Spring Flings

When and where organized labor’s been on the move.

On the Biden Business, Being Called Upon by God, and Biding Time Before Your Triumphant Return

On Being Hard-Core, the Best and Greatest, and Maybe Also Crazy

The Nonaligned Babel

In the center of Baghdad is a high-rise hotel, resembling a modernist version of the towers of ancient Babylon. Its transnational history reveals a different Tower of Babel altogether.

The Pentagon Budget Is Obscene, Even Without the Right-Wing Culture-War Amendments

The House and Senate are fighting over the Pentagon budget — not because anyone objects to an obscene level of military spending but because it’s become yet another a proxy for the culture war. The Left should oppose the budget for the right reasons.

Issue 50: Misery Index

Crunching the numbers on the class war.

The Life and Death of Saddam Hussein

The Iraq War began with a failed attack on Saddam, but it didn’t end with his execution.

Manufacturing Consensus

We sat down with Noam Chomsky to talk about the march to the war in Iraq and its awful consequences.

The Iraq Invasion 20 Years Later

How the American political class brought a disaster to the Middle East.

Yes, the Iraq War Was (Kinda) a War for Oil

In the immediate aftermath of the Iraq invasion, the US and British governments tried to launch a radical experiment in oil privatization. Iraqi trade unions spearheaded a brave campaign to thwart their plans.

“A Free Homeland and a Happy People”

Iraq’s Communist movement has survived nine decades filled with tragedy and fleeting success. Can it shape the new Iraq?

Bill Clinton’s War

Years before Dubya, President Clinton tried to get the public on board for military escalation with Iraq.

Just How Bad Were UN Sanctions Against Iraq?

The impact of UN sanctions on Iraq has been difficult to quantify — and that’s part of the problem.

The Postpresidential Speeches of George W. Bush

Now here’s a man with some wisdom to dispense.

Southern California Hotel Workers Are on Strike Against Automated Management

On top of issues like low pay, workers are up against faceless algorithmic management that can punish them for various offenses — including for refusing to cross picket lines. Workers at a hotel in Southern California are on strike against this practice.

Sowing War, Reaping Profit

For some, the Iraq War is a gift that keeps on giving. The most notorious defense contractors of the Iraq War era are still raking in cash — as are the legislators who enable them.

Iraq’s Misery

Decades of war and sanctions left their imprint on the country.

Artist Dora García Considers Alexandra Kollontai and Mexican Feminism

The newest of artist Dora Garcia’s films on feminist revolution, Amor Rojo’s simultaneous exploration of Soviet feminist Alexandra Kollontai and today’s Mexican feminism is the most compelling yet, but it misses the politics of the contemporary moment.

Mobile, Alabama, Just Diluted the Black Vote Through Annexation

Last week’s annexation vote in Mobile, Alabama, added thousands of white residents, reducing the black-white voter gap in the majority-minority city. It’s an effective strategy used by city elites to artificially inflate conservative political power.

Free Boris Kagarlitsky

Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, a prominent Russian Marxist, has been detained by Vladimir Putin’s FSB on fabricated charges of “justifying terrorism.” His arrest shows how the Russian state is silencing critics of its war.