Benedict Anderson (1936–2015)
Benedict Anderson was a brilliant scholar whose work was animated by a deep commitment to human emancipation.
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Ghosts of the Left
Few remember that Yemen once had vibrant movements and a powerful left.
Divided They Fall
Tory disputes over Brexit are nothing new. But today’s crisis in Theresa May’s party highlights deeper fractures in the Conservative base.
Here’s How We Can Stop the Next Coronavirus
The response to the coronavirus shows that neither the US nor the world is ready for a global pandemic. We desperately need a public health system that rejects philanthrocapitalism and prioritizes preparedness over corporate profits.
To Recover From This Crisis, We Need to Defund Wall Street
Bromides about a V-shaped economic recovery after the pandemic just distract us from the size of the task that we face. We were already headed for crisis before COVID-19 — only a far-reaching reorientation of the economy can stave off social collapse.
Saving the Planet Without Self-Loathing
Humans are an environment-making species — and that’s okay. The real challenge of environmentalism and the Green New Deal is not to retreat and let the ecology be, but to change how we make environments.
Nature’s Metropolis
Experiments in design promise a better future for everyone, but only if they come with emancipatory politics to boot.
War Is an Enormous Threat to the Rising Movement Against Climate Change
US wars have historically been used to beat back and repress exactly the kind of Left movements that we need to tackle the climate crisis. We can’t just focus on fighting climate change or US imperialism — we have to stop both.
A Partisan Mayor
A look back at the "French Tito," partisan militant Georges Guingouin.
The SPD Should Return to Its Anticolonial Roots
Germany’s Social Democrats now have a chance to make amends for the German empire’s genocidal policies in Africa. In doing so, they’d be returning to the party’s anti-imperialist roots.
Business as Usual in Nicosia?
Election results in Cyprus suggest an endorsement of austerity. But the reality is more complex.
Liberalism’s Crisis, Socialism’s Promise
Socialism isn't the negation of liberalism. It's the realization of liberal values made impossible by capitalism.
India on Strike
In the midst of a right-wing onslaught, Indian workers carried out one of the largest strike in world history.
When Coronavirus Made Italy Go Insane
Empty supermarket shelves and the spread of designer-brand face masks show that Italians are panicking about coronavirus. The spread of the virus demands a planned and coherent response — but the politics of fear are instead turning Italians against each other.
Design for the One Percent
Contemporary architecture is more interested in mega projects for elites than improving ordinary people's lives.
UK Politics and Global Capitalism
British Marxist Bob Jessop on David Cameron, New Labour, and the best way to take on global capitalism.
Why Did White Workers Leave the Democratic Party?
A historian debunks liberal myths about racism, the New Deal, and why the Democrats moved right.
Wall Street Isn’t Worth It
Cutting the banks down to size is good policy and good politics.