Rubber-Bullet Liberalism
The Yellow Vests movement has faced shocking police violence. And it’s not just from a few bad apples: it’s part of President Macron’s strategy to silence protest.
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The Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day
From the beginning, International Women's Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism.
Why Capitalism and Feminism Can’t Coexist
Feminism is about fighting for a good life for everyone, regardless of gender, race, or income. We can’t achieve that under capitalism.
Mexico’s Lessons for the International Left
Claudia Sheinbaum won Mexico’s presidential election thanks to her party’s record of passing universal social policies, respecting working-class voters, and rejecting biased media narratives.
Bolsonaro’s New Chapter of Neoliberalism in Brazil
Brazil’s 1988 post-dictatorship constitution enshrined a broad range of social rights and a modest welfare state. Since taking office a year ago, Jair Bolsonaro and his band of paranoid reactionaries have dedicated themselves to attacking and undermining those rights.
Brazil’s Abortion Battle
The Brazilian right's efforts to destroy abortion rights are key to their broader crusade against the Left.
A Pro-Israel Super PAC Is Spending Big to Defeat Summer Lee in Pennsylvania
Progressive Summer Lee is the Democratic nominee in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District. A pro-Israel super PAC has spent millions to defeat her, and she says it's because she poses "a threat to corporate interests and to corporate power."
Rigoberta Menchú Paved the Way for an Opening in Guatemala
Guatemalan indigenous activist Rigoberta Menchú helped set the tone and forge the climate that convicted the rabidly anti-communist general Efraín Rios Montt and condemned many others guilty of genocide during the country’s brutal civil war.
The Oscar-Nominated Documentary US Distributors Won’t Touch
No Other Land bravely captures Israel’s evictions of Palestinians in the West Bank. It could win an Oscar on Sunday, but it couldn’t secure a US distributor.
Australian Women Don’t Need Scott Morrison’s Empty Rhetoric — They Need Economic Justice
Scott Morrison has responded to scandals over misogyny and sexual assault with token gestures and hollow words that won’t get near the root of the problem. In order to challenge sexism, we have to empower working-class women through economic justice and redistributive policies.
“Socialists Can Lead and Change Opinions”
Diane Abbott on her life on the Left, the debate over migration, and her hopes for the future of the Corbyn project.
An Indigenous Reconstruction in Brazil
An interview with Sônia Guajajara, an indigenous woman running for Brazil’s presidency.
Four Myths About Kamala Harris’s Loss
In assessing Donald Trump’s victory, pundits have claimed the country turned right, the Harris campaign was too far left and woke, Biden’s presidency was robustly populist, and racism and sexism made the result inevitable. Those claims are all wrong.
Édouard Louis’s Latest Book Offers an Unsparing Critique of Capitalism and Patriarchy
Édouard Louis is one of the fiercest critics of the social harms caused by France's turn to neoliberalism. His latest book, A Woman’s Battles and Transformations, is a damning indictment of the brutalizing effects of poverty on the working class.
Operation Barbarossa Was a War of Racial Annihilation
The Nazis reserved two fates for the Soviet Union's people: slavery or extermination. The outside world still hasn’t fully registered the scale of the horrific crimes unleashed by the Nazis' invasion of the Soviet Union on this day in 1941.
The Last Convention
Ill fares the land in 2016 ... the shame of Cleveland ... America First ... 9/11=Inside Job ... Islamic Plots ... Alex Jones ... Build the Wall ... Police State Vibes ... Un-American Activity ... Loneliness, Despair, Frustration ... Meet the people ushering in the age of Trump.
Sheila Rowbotham on E. P. Thompson, Feminism, and the 1960s
In an interview, longtime socialist-feminist historian Sheila Rowbotham reflects on her decades on the Left, grappling with the reality of being a socialist from the middle class, and E. P. and Dorothy Thompson and the classic book The Making of the English Working Class.
Repealing the “Right to Object”
Today marks 40 years since Italy legalized abortion. But the promises of the law remain unfulfilled.
A Rebirth of Hope
Whether Corbyn wins or loses, we're seeing a rebirth of working-class radicalism in Britain that will not end today.
“Models and Bottles” Clubs’ Extravagance and Exploitation
We know the rich are getting richer, but what exactly are they doing with all those riches? Sociologist Ashley Mears examined one site of elite consumption: the world of VIP clubs and its rituals of garish waste and exploitation of women.