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Joe Biden Isn’t an Electable Candidate
Donald Trump couldn’t ask for a better competitor for the presidency than Joe Biden, whose strategy appears to be a rerun of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign minus the brainpower. Biden isn’t the “electable” candidate — Bernie Sanders is.
Noam Chomsky: Fight the Class Struggle or Get it in the Neck
As Noam Chomsky puts it in a recent interview, “unless working people take part in the class struggle, they're going to get it in the neck.”
Capitalism Can’t Fix the Climate Crisis
Neither corporations nor liberals will stop climate disaster. The Left can.
The Ruling Class Isn’t Worried About Inflation
With the passage today of the $2 trillion stimulus bill, deficit-phobia appears to be waning in Washington. But it’s not because lawmakers have been won over to redistributive policies — it’s because they think the working class is too weak to set off inflation.
Why Is Joe Biden Defending Betsy DeVos’s For-Profit College Giveaway?
As Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos aided predatory for-profit colleges. You’d expect no less of such an enthusiastic education privatizer — but why is Joe Biden now defending those same predatory colleges?
Liberals Don’t Understand the American Empire
The Trump presidency briefly made liberals critics of US actions around the world — but now he’s gone, they’re back to believing America is the solution to the destruction it creates.
“It Provokes Screams from the Left”
A puzzle in the study of American politics.
Struggle and Progress
Eric Foner on the abolitionists, Reconstruction, and winning “freedom” from the Right.
This Didn’t Have to Happen
Many white workers aren't voting for Democrats this November. And we can't just blame racism.
Is This the Future Liberals Want?
In a 2020 campaign against Donald Trump, a bet on Elizabeth Warren is a risky wager on its own terms. But over the next twenty years, a turn toward progressive technocracy is not a bet at all — it’s an unconditional surrender to class dealignment.
The Bloodbath in Iraq Shows the US Can Never Be a “Global Policeman”
The anniversary of the Iraq War has led to widespread discussion of the US’s “mistaken” invasion. But the deeper problem is Washington’s continued claim to be judge, jury, and executioner for the rest of the world — bringing international law to its knees.
We Can’t Understand Islamophobia Without Recognizing Its Roots in Imperialism
Anti-Muslim racism has become a central theme for right-wing demagogues in Europe and the US. Islamophobia isn’t just a bad set of ideas: it’s a product of imperialism and the destructive wars waged by the US and its allies in the Middle East.
When Capitalists Go on Strike
It's not just "money in politics" — capitalists get what they want through structural power over the economy.
No Quarter for Trump
President Trump has so many groups at home and abroad in his crosshairs, and he intends to pull the trigger. It is our responsibility to fight back.
Hillary Clinton’s Empowerment
Hillary Clinton isn't a champion of women's rights. She's the embodiment of corporate feminism.
The Stuff of Politics
Giving people stuff isn't a bad thing. In fact, it’s the material basis of mass politics.
It’s Long Past Time for Democrats to Reject Austerity
Democrats have bought the right-wing lie that they must zealously guard against deficits by reining in public spending. The result: mass economic pain and poor performance at the polls. It’s time for Democrats to finally reject austerity.
The Democratic Party’s Real War in 2020 Was Against Bernie Sanders
In their sequel to 2016’s Shattered, Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen give a behind-the-scenes look at Joe Biden’s 2020 run — a campaign even more inept than Hillary Clinton’s, driven first and foremost by defeating Bernie Sanders, and saved in the end only by blind luck and historical accident.
Political Elites Aren’t Worried About Inflation
With the passage of a $2 trillion stimulus bill, deficit-phobia appears to be waning in Washington. But it’s not because lawmakers have been won over to redistributive policies — it’s because they think the working class is too weak to set off inflation.