Britain’s Made-Up Migrant Crisis
Political fearmongering about the effects of immigration on the British economy doesn’t track with reality.
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Where Liberals Go to Die
The centrist nadir in a nutshell: “Am I really so out of touch? No. It’s the voters who are wrong.”
Eco-Socialism or Bust
To confront climate change, we need to democratize, decarbonize, and decommodify our energy resources.
Loved by the Workers, Feared by the Bosses
Three years after his death, British trade union leader Bob Crow continues to provide an example of militant working-class leadership.
Germany’s Groundhog Day
Die Linke MP Fabio de Masi on Germany’s coalition negotiations, the revolt in the SPD, and what it all means for the country’s left.
“Patriotism” Is a Dead End for the Left
Labour’s new leader, Keir Starmer, wants the Left to embrace patriotism. But rather than bowing to the totems of faith and flag, Labour should be drawing on the best of its own traditions — those of dissent, mutual aid, and a radical solidarity that refuses to be content with inequality or injustice.
What Revolutionary Socialism Means to Me
The revolutionary socialist vision is a vital one. Today’s rising socialist movement shouldn’t discard it.
Bob Crow in Rojava
Who are the British volunteers fighting with the Kurdish YPG in Rojava?
Can There Be a Left Populism?
The European debate on populism brings the Left’s fundamental identity into question.
Something Frightening Is Happening in British Politics
This election campaign has marked a grim milestone in British political history: a pathological liar in Downing Street, Boris Johnson, has run a campaign in which all standards of honesty and accuracy have been tossed aside — and a ferociously partisan media has done everything it can to cover it up.
Divided They Fall
Tory disputes over Brexit are nothing new. But today’s crisis in Theresa May’s party highlights deeper fractures in the Conservative base.
Democrats and Their Promises
Of course Democratic candidates will claim to support progressive policies. Don't assume they're telling the truth.
Sabotaging Apartheid
Ronnie Kasrils, head of intelligence during South Africa’s struggle against apartheid, on his revolutionary life and the prospects for the country’s left.
The Extreme Center Is Waging War on the Left
In both Britain and the United States, a resurgent political center has declared war on the Left. But establishment politics and pro-corporate measures will only deepen the present crisis.
Stop Painting Northern England as a Land of Reactionary Proles
Labour’s dismal polling for today’s Hartlepool by-election show its awkward, flag-waving nationalism isn’t convincing anyone. Too bad Keir Starmer won’t stop playing on the Right’s terrain and start offering working-class voters real economic populism.
Learning to Fight
Teachers everywhere are fighting against austerity.
Keir Starmer’s First Year as Labour Leader Has Been a Disaster for the Left
Last April, Keir Starmer was elected party leader on a promise to make Labour a “real opposition” again. Yet instead of pushing back on a dangerous right-wing government, he’s decided to make the socialist left his main enemy.
A World for the Many
The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is key to the fight against Turkey’s brutal Erdoğan regime. But its struggle is also about building a different kind of world order.
The Transatlantic Health-Care Struggle
American advocates of Medicare for All should show our solidarity with Britain’s working class as it fights to save its National Health Service from privatization at the hands of Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, and the predatory American health-care industry — the same industry that’s fighting tooth and nail against Medicare for All here at home.
What’s Left in Puerto Rico?
Progressive forces in Puerto Rico must link social justice to national determination if they want to lead the island out of precarity.