When Libertarian Judges Rule
Libertarians have a distorted sense of what counts as free speech.
19126 Articles by: William G. Martin
William G. Martin teaches at SUNY-Binghamton and is co-author of After Prisons? Freedom, Decarceration, and Justice Disinvestment (2016) and a founding member of Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier; he covers local justice matters at www.justtalk.blog
The Corbyn Doctrine
On International Human Rights Day Jeremy Corbyn makes the case for a fundamental break with the world order.
Podemos Under Pressure
With the Catalan standoff emboldening the Spanish right, can Podemos revive its populist alternative to the status quo?
“The Election Is Being Stolen”
In the face of state repression and blatant fraud, Hondurans are demanding their right to a democratic election.
More Free Time — for Everyone
Shorter hours shouldn’t have to mean every worker for herself.
The Feminist Case For Single Payer
It’s time to take health care away from the power of bosses and spouses.
Why Not Make the Rich Compete?
We should force the Right to choose between their pro-market ideology and their fealty to the rich.
How Obama Destroyed Black Wealth
The nation’s first African-American president was a disaster for black wealth.
Sexual Harassment Is Everybody’s Problem
Let’s seize this opportunity to change how harassment is dealt with.
The Return of Chile’s Left
Recent elections in Chile offer hope that the country’s neoliberal consensus will soon shatter.
The New Abolitionist Model
Julie Bindel’s The Pimping of Prostitution puts sex workers in its crosshairs.
We Didn’t Start the Fire
Class conflict isn’t something we choose to engage in. It’s just how capitalism works.
Evicting the Underclass
China’s campaign to expel migrant workers from Beijing is designed to wring more profit from urban land and reserve the city for elites.
The Same Old GOP
The rank hypocrisy and plutocratic aims of the GOP tax plan are par for the course for the modern Republican Party.
The New Communists
It’s 2017. Time to stop worrying about the questions of 1917.
The Few Who Won
How should we understand the October Revolution and its tragic aftermath?
Moscow Globetrotters
Statues of Lenin, once ubiquitous in Communist countries, now cast shadows across the capitalist world.
A Red by Any Other Name
Wondering what to call your newborn?
The Man Who Brought Pizza
Mikhail Gorbachev’s journey from Communist reformer to Pizza Hut salesman.
Straying From the Party Line
My last years in the USSR.