From Swords to Ploughshares
We’re held hostage by a political and military elite that exploits us to fuel its endless wars.
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Dream Scenario Tries to Spin Magical Realism as Cultural Criticism
Nicolas Cage’s new comedy fantasy film Dream Scenario desperately wants to satirize our celebrity-obsessed times. But with American society already so steeped in hypercommercialism, it feels like it's several decades too late.
A Promise He Can’t Deliver
Real estate barons benefit from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing policies — not tenants.
Time Isn’t on Our Side
For Syriza, there is an alternative to “strategic retreat.”
Podemos’s Latin American Roots
Podemos has gained traction by drawing on lessons from the Latin American left.
Spain’s Left Badly Needs to Join Its Forces
Labor minister Yolanda Díaz is Spain’s most popular politician — and her new Sumar electoral vehicle promises to greatly expand the Left’s support. But the project remains marred by infighting, with strained relations between Díaz and her Podemos allies.
The Smartphone Society
Just as the automobile defined the twentieth century, the smartphone is reshaping how we live and work today.
The Red Scare Took Aim at Black Radicals Like Langston Hughes
Poet Langston Hughes was invited to speak at Occidental College on this day in 1948, then uninvited when red-baiters released a report calling him a “subversive.” His story shows how the postwar Red Scare targeted radicals, particularly black leftists.
Can the UAW Rise Again?
Despite the ravages of deindustrialization, the United Auto Workers remain the US’s most important industrial union. Members recently elected a new leadership promising democracy, militancy, and an end to corruption. But change isn’t coming easy to the UAW.
The Left Needs Its Own Vision for a United Ireland
A debate on Ireland’s political future if partition comes to an end is already up and running. Left-wing forces need to put forward their own agenda instead of allowing establishment liberals to dominate the conversation about Irish unity.
Joe Biden Should Have Been in East Palestine Before Donald Trump
The Democrats’ absurdly slow response to the recent Ohio train derailment repeats an all-too-familiar pattern of liberals creating openings conservatives are able to exploit.
Strikes Are Up. Union Density Is Still Down.
New figures show that US union density dropped again last year, despite high-profile strikes. We should admit that we don’t know exactly what will turn things around for labor, other than bold experimentation.
Labor Law Won’t Save Us
The strike is still labor's strongest weapon.
The Start of Inflation as We Know It
In the 1930s, John Maynard Keynes built a new theory of inflation that sought to reckon with the proletariat’s recent and explosive entry onto the stage of history.
A Victory in Chattanooga
For a hurting labor movement, last week's successful unionization vote in Chattanooga was a small but significant win.
The ABCs of Socialism
We’re making a booklet explaining the basics of socialist thought to a wide audience. But not without your help.
Austria’s New Right
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party has deployed populist rhetoric to swell its base. Now the party is eyeing state power.
The New York Left Is Continuing to Make Gains at the State Level
Last week brought signs that the balance of power in New York state politics is shifting left.
Why Joan Robinson Blamed Unions for Inflation While Milton Friedman Did Not
During the ’50s-to-’70s debate on inflation, left Keynesians like Joan Robinson, who strongly supported trade unionism, saw it as a key cause of high inflation, while Milton Friedman and the monetarists, who hated unions, insisted they weren’t to blame for it.
On the Doorstep of Power
A Syriza election win today will be a victory against both austerity and the European right.