opportunities.
A Starting Point
The success of minimum-wage ballot initiatives shows the first steps for building a left platform under Trump.
Colonies and Capital
The work of Native American activist Archie Phinney shows how Marxism can help advance indigenous struggle.
Not a Revolution — Yet
The weak spots in Trump’s victory show that the future still lies with Bernie’s democratic-socialist coalition.
Trump and the Muslim Question
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, Muslims don’t need allies. We need comrades.
Occupying Trump?
Five years after its formation and demise, Occupy is mostly a study in what to avoid for the anti-Trump movement.
It Happened Here
Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy would have been bad. Donald Trump’s will be a bloody disaster.
Reactionaries in Robes
Donald Trump’s Supreme Court will fight social progress at every turn. But his reactionary judiciary can’t just be resisted in the courts.
The False Promise of Education
Better education won’t fix inequalities rooted in capitalism.
A Losing Coalition
The Democrats’ losses last week all stem from the same cause: the hollowing out of middle- and working-class America.
Breaking the Retail Chains
The retail sector has been notoriously tricky to unionize, but there is a way forward.
Passing the Baton
Barack Obama spent eight years expanding the national security state. Now it belongs to Donald Trump.