North Korea, Without the Hacks
Most US reporting on North Korea is inaccurate fluff produced by self-serving careerists. But a new book finally shows how to do it right.
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First Water, Then Wine
Spiritual needs are more likely to be satiated if the basics — food, clothing, shelter, and employment — are met first.
Americans Want More Time to Spend With Their Loved Ones. Capitalism Doesn’t Let Them.
Americans are so overworked that Thanksgiving is one of the rare occasions we have to gather with our friends and family. We need an economic system that actually provides us the free time to spend precious days and hours with our loved ones.
Boris Johnson’s Brexit Shambles Is Accelerating the Crisis of Northern Irish Unionism
The Democratic Unionist Party lost its status as Northern Ireland’s largest party last month. Now its leaders are supporting another reckless Brexit-related scheme of Boris Johnson’s that will merely worsen the factors underlying the party’s decline.
The Corporate Media Is Using Coal Miners
The corporate media only pays attention to coal miners when they can be used to attack the Green New Deal. When coal miners are fighting for the pensions they deserve, the media is nowhere to be found.
“We’re Gonna Shut This Place Down”
David Ranney was part of the wave of US revolutionaries who went into factories in the 1970s to organize workers. In an interview, he discusses his new book about those explosive years — and the pitched battles his coworkers waged against both their corrupt union and the company.
The Anti-Amazon Ground Game
How New York City socialists and their allies combined electoral muscle with front-stoop politicking to keep Amazon’s headquarters out of the city.
Colombia Is Finally in the Midst of a Long-Awaited Opening for Left Politics
With Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez’s win in its presidential election, Colombia finally has a chance to roll back its decades of violence and inequality stoked by the country’s status as one of the US’s principal allies in the western hemisphere.
Amazon Is Waging Class War
Let's call Amazon's cancellation of its New York City headquarters what it was: a capital strike. It's a demonstration of why we must overcome capitalists' power over investment.
West Virginia’s Political Strike Wins Big
Within hours of going on strike, West Virginia educators defeated a dangerous education privatization bill. They've again reminded us of a simple truth: strikes work.
What a Teachers Movement Can Look Like
By following the example of Los Angeles teachers in their recent victorious strike, teachers around the country can roll back free-market education reform.
The Supreme Court’s Entire Term Was an Exercise in Reactionary Rollback of Basic Rights
It wasn’t just the end of Roe v. Wade. So many rights were stripped by the Supreme Court over the course of its recently ended term that it’s hard to keep them all straight. We have no choice but to curb the court’s power.
It’s Time to Try Fossil-Fuel Executives for Crimes Against Humanity
It isn't hyperbole to say that fossil-fuel executives are mass murderers. We should put them on trial for crimes against humanity.
Rick Caruso Is a Los Angeles Good Old Boy Posing as a Political Outsider
Taking a page from Trump’s playbook, billionaire real-estate developer Rick Caruso is campaigning for LA mayor as an antiestablishment maverick. In reality, like Trump, he’s just another wealthy conservative out to protect himself and other rich people.
Henry in the Gulf
On the “cynical operation” of Kissinger’s Kurdish affair.
The Baby Formula Shortage Is a Crisis of Capitalism
The Right has seized on the US baby formula shortage to discredit the Biden administration. It’s correct to harp on the administration’s failures — but the crisis is due to the dysfunctions of an economic system of which Republicans are the biggest champions.
Mass Action and Modi
Last week, millions of workers in India launched a general strike — a dramatic effort to combat Modi's anti-labor policies.
Elon Musk and Silicon Valley Don’t Know How to Fix the Transportation System
Elon Musk and his billionaire brethren have all sorts of harebrained solutions to fix US transportation. But we already know what would benefit workers: well-funded public transit and fast trains, powered by a renewable energy grid that serves everyone.
A Walk Through the Rich History of Struggle in Manhattan’s Chinatown
The public history of Manhattan’s Chinatown often exoticizes the neighborhood and its residents. But in its streets and its sweatshops, Chinatown has long been the site of mass struggles by Chinese immigrants.
Welcome Their Hatred
Democratic leaders are outraged at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s actions in Congress and are trying to reel her in. It’s a clear sign she’s antagonizing all the right forces in the party.