Sacrificing at the Altar of the Euro
Breaking up the eurozone would be no simple task. But maintaining the single currency dooms progressive politics across the continent.
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The European Left Needs a Vision of the Future
The European Union remains steeped in crisis, and yet the challenge from the radical left looks weaker than ever. Popular discontent doesn’t automatically lead to positive change: it has to be galvanized around a realistic alternative.
A Woman’s Place Is in the Revolution
Rosa Luxemburg is rightly recognized for her enormous contributions to the international socialist movement. Yet the pivotal role that many other women played in the German Revolution is all too often ignored.
Jeremy Corbyn Remembers Anti-Apartheid Fighter Denis Goldberg
Denis Goldberg was a hero of the fight against South Africa's apartheid regime, jailed for 22 years for his activism alongside Nelson Mandela. Following Goldberg's tragic death last month, Jeremy Corbyn, writing in Tribune, pays tribute to a comrade and friend.
Yours, Mine, but Not Ours
Why the politics of national security means that we're all living in failed Hobbesian states.
Center-Left Governments Sold Out Western Sahara
Western Sahara is Africa’s last colony, and its citizens live under a brutal occupation. The Biden administration and its counterparts in Europe are set to cement that reality for generations to come.
Bernie Sanders Is Calling for a 32-Hour Workweek
American workers spend way more time on the clock than their counterparts in other rich countries. A new bill from Bernie Sanders seeks to change that, by shrinking the workweek to 32 hours with no loss in pay.
These Stunning Photos Show How Workers Held Their Own Olympics
The 1931 Workers’ Olympiad in Vienna was an inspiring example of mass-scale sports, free of corporate influence. These photos from the games show how the workers’ movement promoted collective joy and class pride, even outside the factory gates.
Iulii Martov Was the Russian Revolution’s Lost Prophet
The Russian socialist leader Iulii Martov warned that a revolution that sacrificed democracy would end up destroying its own ideals. Martov lost the political battle after 1917, but the development of the Soviet system vindicated his early criticisms.
The Referendum as Rupture
For Greece, only a "no" vote on Sunday can make possible a lasting anti-austerity alternative.
In Search of an Alternative in Slovenia
Politics in Central Europe are deadlocked between the neoliberal center and the ethnonationalist right. Can Slovenia’s left break past both?
Western Sanctions on Russia Aren’t Working as Intended
The US-led sanctions on Russia were meant to force an end to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine and weaken his hold on power. Instead, their main effect has been to exacerbate the West’s own economic problems and deepen its internal divisions.
In Berlin, We Won a Vote to Nationalize the Big Landlords
Last Sunday, Berliners voted to nationalize the big landlords and win housing justice. We managed to get over a million people to vote to expropriate 240,000 apartments owned by mega-corporations.
Nationalism’s Heretic
Polish writer Miron Białoszewski poked holes in nationalist myths with idiosyncratic prose.
US Workers Lack Free Speech Protections on Palestine or Anything Else
Whether you’re speaking out on Palestine, supporting a union drive, or wearing the wrong shoes, at-will employment laws mean that your freedom of speech effectively stops at work, and your boss has the power to fire you.
One Hundred Years of Mrinal Sen
This year marks the centennial of Mrinal Sen, one of India’s most brilliant Marxist filmmakers. His work combined a formal inventiveness that rivaled that of the French New Wave with an unflinching commitment to attacking the hypocrisies of India’s elite.
Ideologues Playing Battleship
The British Navy’s seizure of an Iranian oil tanker has sparked diplomatic crisis and a tit-for-tat action by Iran. Post-Brexit Britain wants to reassert itself as a global power — but it’s suffering from a serious case of imperial overreach.
Classical Marxism: An Intellectual History
The Invention of Marxism is a rich group biography of the founding generation of socialists, who introduced millions to Karl Marx’s ideas. Even where it falls short, its details still charm and provoke interest.