Historically Compromised
Aldo Moro’s murder on May 9, 1978 blocked the Italian Communists’ route to government and ushered in an age of political fragmentation.
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When Ramparts Reigned
How Ramparts went from Catholic literary magazine to the vanguard of the New Left.
Joschka Fischer’s Long March
How the Green Party wunderkind transformed German capitalism, and with it, himself.
Barcelona, a Beacon By the Sea
With far-right forces on the rise across Europe, Ada Colau’s progressive administration in Barcelona shows how local government can be a base of resistance.
Bulletin — Tuesday, July 10
Today in Bulletin: Could globalization end with a whimper? … Christian Democracy in the USA … China’s Marxist millennials … and more.
Everything You Wanted to Ask About Sects … But Were Afraid to Know
We joined the New Communist Movement because we were serious about changing the world. It taught us much about how to organize — and how sectarianism ruins everything.
Ecuador’s Great Betrayal
Ecuador’s president Lenin Moreno was elected to continue Correa’s Citizens' Revolution — but has set about dismantling it instead.
Over the Border
The Communist Party of Finland was founded 100 years ago today. Its fate was tightly wound up with the Soviet Union across the border.
Teaching the Rank and File
Once ubiquitous in working-class communities, labor schools have succumbed to decline. Their history holds lessons for any future revival of working-class activism.
Rise of a Monster
In the new memoir of Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's Front National, the powerful currents of resentment and authoritarianism that animate the far right are well on display.
The Bolsonaro Effect
What it means that a far-right fascist sympathizer is a leading candidate in Brazil's presidential election this Sunday.
The Mayors and the Movements
In 2015, a wave of social movements lifted left-wing mayors to power in Spain. Their experience in office shows the importance of linking institutional power to bottom-up mobilization.
Attacking Antisemitism
The Left must be clear that there is a small minority of elites who control the world, enrich themselves, and immiserate the many. But it’s not Jews — it’s the rich.
Spain’s New-Old Monster
Until recently, Spain was uniquely free of neofascism. Not anymore.
Building Socialism From Below
Figuring out how to fight for state power and popular power at the same time is tough. The work of Nicos Poulantzas shows how socialists in the twenty-first century can do it.
Have a Very Gory Christmas
Forget about Love Actually. This holiday season, take a trip back to Black Christmas, 1974's secretly feminist horror film that spawned a generation of slashers after it.
Talking About Power
The Social Democrats have collapsed. Die Linke is divided. Will the German left ever be able to contend for power?
Not Him, Us
Parts of the business press have painted the Italian Democrats’ new leader as a local Jeremy Corbyn or Bernie Sanders. They’re being too kind.
Just How Precarious Is the US Economy?
Work in the twenty-first century sucks. But it’s not because of a new “gig economy” — it’s because work under capitalism always sucks.
E-Votes for the Far Right
The far-right EKRE party tripled its vote in this month’s Estonian elections. It could soon be in coalition government — and Estonia might start looking like Viktor Orbán's Hungary.