Fidel Castro (1926–2016)
Fidel Castro was a towering champion of the oppressed, but we shouldn't ignore the limits of the socialism he helped build.
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The Case for Haitian Reparations
Haitians are asking the French government to return some of what was stolen.
Our New Itinerary
The airport protests have given us a starting point for resistance to Trump's presidency.
Macedonia in Crisis
Macedonia shows that without radical politics, political crisis is the new status quo.
Aliens, Antisemitism, and Academia
Alt-right conspiracy theorists have embraced postmodern philosophy. The Left should return to the Enlightenment to oppose their irrational and hateful politics.
The Dangers of Detoxification
The FN’s new image doesn’t mean the far-right party had a change of heart — it means the mainstream has accepted its program.
An Earthquake in the Making
A Mélenchon victory wouldn’t solve Europe’s crisis, but it will put us in a better position to rebuild the movements that can.
Dialectical Enlightenment
The socialist project isn't to rebel against the values of liberty, equality, and fraternity, but to show how capitalism is incapable of fulfilling them.
May’s Monsters
Theresa May is clinging to power thanks to the support of one of the worst elements in UK politics: the far-right Democratic Unionist Party.
The Language of Oppression
The MLA had a decision. It chose to side with Israeli occupation.
An Independence Day Alternative
How the “enlightened” leaders of the early US disregarded an Independence Day oration and set in motion indigenous peoples' brutalization.
An Open Letter to Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron is wrong. Anti-Zionism is not “the reinvented form of antisemitism.“
One Has to Take Sides
“Many sides” aren’t promoting racism and hatred. One side is. And ours is committed to stopping them.
Straying From the Party Line
My last years in the USSR.
The Rohingya and the World
Ending Myanmar's ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya will require confronting both local elites and foreign capital.
Beautiful Coal and Disastrous Droughts
Last night, Trump laid out a racist, xenophobic vision for what a warmed world could look like.
Shared Foundations
A new education project for union members tackles racism using labor’s strongest weapon: solidarity.
Labour Against Empire
In 1922 communist militant Shapurji Saklatvala was elected on a Labour Party ticket, becoming the first MP of color in the party’s history.
The Politics of Survival
Puerto Rico’s left is rebuilding in the wake of two disasters: Hurricane María and a neoliberal onslaught.
Bangladesh’s Incomplete Revolution
The Left in Bangladesh has struggled for generations against Islamism and authoritarianism.