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After Austerity
For the Left, it will no longer do simply to be anti-austerity.
Death of a Trader
The tools that make our increasingly digital markets efficient might constitute a vital part of a more modern, complex and egalitarian future financial system.
We Have Always Been Rentiers
The development of rentism entails not just a change in the laws, but in the way the economy itself is measured and defined.
The Strike That Didn’t Change New York
The Chicago teachers’ strike was a victory for workers around the country. But how do we move from homegrown resistance to a national movement that could ignite a shift in public policy?
Imported From Detroit
Behind American auto’s latest PR campaign lies a bleak economic reality.
Fellow Travelers
It’s impossible to deny that institutionally the socialist left is in disarray.
The Rise of the Machines
Automation isn’t freeing us from work — it’s keeping us under capitalist control.
Honduran Labyrinth
In a leftward-moving region, the iron fist of Honduras’ Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo makes him Obama’s sort of "democrat."
Life and Death Squads in the World’s Homicide Capital
In a society ravaged by crime, radical "law-and-order" forces end up being at the root of the problem.
When the Union’s the Boss
While some level of personal sacrifice on the part of union organizers is inevitable, that can’t justify rendering them powerless over their own workplace conditions.
The Industrial Classroom
In resisting standardized testing, today’s teachers are part of a rich tradition of struggle against dehumanization in the workplace.