Five Hundred Years of Utopia
Since its publication in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia has helped us aspire to a just society.
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The Young Benjamin
Walter Benjamin's Marxism owed much to his early engagement with anarchism and surrealism.
Left Americana in Trumpland
Vigo County, Indiana is Trump country now — but nestled somewhere between Dean’s Party Mania and USA Fireworks Superstore is a vital piece of American socialist history.
The Consequences of Mr Macri
Mauricio Macri came into office promising to stem corruption and bring down inflation. But his austerity policies have left Argentina's economy in shambles.
Expanding the Umbrella Revolution
Workers must play a decisive role in Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution if movement demands are to go beyond political rights.
How 1968 Marked a Shift for Rossana Rossanda’s Radical Politics
Sunday saw the passing of Rossana Rossanda, a lifelong communist, anti-fascist partisan, and cofounder of il manifesto newspaper. In this extract from her memoirs, she explains how the upheavals of 1968 marked a radical shift in her political engagement, as both the Prague Spring, and worker and student revolts in Italy drove an enduring split in Communist Party ranks.
The Burden of Atrocity
Nick Turse’s otherwise exhaustive account of the atrocities committed in Vietnam gives short shrift to the movement that made those crimes known.
A Crash With Chinese Characteristics
China's stock market crash was a fleeting convulsion. Its system of authoritarian capitalism is unscathed.
On Foreign Policy, Kamala Harris Is a Hawk
Kamala Harris doesn't say much about foreign policy on the campaign trail. But a look at her record shows that when it comes to militarism, she’s squarely in line with — and sometimes to the right of — a hawkish, war-happy Democratic establishment.
Super Official Marx
The Chinese Communist Party put out a hip-hop track praising Karl Marx. It's as bad as you would expect.
If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Picket
The teachers’ strike wave that has swept the nation since last year hasn’t just reinvigorated working-class militancy — it’s also produced some excellent picket line music and dancing. On the occasion of the teachers’ strike in Chicago, we rounded up the best of them.
Anatomy of a Collapse
The Chinese state's intervention after the stock market crash was immensely political — as was the collapse itself.
The Forgotten History of the Jewish, Anti-Zionist Left
The roots of modern Zionism are in colonialism. This was the foundation of the Jewish left’s opposition to Zionism in the 1930s and ’40s, on the grounds that it is a form of right-wing nationalism and imperialism that is fundamentally opposed to working-class internationalism.
In Grenoble, a Green Mayor Is Uniting the Left
One likely bright spot in today’s French elections is Grenoble, where incumbent mayor Éric Piolle is set to romp to a second term. Head of a list backed by Greens, La France Insoumise, and the Communists, he told us how he is uniting the Left — and why he thinks city halls can provide a different way of doing politics.
Jacob Lawrence Went Beyond the Constraints of a Segregated Art World
Jacob Lawrence was one of twentieth-century America’s most celebrated black artists. In Struggle, his series of paintings on the American Revolution, he opened up new territory in American history by venturing beyond the narrow set of topics like Harlem, jazz clubs, and cotton plantations which had become synonymous with black art in mid-century America.
We’re Sorry to Report That the New Borat Movie Isn’t Funny
Amazon’s Borat sequel tries to replay the zany laughs of the original but picks easy, woke moralizing over funny social satire.
Why the Philippine Elite Continues to Back US Empire
Amid rising tensions in the Southeast Asian Sea, both the US and China are courting the Philippines. Most Filipinos would prefer a nonaligned foreign policy — but Manila’s elites keep lining up with the US, further threatening regional peace and stability.
Happy Birthday, James Connolly
Born on this day in 1868, the republican socialist James Connolly was Ireland's most famous revolutionary. Over a century after he was killed by the British, his writings on imperial violence and the capitalist degradation of human life are more relevant than ever.
They Were Willing to Do Unpleasant Things to Unpleasant People
In the years after the defeat of Nazism, Britain's fascist movement alarmingly began to rebuild. But a group of young British Jews sprung into action to beat the fascists off the streets.