The Bolsonaro Effect
What it means that a far-right fascist sympathizer is a leading candidate in Brazil's presidential election this Sunday.
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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.
Brecht Was a Revolutionary
Not only did Bertolt Brecht transform German drama, but his work captured his radical commitment to socialist politics and the emancipation of working people.
Israel’s Insider Radical
Haneen Zoabi has survived insults, death threats, and the vagaries of the Israeli justice system. But the first Palestinian woman to represent an Arab party in Israel’s Knesset wants something more — to be heard.
A Communist Mayor in Chile Explains How to Govern Locally From the Left
Even under right-wing governments, local leftist leaders can have a massive impact. Daniel Jadue describes the “people’s pharmacy,” cheap eye-care and glasses, public housing, left approaches to community safety, and much more instituted during his time as the Communist mayor of Recoleta, one of the thirty-seven municipalities that make up Greater Santiago, Chile.
Spain Under Strain
After their triumph on Sunday, Spain’s Socialists are pondering a coalition with the neoliberal Ciudadanos. Yet with nationalist parties on the rise, a government of the center will be anything but stable.
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.
Eleven Theses on Venezuela
US policy towards Venezuela is not motivated by a concern for democracy or human rights. And its arrogant intervention is making the country's humanitarian crisis even worse.
Power Has Returned to Power
The defeats for Barcelona mayor Ada Colau and Manuela Carmena in Madrid compound recent woes for Podemos. As popular movements decline, the Spanish left’s onetime promise has given way to the stabilization of the center.
“Neither Left nor Right” Helps the Far Right
From social democracy to Christian democracy, the old mass parties are dying. And it's the far right that's benefiting.
It’s About More Than Ricky
The toppling of Puerto Rico's centrist governor is a beautiful display of people power. The next target: La Junta, the Washington-imposed board pushing austerity and privatization.
The Indian Occupation of Kashmir Is Only Getting Worse
A report from inside Kashmir, where Indian authorities have created an open-air prison with millions captive.