Gentrification’s Racial Arbitrage
When it comes to housing and gentrification, anti-racism is about more than purifying what’s in our hearts or our heads.
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Electoral Strategy for the Left
Independent political challenges are welcome, but breaking the two-party system will require efforts that go beyond the ballot box.
No More Imperial Crusades
America has done enough harm to Iraqis already. Further intervention must be opposed.
Bureaucracy and Solidarity: An Interview with Staughton Lynd
What strategies can reverse the labor movement’s decline?
Collective Panic in Venezuela
Venezuela’s colectivos are a myth created by the country’s elites to discredit the struggle for socialism and grassroots democracy.
The SPD Under Angela Merkel
With the opposition reduced to a dispersed minority, the German government is firmly in the hands of Angela Merkel's centrist coalition.
The Genius of Silicon Valley
Despite his libertarianism, Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley tears apart tech elites with a ruthless precision we haven’t seen since Office Space
Somaly Mam, Nick Kristof, and the Cult of Personality
Focusing on individuals in sex work’s “rescue industry” avoids the structures that created a fraudulent movement.
After Rana Plaza
Despite international accords to protect Bangladesh's garment workers after thousands of deaths from building collapses, little has changed in the country's factories.
Let Them Eat Soccer
Anti–World Cup protests rage in Brazil, but political struggle has long known the beautiful game.
Rank-and-File Environmentalism
Labor is often considered hopelessly reactionary on the environment. But democratic unions can fight for both jobs and the planet.
Jacobin Radio South Africa, Ep. 3
What happened to the African National Congress?