Bernie Is the Best Chance We Have on Climate
Electing Bernie Sanders president wouldn’t be enough to fight climate change. But his class-struggle politics give us the best chance we have to take on the fossil fuel companies.
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A Socialist Silicon Valley
The best way to reform Silicon Valley is to strike at the root of its power — and that means taking on private ownership.
Opposition Isn’t Enough
The COP21 agreement's shortcomings show that the climate justice movement needs to start thinking about state power.
Tony Benn Lives
Legendary British socialist Tony Benn passed away eight years ago this week. From democratizing the economy to campaigning for peace, the causes he fought for are as relevant as ever.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
An illustrated interview with former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Summoning the Future
The story of the British National Health Service, one of the twentieth century’s great working-class achievements.
Neoliberalism in the Rose Garden
Croatia's SDP is a depressing case study of neoliberalized social democracy.
Theresa, EU’ve Done It Again
With Brexit bogged down and the Tories in meltdown, Labour looks set to tip the European Parliament elections to the center-left for the first time in a generation. Another own goal for Theresa May.
Liberals and the Attack on Ilhan Omar
The Democrats’ treatment of Ilhan Omar isn’t just shameful. It feeds into the rhetoric of the global far right.
No, Sinn Féin Won’t Be Voting in Parliament
It’s the British media’s favorite fantasy: Sinn Féin breaking with a century of practice and riding to rescue a dramatically close vote in the House of Commons. It’s also an insult to Irish voters.
A Plan to Win
The overriding aim of democratic socialist strategy is to weaken the power of business, before breaking with capitalism entirely.
Red Bologna Today
Bologna’s Communist-led government made far-reaching reforms, but fatally ignored the revolutionary potential of the city's youth.
In 1972, Britain’s Miners Showed the Power of the Working Class
Fifty years ago today, British miners concluded a national strike after defeating their Conservative government. The 1972 victory opened up a decade of working-class radicalism, before Margaret Thatcher’s counterrevolution crippled organized labor.
The Privatization Agenda Goes Bust
A UK construction giant's failure should be the last nail in the coffin for twenty-five years of privatization dogma.
John le Carré Told the Truth About Cold War Espionage When Few Others Would
John le Carré died Saturday at age eighty-nine. His novels rejected the glamor and ritz of Cold War–era spy fiction. Instead, he portrayed espionage as a dreary, disturbing machine that ground up innocents for a goal that didn’t justify the human cost.
Why the Green New Deal Has Failed — So Far
The Green New Deal program has enormous potential to generate mass popular support. But absent real leverage from labor, it's likely to be continually watered down into a toothless slogan for NGOs.
Lecturers on Strike
University lecturers in the UK will walk off tomorrow in the largest-ever strike called in British higher education.
How Trump Won
The Democratic Party's abandonment of the working class cleared the space for Trump.
A Game of Russian Roulette
Couching opposition to Trump in anti-Russia language will only end up benefiting the Right.
Occupying Trump?
Five years after its formation and demise, Occupy is mostly a study in what to avoid for the anti-Trump movement.