“Having America Care About You Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing”
The war in Afghanistan is already the longest in US history. And now Trump is considering sending more troops.
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Baghdad in France
Today's reactionaries don't seem to be interested in a new world war, but in a clash between North and South, rich and poor.
Out of Left Field
Major league baseball has a long but little-known history of rebels, reformers, and radicals.
The Speech Racists Didn’t Want You to Hear
Fox News tried to intimidate Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor from speaking. Now we're printing her words in full.
Remembering the Saur Revolution
Forty years ago, communists took over Afghanistan hoping to bring modernization and social progress to the country. Were their sweeping reforms doomed to fail?
Poland’s Legislated Antisemitism
Today in Poland, remembering Poles’ complicity in the Holocaust is subject to punishment.
The Kurdish Dilemma
Will the most promising democratic experiment in the Middle East be allowed to survive? The answer increasingly depends on the geopolitical whims of the Trump administration.
The Good Old Days
Madeleine Albright’s Fascism: A Warning is full of criticism of Trump — but it’s silent on the swamp from which he emerged.
The US, Not Iran, Is the Rogue State
Trump says he wants to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, yet he wrecked an international agreement that was doing just that. Now we're edging closer to a war that the US says it doesn’t want but is doing everything to cause.
The Man Behind KeyWiki
Bizarre cults. Anticommunist paranoia. Facebook stalking. Meet Trevor Loudon, founder of the antisocialist website KeyWiki.
Slow Train Coming
Cuba has a new president. No one knows how he plans to change Cuba — but it’s clear he’s got his work cut out for him.
The Fate of the People’s War
Communist Party of the Philippines founder José Mariá Sison on the legacy of armed struggle, peace negotiations with Duterte, and what a left economic program should be.
John McCain Wasn’t a Hero
John McCain's greatest achievement was convincing the world through charming banter and occasional opposition to his party's agenda that he was anything other than a reactionary, bloodthirsty war hawk.
When Will Capitalism Answer for Its Crimes?
People aren't turning to socialism because they're naive. They're turning to socialism because they know we don't have to live in misery.
Lenin’s The State and Revolution
The definitive essay on Lenin's classic pamphlet.
Over the Border
The Communist Party of Finland was founded 100 years ago today. Its fate was tightly wound up with the Soviet Union across the border.
A Blueprint for Universal Childhood
Children deserve to spend their days in the company of peers, having fun, and discovering the world with the help of loving, well-compensated adults.
The Paradox of the Pro-Trump #Resistance
Jon Kyl will make a fitting Senate replacement for John McCain. He’s hailed by Trump critics — and a stalwart supporter of Trump and his agenda.
Seattle, “the Soviet of Washington”
Decades before Amazon dominated the city, Seattle was the fiery site of labor unrest, radical action — and the US's only true general strike.
The CIA, Asleep at the Wheel
Not only does the CIA undermine democracy and sow chaos abroad — according to a new book, the agency deliberately held back information about future 9/11 hijackers in the US.