The US Is Raising Tensions With North Korea
North Korea is taking an increasingly hostile posture toward the US. It’s the predictable result of the United States’ aggressive maneuvering in the region in its great power rivalry with China.
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The Fight to Reopen a Shuttered Stellantis Plant Is Just Beginning
In their strike last fall, the United Auto Workers got Stellantis to agree to reopen its recently shuttered plant in Belvidere, Illinois. Now workers will have to make sure the company follows through on its commitments.
Pro-Market Third Way Policies Caused Electoral Disaster
Sociologist Stephanie L. Mudge examines how and why center-left parties across the world swallowed the neoliberal gospel — only to demolish their own social base.
AI May Very Well Change Our Species
Some technologies increase productivity, but others reshape not only our society but our physiology. Whatever AI turns out to be, the socialist strategy must be the same: increasing the power of labor.
The Zone of Interest Is Much More Than a Holocaust Film
Jonathan Glazer’s haunting new film The Zone of Interest follows the life of an Auschwitz commandant in 1943 as his family goes about their business with the horrors of the Holocaust just on the other side of a wall. It’s mesmerizing and unsettling.
Israel Is Brazenly Defying the Order to Prevent Genocide
Last Friday, the International Court of Justice directly ordered Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza and allow humanitarian aid. With its attack on UNRWA, Israel is blatantly violating that order, and the Biden administration has also put itself in the dock.
Elite-Driven Housing Policy Has a Long Record of Failure
Proposals for market-based solutions to the housing crisis have precedents in the elite-driven housing policy of the 20th century. Those policies favored business interests at the expense of poor and working-class people while worsening racial divides.
Chicago’s Cease-Fire Vote Is a Warning to Joe Biden
Yesterday Chicago became the largest US city to call for a cease-fire in Gaza, issuing a challenge to Joe Biden from a Democratic stronghold. It's an omen for what could be a turbulent election season.
Why Is Nancy Pelosi Slandering Democrats’ Own Voter Base?
This week, Nancy Pelosi suggested that supporters of a cease-fire in Gaza were foreign government “plants.” But the demand for a cease-fire is wildly popular among Democratic voters — and party leaders are playing a dangerous game by insulting them.
Trader Joe’s Rejects the New Deal
Trader Joe’s, the supposedly progressive grocery chain, has joined Elon Musk’s SpaceX in attacking the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board. The employer class can’t stomach any obstacles to its union busting.
AIPAC’s War Chest Is Growing as the War on Gaza Rages
Since the war on Gaza began, the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC has reaped $90 million in fundraising. The organization is using that massive haul to lobby against a cease-fire.
Violence Is Overwhelming Chiapas
Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas, birthplace of the Zapatistas and once a safer part of the country, has seen a dramatic increase in violence. A scholar from Chiapas explains how cartel conflict and a glut of weapons are creating a perfect storm.