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.
Cuba’s Challenge
What did the Cuban Revolution accomplish and where can it go from here?
Photography Against the Walls
A history of photographers who prefer the streets to the museum.
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.
A Promise He Can’t Deliver
Real estate barons benefit from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing policies — not tenants.
We Can’t Understand Islamophobia Without Recognizing Its Roots in Imperialism
Anti-Muslim racism has become a central theme for right-wing demagogues in Europe and the US. Islamophobia isn’t just a bad set of ideas: it’s a product of imperialism and the destructive wars waged by the US and its allies in the Middle East.
Choose Class War, Not Boomer Resentment
The generational warfare promoted by centrists and the Right, who have long been desperate to cut and privatize Social Security, is a fool’s solution to what ails the system. Taxing the rich is the answer.
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.
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.
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.
Claudia Jones Was a Giant in the Struggle Against Oppression
Born on this day in 1915, Claudia Jones became a leading figure in the US anti-racist movement who highlighted the oppression faced by black women. The US authorities deported Jones for her communist views in 1955, but they couldn’t snuff out her legacy.
The Smartphone Society
Just as the automobile defined the twentieth century, the smartphone is reshaping how we live and work today.
Elly Schlein Will Tilt Italy’s Democrats to the Left, but Don’t Expect Revolutionary Change
Italy’s Democratic primary handed victory to Elly Schlein, the most left-wing leader in the party’s history. Her success relied on mobilizing nonmembers — but she faces an uphill struggle overhauling a party long in thrall to corporate liberalism.
The Nisman Affair
Seizing on the death of a government official, the Right seems determined to create another crisis in Argentina.
Learning from American Sniper
American Sniper is a racist, militaristic movie. But it has much to teach us if we want to build a successful antiwar movement.
Joe Biden Is Bringing Back Donald Trump’s Asylum Ban at the Border
The Biden administration’s recently announced change to border policy effectively resurrects Donald Trump’s asylum ban. It will cause harm or suffering to thousands or millions of migrants seeking survival in the US.
Change the World by Taking Power
Its critics are being proven wrong. Syriza hasn't been demobilizing movements, but helping them grow.
Tax the Rich, Because Inequality Is Bad for All of Us
Economic inequality undermines democracy, hastens environmental destruction, fosters anxiety, and erodes social trust. We can start to solve these problems by taxing the rich, as progressives and socialists in New York State are now proposing.