Round Two
Slashed budgets and union-busting might lead to Chicago’s second teacher strike in four years.
19552 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 Rise of the Unorganizable
Wildcat strikes in informal sectors are challenging unions’ assumptions about where and who to organize.
Three Hours to Midnight
Alternative for Germany’s string of successes shows the party is here to stay. How can the Left respond?
Trump’s Middle-Class Army
Trump’s narrative of American decline has captured a bitter and embattled middle class.
The Tragedy of Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly’s anti-feminism denied women like herself the full measure of their talents.
Fora Temer
Despite police violence, millions are resisting the parliamentary coup in Brazil and trying to build a political alternative.
No More Lesser-Evilism
A strategy of “lesser evilism” won’t prepare the Left for the long fights ahead.
Evict the Landlords
Evicted sharply details the injustices renters face. But the book’s “solution” would end up enriching landlords.
Gary Johnson’s Hard-Right Record
Gary Johnson spent his time as New Mexico’s governor championing private prisons and austerity. He’s not worth a protest vote.
Dream Big on Labor Day
This Labor Day, organize for what we need and deserve, not what we’re told we must accept.
Today Belongs to Workers
Labor Day was born from the most radical struggles of the nineteenth century. Celebrate it.
Europe’s Left After Brexit
Former Greek finance minster Yanis Varoufakis responds to his critics and lays out DiEM25’s plan for resisting within the European Union.
Keeping the Student Strike Alive
Quebec’s massive student strikes emerged from an organizing model that constantly trains new generations of activists.
Taking on the NCAA
The NCAA wants to keep politics off the field. College athletes shouldn’t let it.
Socialize the EpiPen
The EpiPen mess shows that we need drugs that function as real social goods, not rent-producing commodities.
WrestleMania Politics
Want to understand American politics? Watch Monday Night Raw.