Germany’s Hidden Crisis
Liberals praise modern Germany as Europe’s great success story. But behind the veneer of prosperity, resentment is building among ordinary Germans.
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Leave the EU Already
The European Union is one of the chief enemies of democracy in the world today. Britain should leave it, with or without a Brexit deal.
The SPD Needs More Than Just New Leaders
After more than 20 years of dogmatic neoliberalism, Germany’s Social Democrats have elected their first left-leaning leadership in a generation. But it may be too late to win back workers.
Labour’s Battle-Scarred Campaigners Are Unbowed
For Labour door-knockers, defeat was bitter, but the experience built skills and solidarities that will carry them into the next fights: preserving Labour as a vehicle for socialism, battling austerity and despair at the local level, and preparing the ground for victory at the next election.
Labour Must Become a Socialist Party
The stakes at this UK Labour Party conference are high: can it secure a parliamentary party willing to support a transformative socialist government?
Leo Panitch Was a Mentor for a New Generation of Socialists
Leo Panitch, who died on Saturday, defended working-class politics even in times when many of his colleagues succumbed to neoliberal triumphalism. His work had a political, not just academic, purpose — and its message will survive among the generation of socialists whose thinking he shaped.
A Green New Deal for Europe
Europe’s rising far right want to make the EU elections a vote on defending national identity. For the socialist left, the elections are about defending the planet itself.
The Trump Way
Trump's infrastructure and jobs proposals might ruffle some establishment feathers, but he'll still be terrible for workers.
Exceptional Times
Sinn Féin's surge in Northern Ireland has transformed the political landscape. The Left can't fail to take advantage.
Saving the NHS
Britain's junior doctors' strike isn't just about pay — it's about preserving a health system based on need, not profit.
An Open Letter to the British Left
A Greek leftist on why British socialists shouldn’t shy away from rejecting the European Union.
We Don’t Have to Be Polite
A leader of Norway's Socialist Left Party on tomorrow's elections and how small, insurgent parties can change society.
Fascisms Old and New
The rise of Bolsonaro in Brazil, Trump in the US, and the far right throughout Europe has the word “fascism” on everyone’s lips. But that rising Right is distinct from twentieth-century fascism in key ways.
The Tory Lie Machine
Aided and abetted by an anti-Labour media, the Tories have been on an unprecedented lying streak. If they find they can get away with this kind of mendacity and still win an election, there will be no limit to their willingness to lie in government.
The French Left’s Long March to the Right
Le Monde Diplomatique’s Serge Halimi dissects the collective suicide of France’s center-left — and how its new far left can pick up the pieces.
The “Crisis of Democracy” Around the World Is a Crisis of the Working Class
Our global crisis of democracy is real, but its solution isn't rebuilding political norms. It's rebuilding working-class power.
Can the Ruling Class Speak?
Talking about elites isn't just the realm of conspiracy theorists. In fact, it's a vital component of left-wing politics.
Left-Populism Is Down but Not Out
Setbacks for left-wing parties across Europe have led many analysts to declare the end of the “left-populist moment” which began after the financial crisis. But these defeats don’t have to be permanent — and populist strategies remain a vital means of mass mobilization.
Revolutionary Socialists in the Democratic-Socialist Moment
Right now, democratic socialism is on the rise in American society. Revolutionary socialists who have kept the torch of socialism burning during the lean years will now have to merge with democratic-socialist demands of the current moment.
The Immodest Victorian Socialists
Socialists have long been on the margins of Australian political life. That's beginning to change.