Keep the Red Planet Red
Sure, let's colonize Mars — but without Elon Musk's help.
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Leave the Billionaires in Space
The space race playing out among billionaires like Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk has little to do with science — it’s a PR-driven spectacle designed to distract us from the disasters capitalism is causing here on Earth.
Marilyn Young (1937–2017)
Militarism runs deep in the United States, but historian Marilyn Young never gave up believing that it could be overcome.
The Real Christopher Columbus
There was no heroic adventure, only bloodshed. Columbus Day should not be a celebration.
Free-Market Idolatry and Hatred of Democracy Go Hand in Hand
The wildest fantasy of hypercapitalist ideologues isn’t to expand democracy but to avoid its reach or even snuff it out.
The Magic of Philanthropy
With all life on Planet Earth in the process of being consumed by capitalism, the literal belief in otherworldly magic is something that concerned citizens should be very worried about.
Big Business and the Far Right May Soon Rule Finland
The far right won big in Finland’s parliamentary elections over the weekend. They’re now likely to join a ruling coalition led by the country’s main party of big business.
During the 1971 Prosecution of Angela Davis, I Fought the Law — And I Won
When Angela Davis was arrested after two months on the lam in 1971, Michael Myerson interviewed her and a codefendant in jail — turning him into a prosecution’s witness. He was now in a tough spot: Could he defy the prosecution without going to jail for perjury? Luckily, he figured out how.
Politicking Without Politics
Democratic elites are delusional — you can’t subdue the reactionary right without a robust alternative political vision.
A Thousand Flowers for Ryuichi Sakamoto
After a spell in a Marxist youth movement, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s constantly inventive music came to soundtrack the consumerist mania of the 1980s Japanese boom. But in his most recent work, the late composer turned back to experimentation and activism.
The Comforts of Dystopia
Elites tell us the future is inevitably bright; left curmudgeons insist it’s inevitably gloomy. We don’t win from playing this game.
Nietzsche, Hayek, and the Meaning of Conservatism
Libertarians aren't pleased with Corey Robin's new work on Nietzsche and the Austrian school. Here's his lengthy rebuttal.
An Earthquake in the Making
A Mélenchon victory wouldn’t solve Europe’s crisis, but it will put us in a better position to rebuild the movements that can.
The Year of Resistance, Inc.
Throughout 2017, business leaders wagged their fingers at Trump with one hand while quietly accepting handouts with the other.
The Corbyn Generation
The 2010 student protests in the UK seemed to end in failure. But they foreshadowed Jeremy Corbyn’s improbable rise to the top of the Labour Party.
Pathetically, Hillary Clinton Is Smearing Bernie Sanders as Sexist Again
Mainstream Democrats never tire of smearing the socialist senator from Vermont. Hillary Clinton is calling Bernie Sanders a sexist yet again. But his feminist credentials are solid — neoliberals like her are the ones failing women.
Obama’s Year of #Resistance
One year after leaving the White House, Obama’s centrist, technocratic politics are clearer than ever.
In the Era of Decolonization, West Indies Cricketers Refused to “Grovel”
The 1970s in the Caribbean were marked by major political and social upheaval. Cricket became a primary vehicle for asserting West Indian independence — and defeating England was paramount.
To James Baldwin, the Struggle for Black Liberation Was a Struggle for Democracy
James Baldwin knew that racism, properly understood, is a question of tyranny: wherever it persists, democracy does not.
What a Medicare March Could Do
Decades of history has shown us what a national march can accomplish.