Nobody Should Listen to Anything Rahm Emanuel Says
Rahm Emanuel is no longer Chicago’s mayor. Now he’s a pundit. His approach to governance has been an abject failure — nobody should listen to anything he has to say, about politics or anything else.
19349 Articles by: T Rivers
T Rivers is a pseudonymous journalist who covers East and Central Africa.
Grand Theft Austria
A corruption scandal has brought down the Austrian government — and showed how close the racist right is to big business.
From Brexit to a United Ireland
The crisis surrounding Britain’s break with the EU has revitalized support for Irish unity. Yet with Brexit still hanging in the balance, Sinn Féin’s path to its historic goal is anything but clear.
One Year Off, Every Seven Years
How about this for a demand? You work for six years and you get a whole paid year off to do whatever the hell you want.
A Union Fight at Marquette University
Like academic workers around the country, graduate workers and non-tenure track faculty at Marquette University want a union to end low wages and high health care costs. And like university administrations around the country, Marquette is fighting them.
Why South Africa Needs a Democratic Socialism
South African politics urgently needs an injection of electoral energy from the Left, that speaks in a language that resonates with voters, rejects chauvinism, and embraces democracy.
Will Modi Fall?
Modi’s right-wing party is the favorite in the almost-completed Indian elections. But the lack of a unified opposition doesn’t mean left-wing dissent has disappeared.
Nancy Pelosi Is the Past. Democratic Socialism Is the Future.
Don’t let Nancy Pelosi tell you what’s mainstream. Voters want politics that stands for something — not more centrist equivocating.
“We Don’t Need You to Speak for Us. We Already Have a Voice”
Adrian Rivera-Reyes is a cancer biologist and democratic socialist running for Philadelphia’s city council today. In an interview, he talks about growing up in Puerto Rico under US colonialism, organizing a union with his coworkers at UPenn, and bringing activist pressure to city hall.
How Australia’s Labor Party Lost an Un-Losable Election
Pundits are blaming the Australian Labor Party’s left-wing turn for its shocking defeat in Saturday’s election. But the failure lies in the fact that this leftist program came too little, too late.
Defend Your Clinics
It’s time for an abortion rights movement that’s not directed from the top-down by the Democratic Party and big nonprofits. Clinic defense is a crucial part of that mass, democratic, and militant movement.
Britain Must Take Back Richard Branson’s Awful Trains
In 2017, pundits were shocked by Jeremy Corbyn’s call to renationalize rail — and the broad public support that greeted it. You only need to board one of Richard Branson’s rolling torture chambers to see why.
How Warren’s Climate Defense Bill Undermines Itself
Elizabeth Warren has a new bill that pledges to “green” the military. But it would neither attack climate emissions nor scale back the US’s enormous footprint around the world.
China Is Not the Problem. Capitalism Is.
Tom Friedman and Steve Bannon are, as usual, wrong. Hardship in the United States can’t be blamed on China’s “economic war” on democracy. It’s the fault of American corporations and elites.
Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil Is a Nightmare That Could Get Worse
If Jair Bolsonaro isn’t stopped, Brazil may go down a far-right path of no return. We need a political project strong enough to defeat him.
How the Green New Deal Can Deliver Land Justice
Land is a source of both enormous wealth and horrendous inequality. The Green New Deal can reverse historic injustices while pushing agriculture into the sustainable, low-carbon future.
“I Didn’t Sit Eight and a Half Years in Jail to Build Capitalism”
Karol Modzelewski emerged in the 1960s as a leading dissident against Poland’s state socialist dictatorship — but he remained a socialist until the very end.
War With Iran Would Be a Murderous Disaster
The case against Iran in 2019 looks a lot like the case against Iraq in 2002. Going to war would be a bloody, murderous disaster.
The Long Arab Spring
The recent uprisings in Sudan and Algeria show that the conditions that gave rise to the Arab Spring are not going away. But movements against authoritarianism and exploitation still face existential threats.
Sowing the Seeds of Bolsonaro
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro was lifted to power by the mass mobilization of the Brazilian middle classes. But it wouldn’t have been possible without years of failed austerity policies.