What Nixon’s Left Turn Means
That Cynthia Nixon is proclaiming herself a socialist shows the ascendance and popularity of left politics, in New York and across the country.
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In New Jersey, Activists Are Learning What “Abolish ICE” Means in the Biden Era
Post-Trump, immigrant justice is far out of the spotlight. But many immigrant rights activists, like those organizing to shutter a dismal ICE facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey, haven't given up, despite a tough slog of fighting the Trump-like policies of Joe Biden.
Latin America’s Second Wave of Left-Wing Governments Could Be More Powerful Than the First
A few years ago, commentators were announcing the demise of the Latin American left. But if Lula wins this autumn’s presidential election in Brazil, the Left will be governing the region’s six largest economies for the first time.
How Ocasio-Cortez Beat the Machine
The transactional political class was no match for the passion and moral clarity of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the broader socialist movement.
Technocrats Will Never Stop the Far Right, in Italy or Anywhere Else
Former central banker Mario Draghi has resigned as Italian prime minister, pushing the country into snap elections. Best-placed to benefit is the only major force that opposed his government: Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Fratelli d’Italia.
Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory is a shot across the bow of the Democratic machine. Here's how it happened.
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.
Meet Sydney Ember, the New York Times’ Senior Anti-Bernie Correspondent
Big surprise: the New York Times reporter covering Bernie Sanders has a long record of unfairly attacking Sanders — while neglecting to mention that the sources she quotes are corporate lobbyists.
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.
Feds Watching
We obtained the FBI's files on Delmer Berg, a Communist and Abraham Lincoln Brigade veteran. They show the bureau's determination to surveil and crush dissent.
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.
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.
Rahm and Elon’s Public-Private Partnership
Rahm Emanuel’s “public-private partnership” with Elon Musk looks a lot like the parking meter privatization that still haunts Chicago. That’s no accident: such partnerships are massive giveaways to corporations.
Eugene V. Debs: “Back Up the Teachers”
Eugene Debs supported the struggles of workers everywhere for power on the job. That included Chicago teachers — who he praised in this 1915 article, never before reprinted, for doggedly fighting a local ban on their union.
Socialism Makes Summer Better
In capitalist America, millions of workers never get a vacation. But for the past century, bringing sunshine and leisure to the masses has been among the socialist movement’s greatest achievements.
From Harvard to East Berlin
In 1952 the Harvard grad Victor Grossman defected to East Germany, hoping to help build socialism on the ruins of Nazism. Thirty years after that state collapsed, he insists that we should see it as a land of contradictions, not just a totalitarian monolith.
7 Democratic Senators Just Did Their Wall Street Donors a Huge Favor
For a group of Democratic senators, blocking an expansion of the child tax credit wasn’t enough — they also had to do a huge favor for their big-money donors in private equity.
Public Housing Can Help Solve the Housing Crisis. Rhode Island Is Building It.
Rhode Island is using COVID stimulus money to develop new public housing — exactly what we need to build a just, affordable housing system.
Bernie to Bolsonaro: Stop Undermining Democracy
With the leftist Lula set to win Brazil’s presidency, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro is sowing doubts about the election process. So now, Bernie Sanders is putting Bolsonaro on notice and insisting the US oppose any government that takes power illegitimately.