The Slaughter of Hiroshima
On this day in 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Here's one survivor's story.
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Labor Under Trump
Donald Trump's election means it's truly organize or die time for the labor movement.
Jess Phillips’s Failed Campaign to Become Labour Leader Should Be a Lesson for Centrists
Jess Phillips’s brief but disastrous bid for the Labour Party leadership is a cautionary tale for substanceless centrists in politics: just because pundits and TV hosts love you doesn’t mean anybody else will.
The Class Struggle in the North Pole
What's behind Santa's bloody rise? Three leading elven labor activists offer a class analysis of the North Pole 'gift economy.'
Mark Fisher’s Popular Modernism
It’s been three years since we lost Mark Fisher, but his vision of a socialist future endures.
No, Kamala Harris Isn’t a Marxist
Right-wing commentators are saying Kamala Harris’s endorsement of “equity” is tantamount to Marxism. This is nonsense: Democrats’ narrow advocacy of equity has little to do with the socialist goal of meeting everyone’s basic needs.
Ireland’s Revolution Could Have Taken a Radical Turn
Traditional accounts of Ireland’s national revolution have focused on military struggle against British rule. But it was also a time of popular mobilization by workers and women that could have put the new Irish state on a far more progressive course.
The Fight to Save North America’s Temperate Rainforests
An unbroken blanket of coniferous trees occupies the North American coast from California to the Alaskan islands. A wonder of the natural world, these temperate rainforests are essential to the continent’s health — and they must be protected.
Remember the Russians Who Fought Against Putin’s War
Almost a year into Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the state is cracking down ever harder on all signs of dissent. Today exiled or jailed, the Russians who spoke out against the war are key to rebuilding a peaceful, democratic society.
No, We Should Not Condemn Uprisings Against Police Murders Like George Floyd’s
The uprising in response to George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer this week has led to predictable calls to condemn looting. But the real looting in our society comes from the military, the police, the pharmaceutical companies, private equity, the landlords, the real estate speculators, and the billionaires — not protesters against police brutality.
DSA Has a Chance to Take Another Leap Forward in New York Politics
This spring, New York’s Democratic Socialists of America is eyeing a promising state senate race between Kristen Gonzalez and Elizabeth Crowley that could put the group in position to form a significant bloc of legislators in the state’s upper house.
Okla. Rep. Markwayne Mullin’s Companies Are Evicting Renters During a Pandemic
Rep. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results and has refused to wear a mask around other Congress members. Now, despite the CDC’s moratorium on evictions, his companies are trying to evict renters in the middle of the pandemic.
It’s Time for a Referendum to Unite Ireland
A hundred years since Britain divided Ireland into two states, the momentum for reunification has never been stronger. The Good Friday Agreement provides for a referendum on Irish unity — and it’s time to let the people decide.
The Global South Must Be Freed of Its Debt Servitude
The G20 has announced it will allow 76 poor countries additional time to pay back their loans. But it’s not an act of benevolence — it’s a desperate maneuver to maintain the global debt peonage that undergirds neoliberal capitalism.
If Politicians Want to Preach Energy Saving, They Should Stop Taking Private Jets
While millions struggle to pay the bills, the European Council president’s personal budget for 2024 is set to hit a vast €2.6 million. The EU’s outlandish spending on private jets for its leaders makes a mockery of calls for Europeans to save energy.
Environmental Havoc Is Making Colombia’s Mosquitoes Deadlier
Colombia hosts many of the world’s most dangerous species of mosquitoes. Climate change is making them more prevalent.
Britain’s Government Has Given the Green Light to Israeli War Crimes
British prime minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel today to give his support to Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on the civilian population of Gaza. But huge numbers of people in Britain are defying legal threats to express solidarity with the Palestinian people.
I Spent Five Days in Israel’s Desert Prison
I joined a flotilla to deliver aid to Gaza. After Israeli forces seized our ship, I spent five days inside al-Naqab prison, witnessing the cruelty of Israel’s detention regime.
The US Abandoned Affordable Housing. We Can Create It Again.
America’s packed eviction courts and overflowing homeless shelters are the result of decades of deliberate policy choices. We once made better choices rooted in a commitment to providing decent, affordable housing for all. It’s not too late to reverse course.
The UAW Is Right to Withhold Its Endorsement of Joe Biden
The United Auto Workers is refusing to endorse Joe Biden until he commits to backing an electric vehicle transition that creates good union jobs. The union’s new reform leadership is absolutely right to hold Biden’s feet to the fire.