The Democratic Deficit
The problem of the day isn't too much democracy. It's the accumulation of power by elites.
The problem of the day isn't too much democracy. It's the accumulation of power by elites.
The Labour Party's historical crises are rooted in crises of capitalism.
London's striking Deliveroo drivers are in a fight against the worst exploitation and abuse of the sharing economy.

Far from ending in defeat, the Arab Spring inaugurated a long-term revolutionary process in the Middle East.

Newly ousted Socialist Party leader Pedro Sánchez didn’t stand up against austerity, he sought to undermine the forces that could challenge it.

Croatia's SDP is a depressing case study of neoliberalized social democracy.
A left that does not champion the interests of every oppressed group is no left at all.

Our movement will exhaust itself if it's only fueled by outrage. We need to win people to a positive vision of a better world.

Brexit has opened a fierce battle between London and Paris for the favor of the world's financial industry. Whoever wins, workers in both countries will lose.

It’s we who represent the many. And the Democrat intelligentsia who represents the powerful few.

Compromising on abortion rights has the potential to undermine the entire left project.

It’s 2017. Time to stop worrying about the questions of 1917.

Class conflict isn’t something we choose to engage in. It’s just how capitalism works.

Latin America's largest economy is in disarray; its historic Workers Party faces destruction; and its radical left searches for a response.

The British prime minister’s vow to “defeat socialism today” reveals a leadership laughably bereft of ideas.

Class struggle and running for office often pull in opposite directions. But we can’t build a socialist politics without navigating those waters.

Market-based solutions can't attack climate change. Let's try nationalization.

In the mid 1960s, the Indonesian military massacred hundreds of thousands of radicals. The country's left still hasn't recovered.

New research reveals inequality levels not seen in a century — and it shows where these new super-elites live, too.