Socialists and the Horse Race
Will backing Bernie Sanders help build an independent left? A debate.
19512 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 Dynamics of Retreat
The same politics that underpinned the welfare state brought about its collapse.
The Primary Isn’t Over
Five theses on the Super Tuesday results.
Modi’s Student Crackdown
Amid economic failure and a rising student movement, Indian Prime Minister Modi has turned to outright repression.
Speculating a Better Future
For too long, speculative fiction has been hostile to emancipatory politics. That’s finally starting to change.
The New Republicans
The Democratic Party establishment has given up on the policies that would attract disaffected workers.
The Socialist Case for Reparations
Class politics and reparations aren’t at odds — they’re part of the same struggle.
Bernie Versus the Earthquake Industry
Bernie Sanders’s wholesale opposition to fracking could help him in key Super Tuesday contests.
Feminism Against Capitalism
Today and every day, we need a feminism of the 99%.
Fear and Pandering in the Palmetto State
Why did Bernie Sanders lose in South Carolina, and what does it mean going forward?
Welfare Reform, Then and Now
The welfare reform bill Hillary Clinton championed has doubled the number of people living on less than $2 a day.
Nurses for Bernie
Meet the nurses trying to make Bernie Sanders’s “political revolution” a reality.
The Wrong Kind of Experience
Hillary Clinton’s record suggests she’ll wield power to undermine progressive goals — not advance them.
Shit Gerry Adams Says
A look at the Twitter escapades of Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams.
The Post-Hope Democrats
The latest attacks on Bernie Sanders reveal that the Democratic Party is intent on driving down expectations.
Social Democracy’s Last Rounds
When business isn’t intimidated enough to accept constraints on its power, capitalism suffocates democracy.
Turkey’s Decisive Year
Chaos, violence, and authoritarian rule reign in Turkey. Is there any opening for the Kurdish liberation movement?
The Void Stares Back
Has the decline of the mass party caused the decline of democracy itself?
When Wonks Attack
Beltway wonks are dismissing Bernie Sanders’s economic plan as unserious and unrealistic. Here’s why they’re wrong.