Joe Biden’s Pivot to a “Law-and-Order” Approach to Crime Is a Return to Form
Voters aren’t even telling pollsters that crime is a top issue for them. That isn’t stopping President Joe Biden from shifting to the right on crime anyway.
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Greece’s Tragic Rail Accident Was Caused by Austerity and Privatization
Last week, two trains collided in central Greece, claiming 57 lives. Unions had long warned that cuts to the now-privatized rail network would cause a severe accident, but neither the government nor the country’s corporate media heeded the calls.
International Women’s Day Is a Socialist Holiday
In much of the world, International Women’s Day has become a bland and largely apolitical event. But it has its origins in working women’s struggles — including those that gave rise to a mass socialist women’s movement.
Mainstream Media Is Doing PR for Pete Buttigieg
The press is supposed to hold the powerful accountable. But Pete Buttigieg keeps getting treated by mainstream reporters with kid gloves.
Louise Thompson Patterson: “Toward a Brighter Dawn”
Today, on International Women’s Day, we’re publishing leftist organizer Louise Thompson Patterson’s landmark 1936 essay on the plight of black domestic workers. Her prescription for fighting oppression in all its forms: an interracial working-class movement.
The Ukrainian Poet and Anti-Imperialist You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Vasily Eroshenko was a blind Ukrainian poet and writer of children’s stories. He traveled around the world teaching Esperanto, railing against imperialism, and witnessing revolutions in Russia and China.
NFL Players’ Injuries Aren’t the Only Terrible Aspect of Their Working Conditions
The National Football League Players Association just released team report cards. From petty payroll deductions to rat infestations, conditions for NFL players are surprisingly bad — an indictment on the greed and incompetence of billionaire team owners.
The Anti-“Terrorist” Crackdown on Cop City Protesters Is the War on Terror Coming Home
The Biden administration’s domestic “war on terror” was sold as a crackdown on far-right extremists. But it’s left-wing activists and other dissidents, like Atlanta’s Cop City protesters, who are now facing repression and being labeled “terrorists.”
Joe Biden Is Bringing Back Donald Trump’s Asylum Ban at the Border
The Biden administration’s recently announced change to border policy effectively resurrects Donald Trump’s asylum ban. It will cause harm or suffering to thousands or millions of migrants seeking survival in the US.
This Is Exactly What Israeli Apartheid Looks Like
The explosion of violence against Palestinians, including the vigilante rampage in Huwara, West Bank last month, is a horrifying demonstration of what apartheid looks like.
Marine Le Pen Isn’t on the Same Side as France’s Pension Protesters
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has often claimed to defend France’s welfare state from liberals. But as millions strike against Emmanuel Macron’s retirement reform, Le Pen seems to be aiding Macron's agenda rather than siding with the protesters.
Edmund Burke’s Defense of the Established Order Was Racist and Antisemitic
Right-wingers often hail Edmund Burke as a founding father of modern conservatism. His Reflections on the Revolution in France is based on fear of the mob — and a racialized worldview that blames Jews for upsetting the “natural” social order.