From Climate Crisis to Solar Communism
The proposals elites are offering at COP21 wouldn't halt climate change. What would a socialist solution look like?
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s life is intimately tied to US energy policy and all the social devastation that comes with it.
Why Shadow Banking Is Bigger Than Ever
Despite nearly destroying the global economy in 2008, the shadow banking revolution marches on.
Indonesia’s Red Slaughter
From 1965 to 1966, the Indonesian military and its allies massacred hundreds of thousands of Communists — often with the active aid of Western, democratic governments.
Logistics Firms Have Used the Pandemic to Boost Profits and Make Workers More Precarious
With millions of people ordering basic necessities direct to their homes, the pandemic has massively strengthened big distributors like FedEx and Amazon. But while official discourse celebrates delivery drivers as “heroes,” the logistics firms themselves have used the crisis to undermine workers’ most basic rights.
Trump In Singapore
The scheduled US–North Korea summit is just days away. Here's a look at where things stand.
“I am not here as the accused, I am here as the accuser of capitalism”
100 years ago today Scottish socialist John Maclean, accused of sedition for his revolutionary organising, delivered an iconic defence of socialism from the dock.
Stopping the GM Shutdowns
What can workers and communities do when the company pulls the plug on an entire workplace? Tariffs and boycotts won’t cut it — the only answer is democratic planning.
Uneven and Combined
If we want people-centered development in the Global South, it will have to be led by strong left movements.
The Book of Paul
From British Hong Kong to Paul Romer’s charter cities, neoliberals have a solution for us all.
The Right’s Green Awakening
Leading Republicans are abandoning climate-change denialism in order to design "green" policy favorable to capital.
Forgetting and Remembering
Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen on the self-serving stories the US state tells about the Vietnam War.
Che Guevara in the Congo
Che Guevara's expedition in the Congo, though ill-fated, stands as a crucial example of anti-imperialist solidarity.
Inside the Khmer Rouge’s Killing Fields
Amid the devastation of war, Pol Pot's genocidal regime came to power and led to the death of over a million Cambodians. Its roots didn't lie in its "utopianism," but in imperialist war and authoritarianism.
Challenging Abe’s Japan
The growing youth movement against Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is disrupting Japan's conservative status quo.
How the Left Should Respond to a New Global Slump
If the global economy comes skidding to a halt sometime soon, the results for the vast majority of people around the world would be miserable. The Left needs to be prepared for it.
Che Guevara in Nepal
Che Guevara never actually visited Nepal. But the country is marked by his legacy.
Our Fight for Survival
Ahead of COP21, confronting fossil capital is our only hope for averting cataclysmic climate change.
The Woke NBA Only Cares About Profit
Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey might get fired for tweeting in solidarity with Hong Kong protesters. For all the NBA's liberal pretenses, it's a reminder that the league — and woke capital as a whole — really cares about profits, not principles.
Libya and Its Contexts
The Libyan campaign not only caused extensive death and human rights violations, but it may usher in decades of more war.