Seven Lessons from Greece
Since taking power, Syriza hasn’t accepted what’s been imposed, but instead fought to create a new political landscape.
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The Third Way Is Still Alive
Could Corbynism come to Australia? Don’t count on it — neoliberalism runs deep in the country's Labor Party.
David Harvey on Marxism for the 21st Century
Karl Marx developed his critique of capitalism by studying England’s “satanic mills.” But, as David Harvey writes, he understood capitalism as a global system. Were he alive today, he would insist that socialists focus on Silicon Valley as much as Shenzhen.
In Georgia, Geopolitical Jousting Is Crowding Out the Real Issues
In Georgia, rival bills on “foreign agents” sparked mutual accusations of US and Russian interference. With all politics turned into jockeying over the country’s geopolitical position, discussion of its bleak economic record is quietly suppressed.
We Don’t Need Elon Musk to Explore the Solar System
Elon Musk is right to dream of humanity’s future as a multi-planet species. However, the multigenerational, millennia-long project of space colonization will be a public-sector endeavor, or it will not happen.
Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Whale
Why socialists should read Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick.
Bill Clinton’s Stone Mountain Moment
In 1992, Bill Clinton spoke from the mecca of American white supremacy to launch his "tough on crime" agenda.
How October 7 Remade Jewish Politics in America
For decades, American Jews were assumed to be uncritical supporters of Israel. But Israel’s war in Gaza transformed Jewish politics in the US and irrevocably undermined the legitimacy of institutions that sustain Zionism.
If Andy Burnham Fails, the Labour Party Will Die
Andy Burnham says he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But even if he becomes prime minister, the Labour Party is running out of time to show it’s on the side of working-class communities.
The Egalitarian Radicalism of Thomas Müntzer
Reformation-era preacher Thomas Müntzer’s menacing of elites and his role in the Peasants’ War won him a lasting reputation as a theologian of revolution. Müntzer fostered apocalyptic dreams of equality in a time of tyrants, only to find his head on a spike.
The Resilient Robert Mugabe
The gun, the bullet, and the fist are Mugabe’s trusted methods of statecraft. He won't be afraid to continue to use them to stay in power.
The Latin America WikiLeaks Files
US diplomatic cables reveal a coordinated assault against Latin America’s left-wing governments.
Catalonia’s Paradox
October 1 shook Catalonia and the Spanish state. What happens now?
Why International Law Can’t Save Palestine
International law has utterly failed to halt or even slow Israel’s brutal colonial project. The institutions of law can be tools in our political movement, but they cannot liberate Palestine on their own.
Ehud Barak Had a Very Close Friendship With Jeffrey Epstein
The recent release of more Epstein files only provide more evidence about just how close former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein were to each other, despite Barak’s protestations to the contrary.
The New Cold War Is Exposing Europe’s Fault Lines
Faced with the return of great power rivalry between the US and China and its own economic stagnation, the European Union seems as divided as ever.
Hobsbawm’s Long Century
The historian Eric Hobsbawm would have turned 100 today. During his life, he never lost faith that the future belonged to socialism.
Weimar Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu won reelection by outflanking Israel’s far right. If you listen closely, you can hear the rumble of fascism approaching.
The New Economic Policy Was the Alternative to Stalinism
Generations of left-wing thinkers have fundamentally misunderstood the young Soviet Union’s New Economic Policy.
Simone de Beauvoir Understood the Link Between Gender and Class Oppression
The Second Sex is rightly celebrated as a classic work of feminist theory. But it’s often forgotten that Simone de Beauvoir saw it as a socialist text carefully anatomizing the relationship between gender and class oppression.