From France to India, young people have led the current wave of protests. Rather than deny the importance of generational politics, we can see it as a way that people make sense of their life chances and of the opportunities they are denied.
The result of Alberta’s referendum was widely expected: three-quarters chose to stay in Canada. The referendum’s other questions, and the political tensions they exposed, point to deeper struggles — over immigration and the country’s resource economy.
Lula’s defeat of the far right in Brazil not only secures the Brazilian president a definitive place in the history of global democracy but also offers valuable lessons for socialists across the planet.
Israel’s ethnic cleansing of southern Lebanon and Gaza has reached a scale unseen since the Nakba. The history of Israel’s offensives shows how depopulation is soon followed by annexation.
In October 1956, a protest movement in Poland brought a reform-minded communist leadership to power. Unlike Hungary, Poland managed to avoid Soviet intervention, but the opportunity to democratize its political and economic structures was missed.
Donald Trump’s popularity may be waning, but the political-economic conditions that gave rise to Trumpism remain, Adolph Reed argues. To defeat the Right, the Left needs to rebuild durable working-class organization and a universalistic politics.
The rival blocs contesting Israel’s general election differ over many questions, but they converge in their opposition to a Palestinian state. Even if Benjamin Netanyahu loses power, the occupation will continue.
Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump’s ambassador to Greece, has resigned. Her farewell statement lays bare the bigger story: how American exporters and Greek capital collude to make ordinary households foot the bill for their new energy order.
Israel’s election on Tuesday is the first since October 7, 2023. Even if Benjamin Netanyahu’s government loses, it’s unlikely to lead to a real shift in Israeli policy.
To understand the global appeal of the far right, look to Brazil, where Bolsonarismo has capitalized on social disintegration to cement brute exploitation as the dominant social logic.
The economist Hyman Minsky died 30 years ago today. Best known for his theory of financial instability, Minsky developed a view of capitalism and its mutations that was far more radical than many of those who cite his work appreciate.
Rather than slink back from its globally condemned genocidal conduct over the past three years, Israel is actually ratcheting up its psychotically bloody and illegal conduct right now.