The System Failed
Every day Donald Trump is in the White House is an indictment of American democracy.
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Abortion Rights Are a Labor Issue
Both labor and the reproductive rights movements are fighting for the same thing: the right to control our own lives.
The Gross Coalition
As Italians get ready to go to the polls this weekend, the center-left is preparing to do a deal with Silvio Berlusconi.
The House That Reuther Built
Walter Reuther's careful management of shop-floor politics shapes the UAW's relationship to student workers today.
Misremembering Keynes
The postwar order that emerged from the Great Depression was as fragile as it was prosperous.
Inside the Green Room
White supremacists still stalk the halls of punk.
Peter Thiel Wants You to Think He’s an Evil Genius. He’s Just a Rich Guy.
Venture capitalist Peter Thiel’s massive wealth and resulting political influence are symptoms of a profoundly unequal society. But don’t buy into his “evil genius” self-branding. His ideology isn’t a dark enigma — it’s just run-of-the-mill rich guy stuff.
Nobody Wants Some
Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! assumes we'd all like to return to the days when the boys ruled campus.
Australian Unions Need to Stop Pinning Their Hopes on the Labor Party
Since the 1980s, Australian unions have subordinated everything to getting Labor elected. It’s a failed strategy that has diminished union power, leading to declining wages and conditions for workers.
Dems Promised Universal Pre-K, Paid Leave, and Free Community College. Now It’s All Gone.
As progressives debate whether or not to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act, let’s take a moment to remember Build Back Better: universal pre-K, paid family and medical leave, free community college. It’s all been taken away — and you should be furious.
Mitterrand’s War
For François Mitterrand, France's atrocities in Algeria were stepping-stones to power.
Why They Won
The Verizon workers' campaign for union democracy set the stage for a successful strike.
Starbucks Is on a National Union-Busting Crime Spree
The union-busting campaign carried out by Starbucks indicates that the company will not stop until they destroy Starbucks Workers United. The rest of the labor movement has a duty to support the Starbucks union drive — before it’s too late.
Nixon’s Basic Income Plan
Why Richard Nixon once advocated for basic income — and then turned against it.
Spain’s Far-Right Resurgence Comes From Decades of Fascist Organizing
In recent decades, Spain has often been painted as the only European country without a far right. But even in the 1990s, violent street movements were building their forces — and now they’re entering the country’s political institutions, too.
Poland’s Abortion Wars
A proposed abortion ban in Poland would subject women to surveillance, criminalization, and even more economic hardship.
Paul Sweezy Was One of the 20th Century’s Great Economic Thinkers
The Marxist economist Paul Sweezy dedicated his life to understanding how capitalism works, and how it had changed since Karl Marx’s time. The big economic questions that Sweezy addressed are still fundamental for socialists today.
Salman Rushdie’s Stabbing Should Remind Us That Free Speech Is a Nonnegotiable Progressive Value
Last weekend, British novelist Salman Rushdie was almost killed for a novel he wrote. It’s a brutal reminder of why the Left’s long tradition of embracing free speech is so vital.
A French Spring
Popular protests have erupted against efforts to dismantle France's labor code.