Tanner Howard is a freelance journalist and In These Times editorial intern. They’re also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Let’s say we accept capitalism’s defenders’ claims that their system created mass economic growth and pulled countless people out of poverty. Even if that’s true, we have clearly reached a point in human development where we can rid ourselves of capitalism’s relations of hierarchy and domination — without inviting immiseration.
Before he became Vietnam’s foremost communist, Ho Chi Minh traveled across Europe and the Americas as a ship’s cook. In Rio de Janeiro, he encountered a world of inequality, but also of defiant class solidarity — an experience that helped forge one of the twentieth century’s greatest revolutionaries.
The Supreme Court has been a reactionary institution for most of its history, law professor Sam Moyn tells Jacobin. We need to take on its power and fight for real democracy in the United States.
Even a glance at the “incel” subculture reveals vile misogyny, reactionary politics of all kinds, and multiple acts of horrific violence. The documentary TFW No GF also emphasizes that, in part, that subculture is a product of the breakdown of institutions, the disappearance of decent economic opportunities, and a broader loss of meaning in America.
A “Yes” vote in Italy’s constitutional referendum on September 20–21 would see Italy’s number of MPs and senators slashed by more than one-third. But most main parties are backing the cut — a hollow attack on “the politicians” that pushes austerian arguments for reducing democratic representation.
Puede que el gobierno de López Obrador no se proponga una ruptura con la burguesía. Pero de ninguna manera representa lo mismo que el PRI o el PAN, y sus políticas enfrentan a una buena parte de las clases dominantes.
Building a humane city should start from the premise that every person deserves a decent place to live. And the only way to accomplish that is through collective action, carried out by working-class movements.
It is not enough to question the decisions, the justices, or even the structure of the current court — we need to challenge, as Abraham Lincoln did, the foundation of its power to determine the law.
Un 19 de septiembre, pero de 1968, fallecía John William Cooke. Abogado y político argentino, fue el principal inspirador e ideólogo del «peronismo revolucionario». Aquí, una síntesis de su pensamiento y acción.
We talk to two public health experts about America’s COVID-19 response and how poor households have borne a disproportionate share of the pandemic’s hardship. We need to urgently fight for a more just society.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has the power to try to stop Trump’s nominee, but he has previously caved to the GOP on judges. The only way he’ll put up a fight is if he feels pressure from his left.
Unions are absolutely essential for building working-class power. But they’re also often undemocratic. Building a strongly democratic labor movement is a key task for the Left and the labor movement as a whole.
Everything is awful right now, and the barriers to making things better are steep. But more and more people know that the status quo cannot continue — and more and more people are fighting, even winning, battles on behalf of a better world for everyone.
El socialismo está lejos aún de tocarle la puerta a Colombia. Pero hay algo en lo que Álvaro Uribe Vélez no se equivoca: el uribismo se encuentra en cuidados intensivos.
San Antonio teacher Luke Amphlett says his administration punished him for organizing against an unsafe school reopening plan. But a campaign led by teachers, students, and community supporters drew on bonds of solidarity developed through years of organizing — and quickly got Amphlett back to work.
Over the years, the Israeli historian Avi Shlaim and his fellow “New Historians” have punctured a long series of Zionist myths about the country’s past and present. Now, Shlaim — once a supporter of the Oslo “peace process” — is adding the two-state solution itself to that list of dispelled myths.
Adriana Guzmán traza un balance del gobierno del MAS en Bolivia, su relación con los sectores populares y las condiciones que determinaron su debilidad ante la afrenta derechista. Los sucesos del 10 de noviembre, sostiene, no fueron solo una maniobra contra un presidente: fueron un golpe contra el pueblo.
The barriers to organizing a general strike in the United States in response to the myriad miseries American workers are facing are massive. But we can’t move toward such a strike without at least putting the possibility on the table and discussing it — something the AFL-CIO has shown no interest in doing.
South Africa’s apartheid government murdered Steve Biko 43 years ago this month. But they couldn’t snuff out his political influence — the Black Consciousness leader remains a symbol of defiance against injustice and racial oppression.
As Joe Biden faces an enthusiasm gap in the polls, raising a very serious possibility of Donald Trump winning reelection, the campaign’s field operation appears to be lagging.