Where Next for the Labour Right?
After two years of attacking Corbyn, Labour's self-styled moderates are lost.
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The 1993 Montreal Hockey Riot Raged Against Political Dysfunction and Deindustrialization
Montreal’s 1993 hockey riot wasn’t about one nation’s anger at another’s victory — it was an expression of fury over Quebec’s experience of neoliberalism and deindustrialization in the province.
Doing More with Less
Fewer workers are in unions, but density in itself doesn't always translate into power.
No, Socialists Don’t Hate Religion
Despite what conservative pundits say, socialists don’t hate religion. In fact, only democratic socialism can realize the religious promise of a brotherhood of man.
The Confusion Candidate
The Democrats' central weakness comes from being a party of business but having to pretend otherwise.
Fascism by Another Name
France's National Front has used all the old fascist tricks to gain power.
A Guide to the February Revolution
One hundred years after Russia's February Revolution, we answer your questions about the historic rebellion.
UAW Reformers Just Won Control of the Union. They Want to Turn It Into a Fighting Union.
Unite All Workers for Democracy, the reform caucus in the United Auto Workers, just won sweeping victories in leadership elections. Now they’re looking to transform the UAW, one of the largest unions in the country, into a democratic fighting machine.
Emmanuel Macron’s Constitutional Coup Has Thrown France Into Crisis
Most French people oppose raising the pension age, and there was no parliamentary majority for the change. While the reform has now been railroaded through the National Assembly, mobilized opponents see a chance to finish off an unpopular government.
Targeted Social Programs Make Easy Targets
Trump’s assault on Medicaid highlights the cancer at the heart of the US welfare state: means-testing.
The Enigmatic Anarchist
Lucy Parsons's life was rife with contradictions. But her commitment to workers' emancipation was never in doubt.
Die Linke’s Identity Crisis
With parliamentary elections looming this fall, the German left party is struggling to present itself as an exciting alternative to the status quo.
In Catalonia, Class Struggle and National Dispute Have Gone Hand in Hand
Catalonia has a proud history of popular protest, from the 15th-century peasant revolts to an anarchist-led revolution, and the anti-Franco resistance that followed. This has not been hindered by Catalans' desire for independence, but nurtured by it.
The Bolsheviks and Antisemitism
Antisemitism was found across the political divide in Russia’s year of revolution.
France Is Transformed
A close look at Macron’s election, the collapse of the Socialist Party, and the end of a long cycle for the French left.
Alain Badiou Is the World’s Leading Philosopher of Communism
While many radicals of the 1968 generation shifted to the right, French philosopher Alain Badiou maintained fidelity to the revolutionary communist project.
Bro Bash
There’s nothing feminist about leaving numbers to the bros.
The Vice of Selfishness
The Left shouldn't sharply separate "moral" discourse from "self-interested" discourse, because the two are closely intertwined.
Bangladesh’s Incomplete Revolution
The Left in Bangladesh has struggled for generations against Islamism and authoritarianism.
A Field Guide to the New Red-Baiting
Faced with a historic public-sector strike wave, anti-labor forces are sharpening their rhetorical weapons.