
Socialist in Name Only
The Socialist International has long embraced capitalism in some of its worst forms.

The Socialist International has long embraced capitalism in some of its worst forms.

Nothing in film is more exposing than the big attempt at meaning and poignance that just doesn’t come off. Sadly, Americana stands exposed.

In the last year and a half, thousands of left-wing American Jews have protested Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. They are taking part in a long tradition of anti-Zionist Jewish radicalism in the United States.

Pundits have emphasized Zohran Mamdani’s videos and charisma and Andrew Cuomo’s weaknesses in Mamdani’s victory. But easily the most important factor in that victory is the movement that the Democratic Socialists of America have built in New York City.

Podemos can still change Spain for the better. But it won't do so by chasing the political center.

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

Unlike many in his party, Eugene V. Debs believed the struggle for black equality was critical to realizing the promise of socialism.

One thing is clear after last night's debate: Donald Trump is the rotten fruit of the American ruling class.

With both major parties widely discredited, turmoil rules in Australian politics.

Shulamith Firestone’s writing captured the utopian spirit of radical feminism. In her last published book, Airless Spaces, she took stock of that movement’s failures amid the crisis of care unleashed by the destruction of the welfare state.

Two billionaires, Donald Trump and Elon Musk, are squabbling over the federal government’s spoils. It seems almost quaint to worry about a revolving door between the public and private sectors now that the whole facade’s been blown off.
The Berlin Wall's fall sparked dreams of a radically democratic East Germany. Unemployment and privatization followed instead.
Ellen Meiksins Wood saw a great danger in the reluctance of today's intellectuals to criticize capitalism.
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Bernie Sanders has deep roots in an American socialist tradition that once captivated millions.

Germany has clamped down on pro-Palestine protest more harshly than most other European states. Despite the threat of violent repression, protesters, many of whom were Jewish and Palestinian, gathered in Berlin to commemorate the Nakba.

Sinn Féin wants to be more than an opposition force — it wants to lead Ireland’s first progressive government.

The methods and politics of the Paris Commune served as inspiration for Easter Rising leaders like James Connolly.
Socialism will be the first absolute unleashing of creativity in human history.

Pope Francis, writes Marxist scholar Michael Löwy, demonstrated an uncharacteristic sympathy toward left-wing thought, even as his thinking owed far more to the non-Marxist “theology of the people” than liberation theology.