Power Has Returned to Power
The defeats for Barcelona mayor Ada Colau and Manuela Carmena in Madrid compound recent woes for Podemos. As popular movements decline, the Spanish left’s onetime promise has given way to the stabilization of the center.
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Let’s Stop Talking About the “Overton Window”
Socialists should be making well-thought-out proposals for a better future and building the class power to bring that program into reality. The idea that our purpose is simply “shifting the Overton window” by spouting the most radical-sounding slogans is an unhelpful distraction.
Britain’s Anti-BDS Law Is an Attack on Democracy
Amnesty International has denounced Israeli rule over the Palestinians as a form of apartheid. But the British government is trying to outlaw the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign and stop it from using the same tactics that helped liberate South Africa.
Resurrecting Thomas Sankara
Nearly thirty years after his assassination, African revolutionary Thomas Sankara is still inspiring the struggle for self-determination.
How Jeremy Corbyn Becomes Prime Minister
Labour must avoid being dragged to the center in the UK general election campaign. It's time to make the case for socialist policies that would transform the lives of millions.
The People of Kashmir Must Decide Their Own Future
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s violent clampdown is the latest episode in a long saga of repression and resistance in Kashmir. The people of Kashmir deserve the chance to determine their own future, free of repression or outside interference.
The US Has No Idea Where Its Ukrainian Military Aid Is Going
US officials just admitted they don’t know where their arms shipments to Ukraine will actually end up, and that they could fall into dangerous hands.
The SPD Needs More Than Just New Leaders
After more than 20 years of dogmatic neoliberalism, Germany’s Social Democrats have elected their first left-leaning leadership in a generation. But it may be too late to win back workers.
Requiem for a Chickenhawk
John Bolton is a glassy-eyed fanatic who wants to wage war on the entire world. Miraculously and thankfully, his tenure in the Trump White House before being fired by the president was largely a failure.
How the Cartels Were Born
What's known as the "Mexican Drug War" was fueled by American free-market policies.
The US-China Trade War Is About to Hit the Middle East
For the last two years, the US and its allies have engaged in a frenzy of infrastructure projects in the Middle East, seeking to consolidate influence in the region. This bid for hegemony is coming up against a new force: Chinese capital.
We Need Comrades
For too long, the individualist rhetoric of “self-care” has crowded out our sense of working collectively for shared goals. Comradeship is about our responsibility to each other — a responsibility that makes us better and stronger than we could ever be alone.
Winning “Hearts and Minds”
The United States won't be able to control terrorism, because it is unwilling to alter its imperial policies.
Joe Lie-den
Joe Biden can’t stop lying. He lies for popularity, he lies to protect billionaires’ profits, and he lies to cover his own misdeeds. If he were to quit lying, Biden would be exposed for who he actually is: a happy stooge of industry trying to squash the rising demand for a better world.
Leon Trotsky Was My Grandfather
An interview with Leon Trotsky’s grandson, who lived with the famous revolutionary the last year of his life.
Loblaw’s Great Canadian Grocery Gouge
Loblaw’s shareholders are laughing all the way to the bank while Canadians struggle to put food on the table. A recent consumer boycott of the grocery giant has sparked a national debate on food affordability and corporate profits.
Die Linke and Québec Solidaire Want to Rebuild Class Politics
Die Linke’s Stefan Liebich recently met with members of Québec solidaire to talk politics. Bringing together vantage points from both sides of the Atlantic, the discussion covered political strategy, regional differences, and tactics for future left victories.
In Theresa May’s Shadow
Labour strategies that try to win over English workers through patriotic appeals are both condescending and self-defeating.
The World Will Have to Pry Oil Production From Alberta’s Cold, Dead Hands
Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta — home to Canada’s tar sands — is fiercely contesting the world’s shift to cleaner energy sources. The fossil fuel industry reigns supreme in the province, and Smith is doing her best to prevent a just transition.
The Roots of Islamophobia in France
The rise of Islamophobia in France grew out of elites' need to manage working-class resistance.