CUNY’s Last Lifeline
This spring's contract struggle brought students and faculty together to stem attacks on public higher education in New York.
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The Luddites Were Onto Something
England’s Luddites are often dismissed as kooky technophobes. In reality, theirs was a gutsy pre-Marxist workers’ movement that prioritized people and nature over private property.
Canada’s Government Has No Problem With Canadians Milking Pandemic Subsidies — As Long as They’re Rich
In response to the pandemic, politicians in Ottawa set up an emergency wage subsidy scheme that was meant to help workers. But some of Canada’s biggest firms have milked the subsidy scheme for billions while paying out dividends and laying off staff.
Who’s Afraid of the Rank and File?
The UAW's dissident AWDU caucus argues that democratizing the union is the only way for workers to win big.
Teamsters and Cops
Minneapolis teamsters in 1934 knew something we should remember — police enforce the ruling class's unjust order.
Noam Chomsky: “Bernie Sanders Has Inspired a Mass Popular Movement”
Noam Chomsky says that Bernie Sanders is vilified by the media because he’s trying to shape US politics in the interest of working people. We shouldn’t expect anything else.
“We Were Called Comrades Without Condescension or Patronage”
In the Jim Crow South, the Alabama Communist Party distinguished itself as a champion of racial and economic justice — fighting for the rights of black defendants, helping organize hyper-exploited sharecroppers, and welcoming black workers into its ranks on completely equal terms.
No, Reactionary Gender Warriors Aren’t “Anti-Elitist”
Right-wing governments around Europe are funneling state funds to reactionary lobbies in the name of resisting “gender ideology.” Their supposed anti-elitism is a fraud.
No, Progressive Challengers Are Not “Far Left”
The Democratic establishment just launched a new PAC to go to war against progressive candidates who challenge incumbents — and the media is doing everything they can to help.
There’s No Such Thing as a Spontaneous Strike
It’s easy to look enviously at strikes in other countries and bemoan American workers’ apathy. But even the most dramatic forms of mass resistance are the product of years of commitment to changing people’s minds and understanding workplace politics.
How Financial Giants Might Come to Rule Us All
Three giant financial companies control trillions of dollars in corporate stock, giving them the power to act on behalf of the capitalist class as a whole. What happens when they start to use it?
Ten Years After Occupy, We Have a Left That Matters
It’s still difficult organizing as a socialist in the United States. But in the last decade since Occupy Wall Street, there are signs more people are open to egalitarian politics.
Socialist Melat Kiros Is Running for Congress in Colorado
Democratic Socialists of America–backed challengers for Congress have already notched three wins in primary elections this year. In Colorado’s elections tomorrow, Melat Kiros is hoping to join the growing bloc of socialists on Capitol Hill.
CEOs vs. Workers
Bernie Sanders's town hall on Monday delivered a radical message: workers are getting screwed, and the capitalist class is to blame.
Why Class Matters
Erik Olin Wright on class, socialism, and the meaning of Marxism.
Seizing the Chokepoints
In the logistics industry, from port workers to truckers to delivery drivers, time is of the essence. Their potential control over that time gives workers enormous leverage in the global economy.
With Diabolical Lies, Pop Culture Discourse Breaks Left
A new female-coded pop culture podcast called Diabolical Lies answers the age-old question: Is it possible to have opinions about both Chappell Roan and Friedrich Engels?
Justin Trudeau’s Canada Is Cozying Up to the Fossil Fuel Industry to Fight the Climate Crisis
Canada’s Trudeau government touts the country as a climate champion. COP27, where Canada was the only OECD country to have fossil fuel delegates in tow, offered a more telling snapshot of the government’s priorities.
The Soul of AI and the Future of Humankind
AI evangelists prophesy an evolutionary step forward for humankind. Whatever enthusiasm that vision inspires must be tempered by skepticism and demands for democratic control.
The Left Under Duterte
Former Philippine congressman Walden Bello on what Duterte's election means for the Left.