How to Thank a Teacher
This week, thank a New York City teacher — by urging them to vote “no” on the United Federation of Teachers proposed contract.
19500 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
Twenty Years of Defeat
Today, South Africans will likely reelect Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress. But the party of Nelson Mandela is losing ground.
Against Austerity
Austerity won’t bring us out of the crisis, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t rational for elites.
Springtime for Modi
Under Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s two main tenets are clear: neoliberal orthodoxy and violent Hindu nationalism.
An Unlikely Transgender Rights Vanguard
As necessary as queer legal protections are, we should be cautious of transgender equality by legislative interpretation.
Gary Becker, Pinochet, and the Chicago Boys
Becker thought Pinochet’s embrace of the Chicago School was “one of the best things that happened to Chile.”
Mad Men in a Mad World
Mad Men brilliantly shows the everyday cruelties of the old order, but insists that those who challenged them were fools.
How to Write a Marxist Critique of Thomas Piketty Without Actually Reading the Book
Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a long book, and you just don’t have time in your busy schedule to finish it and formulate a materialist critique. We’ve got you covered.
$14.95 Subscriptions and Some May Day News
By 2036, we’ll move Labor Day to May 1. Maybe Christmas, as well, but these things take time.
A Second Civil War
Like the abolitionists, Chris Hayes argues, climate activists must mount “a movement of dispossession.”
The Early Modern 99%
Battles against today’s ruling class might look back to the movements of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for inspiration.
The Burden of Atrocity
Nick Turse’s otherwise exhaustive account of the atrocities committed in Vietnam gives short shrift to the movement that made those crimes known.
What is Enlightenment When the State Is Schizophrenic?
Public employees: compelled to serve the state, yet unentitled to its protections.
What Marx Really Meant
Treating Marx’s original manuscripts like scripture does them a great disservice.
Congress is Dead; Long Live Congress
The Indian National Congress won’t be going anywhere — but it’s never been a force for social change.
Intellectual History at the New York Times
It’s not just that Thomas Piketty may be right. He’s also handsome.
Deconstructing Paul de Man
A former student of Paul de Man reflects on her mentor’s impenetrable ideas and duplicitous life.
A New War on Speech
Campaigns against Rabab Abdulhadi and other activists are calls for state-sponsored political harassment.
Capitalism and Nazism
The next time someone tells you the Nazis were anti-capitalist, show them this.
The Trial of Cecily McMillan
An Occupy Wall Street activist was assaulted by a police officer. She faces seven years in prison for it.