When Rank-and-File Unionists Took On the Mob
In the 1970s and ’80s, rank-and-file workers often took great risks to attack a culture of corruption in the labor movement — including Mafia-controlled union locals.
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Europe’s Steel Industry Should Be Publicly Owned and Controlled
Europe’s steel firms are increasingly unprofitable, and rising energy prices are making things even worse. Public ownership is vital to ensure conversion to green production while maintaining jobs.
New York Is Closing In on Amazon’s Shady Delivery System
Amazon has long exploited subcontracting to avoid taking responsibility for its delivery drivers. A bill introduced by socialist New York City Councilor Tiffany Cabán would force the e-commerce giant to directly employ its drivers.
Israel Can’t Even Tolerate a West Bank Football Pitch
In the West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir, a football pitch is named after Awdah Hathaleen, a local man murdered last summer by an Israeli settler. Now Israel has issued an order to destroy the pitch, as part of its continual ethnic cleansing of the West Bank.
Toronto’s Transit Crisis Is a Class Crisis
The rich are ride-hailing their way out of public transit, draining fare revenue from the system. It’s another instance of the accelerating economic segregation of the public sphere.
OpenAI Is Bleeding Cash. Its Solution? Military Contracts.
In an age of algorithmically generated “kill lists,” anxieties about AI integration into military decision-making are justifiably mounting. OpenAI’s recent hiring of over a dozen former defense bureaucrats does nothing to allay these concerns.
La France Insoumise After the Local Elections
Local elections saw La France Insoumise make its first real gains in taking over city halls. Ahead of the 2027 presidential race, it still badly needs to expand its voter base to have a chance of winning a national election.
The Los Angeles Community Schools Model
Los Angeles’s public Community Schools are a model to support fights to protect public education and experiment with co-governance.
Bernie Moreno Threatens the US-Colombia Relationship
Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, a scion of Colombia’s right-wing political and business elite, is stoking a dangerous conflict between Donald Trump and Colombia’s government. His motivations derive from both veiled familial interests and broad class ones.
Crypto Is Flailing
Donald Trump used the White House to pump crypto to unprecedented highs. It’s still collapsing.
Trump Is Robbing You to Pay for His Dumb War
Not content with launching a costly and disastrous war on Iran, Trump has unveiled a new plan to pay for it by further slashing domestic programs that keep Americans economically afloat. His new 2027 budget document is effectively a political suicide note.
Stop Asking If Israel Has a Right to Exist
The question “Does Israel have a right to exist?” isn’t a real inquiry about the rights of nations. It’s a manipulation of discourse, a litmus test that forces Palestinians to offer theoretical assurances before their real political grievances can even be heard.