How to Escape the Present
The desire to radically challenge capitalism is widespread and growing. Naomi Klein’s new book is an important contribution to that project.
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The Second Emancipation
Until his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr led an unheralded struggle for economic justice.
A Very British Dystopia After Brexit
Set in Britain in the near future, the newly published sequel to the 1982 classic A Very British Coup presents a hellish but believable vision of political disillusionment and post-Brexit malaise.
A Very British Dystopia
A Very British Coup embraced the intrigues of class war, but its sequel falls prey to the mundanities of culture war.
Four Reasons the European Left Lost
The setbacks for centrist parties in the European elections showed that the EU’s crisis is anything but over. Yet the Left’s lack of strategy and identity has hobbled its ability to provide an alternative.
American Carnage
Trump's inauguration speech exemplified everything seductive and dangerous about the far right's rhetoric.
The Forgotten German Marxist Who Criticized Imperialism
German theorist Fritz Sternberg, who wrote on the rise of the Nazis, the Cold War, and decolonization, remains an underappreciated figure in Western Marxism. His work offers crucial insights about the centrality of internationalism to socialist politics.
AOC and Ilhan Omar Are Anchors of a Movement
By endorsing Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar have positioned themselves as electoral anchors in the years to come.
George Wallace’s ’68
For every American won over to radicalism in 1968, there was another captured by George Wallace’s right-wing populism.
What Happened to the Arab Spring?
It's been five years since the start of the Tunisian uprising. What was won — and what remains — in the Arab Spring?
Squid Game 2, an Allegory of Capitalism Versus Democracy
In the nail-biting new season of Netflix’s hit series Squid Game, players’ desperate circumstances push them to make fatally risky bets on individual success even when collective action might save them.
Say Nothing Turns the IRA’s Secret History Into TV Drama
The new FX TV show Say Nothing dramatizes one of the most controversial stories in modern Irish history, with characters that include former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams. Showrunner Joshua Zetumer spoke to us about the challenges of producing the series.
The New Democratic Party’s Joel Harden Is Fighting for a World Beyond Capitalism
The fight against renewed Progressive Conservative rule in Ontario will be an uphill battle. New Democratic Party MPP Joel Harden, hot off his reelection, is ready to rumble.
The Burning Question
For British Columbia's forests, threatened by the worst wildfire season on record, it's either socialism or extinction.
What Does Revolution Mean in the 21st Century?
We live in an era of major mass protest in nearly every single region in the world. Yet social revolutions as we knew them in the twentieth century are nowhere to be found. Why?
Nelson Lichtenstein on a Half-Century of American Class Struggle
Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein reflects on his long life and career, including Berkeley in the 1960s, Walter Reuther and the early UAW, Walmart, Bill Clinton, and much more.
Inside the NYC Democratic Socialists’ Powerhouse Electoral Machine
The New York City Democratic Socialists of America has built an electoral powerhouse with no paid staff and just a few years of political experience. Here’s how they pulled it off.
AMLO’s War on Neoliberal Corruption
Since the 1990s, the Mexican right has portrayed privatization and deregulation as democratic causes. AMLO’s redistributive program cuts through this framing, casting neoliberalism as a form of corruption that disempowers ordinary Mexicans.
You Have to See Parasite
The brilliance of Parasite doesn’t lie in any political allegory it weaves, but instead in its depiction of the cruel realities of trying to make it in a capitalist system set against you. Everyone should go see it.
We Now Have a Democratic-Socialist “Leisure Agenda”
In the United States, we have few holidays, work long hours, and barely get vacation and sick days. There is a better way — we can win more free time and the fundamental right to relax from our bosses.