We Need to Say What Socialism Will Look Like
Socialists can't wave away concerns about the feasibility of a future socialist society — we need to offer people credible answers.
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From Meyer London to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Before there was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there was New York’s Socialist congressman Meyer London. His experience in Washington is full of lessons for us today.
A Metropolis on the Verge of Modernity
In the years before the Nazi takeover, Berlin was a pulsing metropolis. Hit series Babylon Berlin immerses us in a recognizable era of transformation — and despair.
Longing for Jeff Bezos
As if New York’s failed attempt to bribe Amazon wasn’t embarrassing enough, the city’s political and labor elite is now begging Jeff Bezos to change his mind. Let’s hope they fail again.
Why Oakland’s Striking Teachers Won
Though educators did not achieve all their demands, Oakland’s teachers strike transformed the city, won important gains, and empowered educators to take on the billionaire education privatizers.
“A Monument to Disenchantment”
In his new book, historian Greg Grandin shows why an expanding American empire has required an increasingly militarized border. And why America's founding frontier myth is finally coming to an end.
The Hillary Show Goes On
Bernie’s a Russian sympathizer... If only John McCain were still around. Hillary Clinton seems determined to prove that she’s living in a fantasy world of her own creation.
Among the Brooklyn Bernie Bros
Whatever the media depiction, Bernie Sanders’s first presidential campaign rally was attended by large numbers of women and people of color. We talked to some of them about why they support Bernie.
The Green New Deal Needs WWII-Scale Ambition
We can end global warming pollution and build a just, green economy in ten years with a budget of $50 trillion a year.
What Chicago Taught Bernie
Chicago is the city where Bernie Sanders first organized as a socialist, struggled for civil rights, and "began to understand the futility of liberalism."
When Nobody Can “Take Back Control”
With the emergence of the centrist Independent Group, British politics is in a state of near collapse — and the democratic deficiencies of the country's politics have been exposed.
The Reds and the Green
The Irish fight for freedom inspired revolutionaries around the world. Yet the Comintern founded in 1919 struggled to build a lasting socialist presence in independent Ireland’s politics.