When the South Held the Keys

The slaveholding class defeated in the Civil War were no ragtag band of sectionalists — they were the masters of the US state.

Workers Hold the Keys

Despite the threat of automation and the weakness of organized labor, workers still hold the key to winning social change.

How Oakland Tenants Forced Their Landlord to Turn Over the Keys

The city of Oakland’s longest rent strike has ended in victory for tenants. They didn’t just win necessary repairs or rent control; they decommodified their housing, getting profit-motivated landlords out of the picture altogether.

Who Will Pay for LA’s Wildfires?

With record-high damages from climate disasters like the LA wildfires, a deregulated insurance industry is posting record profits.

Lincoln on the Nightmare of Federalism

Knock the Hustle

Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming service is just another "sharing economy" scam.

Stress Is a Collective Issue, Not Just an Individual One

Corporate stress management techniques emphasize individualized solutions to our anxieties and stresses. But a society plagued by stress has to solve its stress problems collectively, not just individually.

Los Angeles Is Refusing to Enforce Hard-Won Tenant Protections

In Los Angeles, emboldened tenants are winning big against abusive corporate landlords. But as the city fails to enforce the terms of their victories, landlords continue to harass tenants with impunity.

The Road House Remake Is Actually a Great Time

Do you ever hear about a new movie like the Road House remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal, assume it’s terrible, mentally prepare your vicious takedown of it — and then watch it? And it’s actually. . . good?

Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over — But Tenants Can Use Their Monopolies Against Them

Since the 2008 housing crisis, huge corporate landlords have taken over an alarmingly large share of the rental market. But the more tenants share the same landlord, the greater the number of potential organized tenants that landlord has to face down.

LA Tenants Have Won a Breakthrough Against Landlord Abuse

Since Los Angeles passed its tenant anti-harassment law in 2021, the city received over 21,000 complaints but referred just 35 cases for prosecution. Now Highland Park tenants have forced the first-ever enforcement through relentless organizing.

Rebuilding the Working-Class Base One Door at a Time

Reinvigorating class-based politics in the US depends on more than inspiring candidates like Bernie Sanders: it requires durable working-class political organization. Here’s what one group learned about organizing working people around bread-and-butter issues.

Liberal Delusions Won’t Save Ukraine

For some liberals, Donald Trump’s decision to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky showed that he’s a Russian stooge. But Trump’s crudeness is just a more striking illustration that Ukraine’s future is subject to US realpolitik.

Good Debt, Bad Debt

The 3-D Printed Future and Its Enemies

The Schizophrenic State

The American government’s response to the 2007–8 financial crisis reveals an increasing tension between its domestic and global responsibilities.

Workers Against Israel

Nothing is more crucial to the success of BDS than the movement’s relationship with organized labor.

The Sweatshop Feminists

Global elites have appropriated feminist language to justify brutal exploitation and neoliberal development.

How Boston Kicked Out the Olympics

Activists defeated the Boston Olympics bid by doing what its proponents refused to: going to the people.

Are We Winning?

The Obama administration's new rhetoric on testing shows the tide may be turning against corporate education reformers.