Segregation Is Back — And It’s Profitable
Capitalism has ushered in a new era of racial segregation in the Bay Area. To change course, we need to fight the economic exploitation that’s driving it.
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How Community Land Trusts Can Help Address the Affordable Housing Crisis
The United States is in the middle of a massive housing crisis. Community land trusts can help address it.
Zoo Without a Giraffe
Italy’s Democratic Party wants to lead the resistance against the government’s hard-right policies. Yet the party seems close to its death-knell.
Elmer Benson Showed What a Left Willing to Wield Power Can Do
Elmer Benson became the governor of Minnesota in 1937. His two-year tenure, during which he called the National Guard to defend strikers while other states had police crush them, is proof of the power that a Left capable of controlling the executive can exercise.
The Dada Movement’s Political Turn
Born in Zurich in 1916, Dada is famed for its antiwar, anti-bourgeois, and anti-art antics. But in Berlin after the Bolshevik Revolution, the movement took a sharp political turn, merging anti-fascist propaganda with leftist organizing.
Gig Companies Are Bringing the Disastrous Prop 22 to a State Near You
The gig companies, fresh from their Prop 22 victory in California, are seeking to repeat their success in Massachusetts, pushing a ballot measure that would strip app-based drivers of existing labor protections like the minimum wage.
The White House Is Blaming China for America’s Opioid Problem
The opioid crisis in the US is ravaging the country, leaving an enormous human toll in its wake. But rather than dealing with the root causes, the US establishment is using the crisis as a weapon in its conflict with China.
Putting in Time on the Line at Dodge Main
After the upsurges of the 1960s, a small but dedicated number of leftists decided to find jobs in industries like auto manufacturing with the intention of stoking radicalism on the job. Mark Levitan was one of them.
John McCain and the Question of “Honor”
John McCain doesn’t deserve our praise. But his sense of "honor" resonated with many, even those who abhorred his politics. We can't ignore it.
The Left Should Reclaim John Rawls’s Theory of Justice
Despite his towering academic reputation, John Rawls’s ideas have had little impact outside the university. That’s a shame: as the failures of neoliberalism have become increasingly stark, Rawls’s egalitarian theory of justice has much to recommend it.
When the Bolsheviks Created a Soviet Republic in the Donbas
The Donbas is at the heart of Vladimir Putin’s claim that Lenin divided Russia to create Ukraine. Yet the region’s real history shows how much the Bolsheviks struggled with demands for national autonomy amid the collapse of the tsarist empire.
What’s Next After “Right to Work”?
"Right to work" is about to spread to Wisconsin. But with patient organizing, the Left can still respond.
The Graying of Bankruptcy
For decades, capitalists have held down wages and cut social programs. Now the chickens have come home to roost: older Americans are going bankrupt at record rates.
Landlords Hate Rent Control Because It’s Good for the Rest of Us
Rent control means more money and control for renters and less for landlords. It’s why they hate it — and why we should fight for it.
Syriza on a Tightrope
Syriza remains popular with the Greek public. But the strategies developed over the next four months will determine the party's future.
The Immodest Victorian Socialists
Socialists have long been on the margins of Australian political life. That's beginning to change.
Socialism at Play
Radical game designer Paolo Pedercini on what video games can teach us about capitalism — and socialism.
It’s Not Just the Drug War
Progressive narratives about what's driving mass incarceration don't quite add up.
The Americanization of the World Cup Is Here to Stay
Unwarranted ad breaks, entry bans on some foreign nationals, and political tampering with the game all made this a Trumpian World Cup. But if Donald Trump put his stamp on the world’s game, it’s also set a precedent for future FIFA-organized tournaments.
Isabella Weber Has Neoliberal Economists Running Scared
Eighteen months ago economist Isabella Weber faced intense criticism for blaming inflation on corporate profits. Now her analysis is regularly featured in the business press — and neoliberal ideologues are whining about it.