Donald Trump’s Reactionary Mind
Burke, Hayek... Trump? Yes, The Donald fits well within the right-wing tradition.
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Where Next for Finland’s Welfare State?
Li Andersson, the leader of Finland’s Left Alliance, on the country’s diminishing welfare state, rising populist right, and possible socialist future.
The Fate of the Party
The crisis of today’s Italian left has its roots in the transformations of the Italian Communist Party in the 1960s and ’70s.
You Get What You Pray For
The ultra-conservative pastor Robert Jeffress preaches white supremacy, misogyny, and homophobia. No wonder Donald Trump loves him.
The Second Time as Farce
The remake of Death Wish is a failure — because the law-and-order politics animating the original film triumphed long ago.
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.
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.