Capitalism’s Gravediggers
How we define capitalism and think about its development shapes how we struggle to transcend it.
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Averting Annihilation
To prevent nuclear catastrophe, we must stand in solidarity with ordinary people across the Korean peninsula.
Abolish the Military
We should honor those killed and injured in past US wars by stopping future ones.
The Future of Greece
Syriza continues to oversee the implementation of austerity. But all is not hopeless in Greece.
Nicholas Kristof Saves the World
In his new project, Nicholas Kristof argues that hope, not politics, can solve poverty.
Israel’s “Selective Compassion”
Israel's conduct in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake has revealed much about the country's values.
The Enduring Logic of Austerity
Austerity won't collapse under its own contradictions. We'll need a movement for that.
It’s Not Just the Drug War
Progressive narratives about what's driving mass incarceration don't quite add up.
Development From Below
Capitalists are interested in profit, not development. Only workers can empower the Global South.
Edutopia
Education is not a design problem with a technical solution. It’s a social and political project neoliberals want to innovate away.
The Fed Doesn’t Work For You
What's behind the Fed's recent interest rate hike? A desire to keep workers insecure and wages depressed.
An Anticapitalism That Can Win
We should engage with and update the revolutionary Marxist tradition — not reject it.
Syriza’s Red Lines
On Friday, Greece delayed its debt payment to the International Monetary Fund. Is a default imminent?
The Forgotten Massacres
Fifty years ago, hundreds of thousands of Indonesian communists were slaughtered — all with the support of the US.
The Sweatshop Feminists
Global elites have appropriated feminist language to justify brutal exploitation and neoliberal development.
Time Is Political
The fight to control the working day remains one of our most important labor struggles.
Chomsky and His Critics
Noam Chomsky on ISIS, his foreign policy critics, and why socialist ideas are "never far below the surface."
Soccer’s Sexist Political Economy
Women's soccer players are paid poorly because of a patriarchal funding model — not because their game is inferior.
China Fantasies
Illusions on both the Left and Right about China miss how the contradictions of capitalism are shaping that country’s development.
The Other March on Washington
As Nazism was challenged abroad, A. Philip Randolph led an uncompromising campaign for democracy at home.