A Better Olympics Is Possible
We can turn the Olympics from a corporate wonderland into a place of mass celebration and popular competition.
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South Africa’s Coming Two-Party System
Recent local elections show the bleak future of South African politics: two centrist parties and no left alternative.
Designing the Soviet Union
Soviet architecture had diverse and ambitious ideas for transforming the spaces people live, work, and travel in.
Locke’s Folly
Jeffersonian Democrats made a serious attempt to implement Locke’s theories. Colonization and expropriation followed.
The Conservative Movement Has No Decency
Framing Donald Trump as an indecent anomaly exonerates the movement and party that produced him.
Labour’s Crises
The Labour Party's historical crises are rooted in crises of capitalism.
How the War on Terror Fuels Trump
The bipartisan consensus of endless wars and attacks on civil liberties laid the groundwork for Trump's toxic agenda.
Another Police Murder in Chicago
The police's flippant behavior towards their victims confirms that the institution will never reform itself.
Resilience for Whom?
The Japanese prime minister's plans for "resilience" will serve corporations and US military goals more than the Japanese people.
The Third Capitalist Party
The Libertarian Party is trying to position itself as an alternative to both Clinton and Trump. But there’s nothing progressive about it.
Labour’s Red Scare
Tom Watson’s hunt for Trotskyists does more than misrepresent Corbyn’s movement — it opens the door to attacks on party democracy.
Doubling Down in Atlantic City
The casino workers' strike at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino is a defining battle for American labor.