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The Return of Engels
On the occasion of his birthday, let’s celebrate the incredible contributions of Marx collaborator Friedrich Engels.
David Rockefeller: An Alternative Obituary
Over a 101-year life, David Rockefeller used political influence and repression to shore up his family's power.
Real Freedom in America Can Only Be Won Through Class Struggle
A long tradition in US thought has emphasized the importance of economic security for ensuring individual liberty. But to truly realize equal freedom for all, we need a socialist politics fighting for democratic control over the economy.
The Economist Who Exposed the Hypocrisy of the Free Market
The economist Alice Amsden’s work unmasked the dirty secret underlying capitalist development: it relied on states breaking all the rules of the free market. But her work also showed that industrialization required corporate discipline, not welfare.
Happy Birthday, James Connolly
Born on this day in 1868, the republican socialist James Connolly was Ireland's most famous revolutionary. Over a century after he was killed by the British, his writings on imperial violence and the capitalist degradation of human life are more relevant than ever.
Silicon Valley Is Drifting Farther and Farther Right
Silicon Valley’s rising right-wing intelligentsia has plenty of money and a willingness to do the intellectual dirty work of some of the world’s most open reactionaries.
Seán Garland 1934–2018
A historic leader of Irish republicanism, Seán Garland steered a difficult course between class politics and the demands of the armed struggle.
Lula Can End the Jair Bolsonaro Nightmare Today
Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency has been a destructive clown show. A Lula win today can help rebuild Brazil’s democracy.
Lula Can Win This Year’s Presidential Election in Brazil
Lula is free and polling ahead for this year’s presidential election in Brazil. Is the far right losing its stronghold in Brazilian politics?
How Big Finance Is Making a Killing From the Pandemic
In spite of mass unemployment and a public health catastrophe, the stock market has been thriving, thanks to massive intervention by the Federal Reserve. We have to break the doom loop that links the Fed to the interests of financial megafirms.
Michael Moore Was Right
Mocked and derided for his impassioned defense of poor and working people, Michael Moore is finally being vindicated. He hasn’t changed his tune. The political culture’s just catching up with him.
2023 Was a Year of Hope Amid the Horrors
This year had plenty of horrors. But there was also much cause for hope, from the burgeoning pro-Palestine movement to the UAW’s historic strike.
We Won’t Forget What the Bernie Sanders Campaigns Accomplished
As Bernie Sanders listened to tired and dejected working people across the country, he said he wanted them to “feel less alone.” We are indeed not alone. United behind a common program, with full knowledge of our friends and enemies, we must keep forging on.
The Relationship Between Art and Politics Is Shifting
Issues of inequality, class, and exploitation have come to the forefront within the art world in recent years. Marxist art critic Ben Davis believes that the politics of culture are changing as a result.
The Great Reformer
Olof Palme's career illustrates the Swedish model's great successes — and crippling weaknesses.
Canada’s Inequality Is Driven by Billionaire Wealth
New data show that Canada’s inequality crisis is driven by both billionaire wealth and runaway housing costs. Without a meaningful fix, both democracy and economic growth will be distorted by entrenched interests.