
Clarifying the Crisis
How should we assess the 2008 economic crash — and the political possibilities beyond it?

How should we assess the 2008 economic crash — and the political possibilities beyond it?

How we define capitalism and think about its development shapes how we struggle to transcend it.

From Spanish invaders to US imperialists, the Honduran struggle for self-determination has found enemies at every turn.

British Marxist Bob Jessop on David Cameron, New Labour, and the best way to take on global capitalism.

Some lessons from Syriza — and where we go from here.

After the Civil War, workers struggled to make wage labor go the way of chattel slavery.

Two days before the Canadian election, Stephen Harper's Conservatives seem on the verge of losing power.

The BRICS powers aren’t anti-colonial counterweights. They’re looking for new markets and resources for their corporations, just like Western countries.

Illusions on both the Left and Right about China miss how the contradictions of capitalism are shaping that country’s development.
After its financial crisis, Iceland put bankers in jail. But it didn't rein in capital.

Fighting corporate trade deals requires uniting with immigrants and foreign workers — not scapegoating them.
Taiwan's recent election was a referendum on its past — and a battle for its future.
Popular resistance can turn water from a source of profits to a base for anticapitalist organizing.
Genuine public safety and social justice will come from projects that build popular consensus and organize for real power.
Hillary Clinton's selection of Tim Kaine shows how out of touch Democrats are from the country's populist political mood.
Adolph Reed on assumptions about black voters, the legacy of the Sanders campaign, and the task ahead.

Hillary Clinton is bragging about support from John Negroponte, a Republican diplomat linked to mass atrocities in Central America.

The only thing that separates Donald Trump and the genteel conservatives who reject him is a few degrees of vulgarity.

The Democratic Party's abandonment of the working class cleared the space for Trump.

Standing Rock points the way forward for indigenous people and the Left.