It’s Okay to Have Children
Instead of challenging the pressures that capitalism puts on child-rearing, liberals surrender to it.
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Capitalism Has a Lot of Room to Redistribute Wealth Right Now
Some on the Left believe that the capitalist system will not tolerate any greater interventions in its operation or redistribution of its spoils. There is no good evidence that this is true.
Capitalism Won’t Collapse on Its Own
Capitalism’s recurring crises have long fueled predictions of its inevitable demise. Vivek Chibber explains why breakdown isn’t guaranteed — and why political agency, not historical laws, will determine whether we get socialism or barbarism.
Raymond Williams Exposed the Ruthless Class Oppression Behind Our Literary Traditions
Fifty years ago, socialist writer Raymond Williams’s The Country and the City challenged preconceptions about the gap between rural and urban life. His book exposed the realities of class exploitation — and imagined the abolition of the country-city divide.
Further Means Testing of the Stimulus Will Be Disastrous for Suffering Americans
If Democrats subject the next round of survival checks to more means testing, Americans battered by the economic crisis will find it even more difficult to make ends meet.
“They Have Been Clinging on by Brute Force”
Bangladeshi authorities have jailed the internationally renowned photographer Shahidul Alam — the latest move by the nation's elites to repress those who speak up for social justice and democratic rights.
On Geek Culture
What is Superman in the twenty-first century but a corporate mascot, albeit one with a lavish backstory?
Adam McKay Is Mad as Hell
From Will Ferrell comedies to The Big Short, Vice, and Succession, Hollywood’s greatest populist is taking aim at oligarchy — from the hard left.
Red the Fed
The Federal Reserve’s response to inflation is bad for workers — but it doesn’t need to be.
Building Civilization at Shenzhen Speed
Once the poorer neighbor of Hong Kong, Shenzhen has been transformed into a showcase for the speed, power, and dynamism of Chinese development — and a study in extreme inequality.
When Professors Oppose Grad Student Unions
"You are very lucky to be here."
The Real Winston Churchill
Churchill was no hero — he was a vile racist fanatical about violence and fiercely supportive of imperialism.
Ed Sadlowski (1938–2018)
"The workers and the boss have nothing in common. It is a class question."
A Battle for India’s Soul
India’s student movement is one of the main forces challenging the government of Narendra Modi. But the movement against Hindu nationalism needs to take root even deeper in civil society.
Zohran Mamdani’s Canvassing Operation Is What Democracy Looks Like
The kind of mass volunteer door-knocking operation that New York City mayoral campaign for Zohran Mamdani has built is the way to fight rising authoritarianism and the erosion of democracy.
Listen to the Soundtrack of Salvador Allende’s Chile
For years, the history of Chile’s Popular Unity government under Salvador Allende has only been accessible through written records and photographs. Thanks to new research, the vibrant and politically engaged music it helped produce is playing online until tomorrow.
Chile Is Still in the Midst of a Political Revolution
Three decades after Augusto Pinochet’s fall, Chile stands at the precipice of electing a socialist president and reordering its political system. But the achievement of genuine democracy in the birthplace of neoliberalism is far from guaranteed.
“That Secret Fire”: Italo Calvino & the Primacy of Labor
This essay is the first in a short series I'm doing for this blog about the idea of "the party" on the left and its relevance at the current moment, inspired by Bhaskar's post on Jodi Dean's talk, "The Communist Horizon." I start with the writer Italo Calvino and Italian lessons on the party from the fifties.
“That Secret Fire”: Italo Calvino & the Primacy of Labor
This essay is the first in a short series I'm doing for this blog about the idea of "the party" on the left and its relevance at the current moment, inspired by Bhaskar's post on Jodi Dean's talk, "The Communist Horizon." I start with the writer Italo Calvino and Italian lessons on the party from the fifties.