Keir Starmer Should Recognize Palestinians as People
Keir Starmer’s British government has formally recognized a state of Palestine. But he still needs to take some basic steps to start treating Palestinians as human beings.
20179 Article(s) by: Yi San
Yi San is a freelance writer based in New York.
Socialism in Exile
In the middle of war-ravaged Europe, Asllan Ypi, a jaded communist and son of Albania’s tenth prime minister, reflected on a world shaped by the rise of Stalinism and the collapse of the liberal order.
Pro-Trump Billionaires Are Consolidating Media Control
TikTok is being sold to an investor consortium that includes Oracle, the tech company of pro-Trump billionaire Larry Ellison. The move is yet another big step in the consolidation of major media sources under right-wing control.
Pharmacies Are Blocking Online COVID Vaccine Scheduling
Many states are moving to guarantee COVID vaccine access in defiance of restrictions from health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But big pharmacy chains like CVS and Walmart are still discouraging and barring people from booking these appointments online.
Perry Anderson Writes Marxist History on the Grandest Scale
The British historian and New Left Review editor Perry Anderson set out to trace the history of European class societies from antiquity to the present. Anderson’s uncompleted project is a landmark in the development of Marxist historiography.
America’s Split-Screen Economy
The top 10% are responsible for nearly half of the consumer spending that’s keeping the economy afloat. There’s something disturbing about a tiny number of people having so much money that it effectively masks how poor everyone else is.
Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor
What does democratic socialism mean to Omar Fateh, Minneapolis mayoral candidate? “It’s pretty clear cut: you want to take care of everyone.”
Your Favorite Songs Are Wall Street’s Latest Investment
The growing popularity of the “Bowie” bond — a security backed by royalties — may sound strange, but it’s nothing new. In treating songs like annuities, capitalists prove once again that nothing is too sacred, or silly, to be commodified.
The US Abandoned Affordable Housing. We Can Create It Again.
America’s packed eviction courts and overflowing homeless shelters are the result of decades of deliberate policy choices. We once made better choices rooted in a commitment to providing decent, affordable housing for all. It’s not too late to reverse course.
The UAW Has a Vision for Green Industrial Policy in California
A recent report from UAW Region 6 outlines a bold vision for how to expand clean energy industries in California using union labor. It’s an example of how unions can get serious about industrial policy and assert themselves in the “abundance” debate.
Recognition of Palestine Is Not Enough
Israeli Knesset member Aida Touma-Suleiman argues that in order for the growing recognition of the state of Palestine to be meaningful, it must be accompanied by sanctions for Israel’s permanent illegal occupation.
Riefenstahl Exposes the Nazis’ Favorite Filmmaker
Darkly influential, the cinema of Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is a powerful blend of art and propaganda. She’s now the subject of a new documentary that wrestles with the question of the culpability of a talented artist working for a vile regime.
What Can We Do With the Right’s Delight in Pain?
Right-wing authoritarianism lures people away from the promise of democracy, peace, and equality toward destructive violence by offering one key appeal: pleasure in harming other people.
Kenya’s Gen Z Protest Movement Is Preparing to Govern
In June, a series of protests led by young people and others frustrated with regressive tax reforms and police brutality swept Kenya. Its Left Alliance played a role in organizing these protests, and now it is getting ready to win electoral power.
Yes, Private Employers Can Violate Your Free Speech Rights
In response to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, Republicans are arguing that an employer has every right to fire employees for speech it doesn’t like. This is a deeply impoverished idea of basic democratic rights like freedom of speech.
Flight Attendants Decisively Rejected Air Canada’s Pay Offer
Earlier this month, flight attendants at Air Canada rejected a proposed tentative agreement by a resounding 99.1%. It was the latest act of defiance by the 10,000 flight attendants at the airline, who illegally struck in August.
France Is in the Streets and Deep in Political Crisis
President Emmanuel Macron last week appointed France’s fifth prime minister since the start of 2024. This Thursday’s mass strike suggests that his gambit has done little to settle the country’s political crisis.
The Road Beyond Social Democracy
What would it take to go from reforms within the capitalist system to a democratic socialist society?
For Struggling Workers, Appeals to Democracy Aren’t Enough
After decades of rising inequality and stagnant wages for workers, a large majority of people in the US now reject belief in the American dream. These voters won’t be won over by calls to defend a democracy they feel has let them down.
This Health Records Giant Is Undermining Your Privacy Rights
Epic Systems, the largest electronic health records company in the US, is pushing users of its ubiquitous online health portal MyChart to sign away their rights to sue the company if it mishandles their sensitive information.