Attacks on Journalist Seth Harp Are Attacks on Free Speech
Seth Harp’s reporting on nonclassified information about the US’s attack on Venezuela has led to attacks from Congress on his — and everyone’s — basic First Amendment rights.
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Is Weird, Wild, and Fun
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the latest entry in the British zombie franchise, ups the ante with a Jimmy Savile–inspired satanic cult and mesmerizing performances from Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell.
What Was the Golden Age of Social Democracy?
For 40 years, social democratic parties radically improved life for workers. The labor movement and worker militancy made it possible.
Australia’s Right Wants to Ban “Globalize the Intifada”
State governments in Australia are trying to outlaw the phrase “globalize the intifada.” It’s an act of censorship that is willfully ignorant of the slogan’s meaning and connection with the Palestinian liberation movement.
In Harlem, a Democratic Socialist Takes On the Dem Machine
Darializa Avila Chevalier has spent years as a grassroots organizer fighting mass incarceration, opposing ICE detention, organizing for Palestine, and knocking doors for Zohran Mamdani. Now the democratic socialist is running for Congress.
Latin America Is the Prime Target for Trump’s Warmongering
While Donald Trump fires off threats of military action against countries from Greenland to Iran, Latin America is the main focus for his strategy of imperial retrenchment. The Latin American left will have to build new alliances against US aggression.
How Economists Depoliticized the Economy
Economist Clara Mattei explains how her profession has provided elites with a justification for austerity and exploitation.
Crypto and Big Banks Fight Over Who Gets to Fleece You
Wall Street and the crypto industry are engaged in a legislative battle over which business interests will get to fleece more of their customers’ money, with big banks hoping to close a loophole that allows cryptocurrencies to pay interest to investors.
Trump’s Greenland Push Is About Global Power, Not Resources
The Trump administration says it wants Greenland for its natural resources. But that’s largely fantasy: while the island has critical minerals and fossil fuels, there’s almost no infrastructure to extract them. The real motives are likely geopolitical.
Historians Have a Duty to Condemn Scholasticide in Gaza
An overwhelming majority of American Historical Association members voted earlier this month to condemn scholasticide in Gaza. AHA leaders overruled members to block the measure, opting for cowardice over ethical clarity.
“Bolivia Is Not for Sale”
Bolivia’s new right-wing government was forced to abandon its neoliberal reform package, pushed by executive decree, following the largest mobilization of the nation’s labor movement in at least five years.
Now Is the Time to Tax the Rich in New York, Kathy Hochul
New York governor Kathy Hochul is trying to dodge taxing the rich to please her wealthy donors, argue New York City Democratic Socialists of America’s cochairs Grace Mausser and Gustavo Gordillo.