The Left Is Still Losing the Working Class
It’s good that college-educated workers are unionizing. But it doesn’t tell us much about the working class as a whole.
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Biden Has Fired the First Shot in a New Kind of Anti-China Cold War
The Biden administration just ratcheted up “strategic competition” with China with a round of export controls aimed at hobbling China’s semiconductor industry. But the move could end up blowing back on the US and its allies.
Marceau Pivert Was a Key Figure in the History of French Socialism
Socialist leader Marceau Pivert played a central role in the turbulent history of French politics during the 1930s. Pivert’s inside-outside strategy toward the established workers’ movement is an important case study in how to win mass support for socialism.
Eliot Engel Is One of the Democrats’ Worst Warmongers in Congress
New Yorkers in the sixteenth congressional district will choose today between sixteen-term incumbent Eliot Engel and challenger Jamaal Bowman. The race offers a stark contrast between Bowman, who’s endorsed by Bernie Sanders, AOC, and the Democratic Socialists of America, and Engel, a longtime and steadfast warmonger.
Lincoln’s Paramilitaries, the “Wide Awakes,” Helped Bring About a Political Revolution
Throughout the 1860 election, the Wide Awakes, a novel paramilitary-style organization, held mass rallies, marches, and demonstrations to combat slave power. These “young working-men for Lincoln” successfully combined new media and unrepentant partisanship to mobilize hundreds of thousands against the Southern planter class.
Furio Jesi Was a Socialist Who Explained the Power of Myth
Political movements are not just driven by theories or even material interests but also their myths. Italian historian Furio Jesi was a socialist who examined the power of mythology — and its centrality to the Right’s cultural influence.
We Need a Left-Labor Presidential Candidate
Beating Donald Trump isn’t enough, argue the Democratic Socialists of America’s cochairs. A united left-labor campaign in 2028 could mobilize millions, challenge Democratic Party failure, and put a working-class program on the national stage.
A Missed Opportunity for the French Left
First-round results suggest the French left can hold its ground in this month’s local elections. This positive outcome comes despite a campaign defined by an acrimonious civil war between the center-left establishment and France Insoumise.
Coupang, South Korea’s Amazon, Is Copying Its Worst Habits
The South Korean e-commerce platform Coupang has been engulfed by scandals over data breaches and dangerous work conditions. Having spent millions to lobby US politicians, the firm is now calling in their help to protect it from scrutiny by regulators.
Americans Are Turning Against School Vouchers
Americans across the partisan divide seem increasingly fed up with school voucher schemes, which funnel public funds to unaccountable private entities. Even Betsy DeVos’s lobbying group is getting nervous about the voucher backlash.
The Imperial Presidency Is Bigger Than Donald Trump
The chaos and destruction Donald Trump has wrought has been facilitated by the decades-long expansion of the president’s executive power. Far from checking that power when they hold office, Democrats have expanded it. That has to change.
Effective Altruism Is No Substitute for a Better Society
The philosophy of effective altruism is catnip to well-meaning and intellectually inclined donors. But as a strategy for tackling what’s wrong with the world, it misses the mark.
Chapo’s Comic Book Is a Riveting Political Horror Show
The Chapo Trap House comic book, Year Zero #1, is a collection of horror stories with a clear political message: liberal capitalism is not failing accidentally — it is functioning as designed, producing horror as a by-product of stability.
What Was History’s Deadliest Era?
A recent history of guns and empire argues that early modern Europe marked the origins of a uniquely murderous era. But the world it describes is not so different from our own and making sense of its horrors requires judgment, not just arithmetic.
Iran Is Prepared for a Return to War and Wary of US Talks
Neither the US nor its allies are ready to deal with the consequences of an escalation of their war with Iran. Yet Donald Trump has painted himself into a corner, and it’s unclear whether he has a face-saving way out.
To Take Real Action on Climate Change, Australia Must Rebuild Its Public Sector
In 2014, Australian Labor PM Julia Gillard’s Clean Energy Act tried to use market mechanisms to take climate action. Its failure underscores the fact that only public investment in climate action will do.
A War for Oil?
What Donald Trump wants from Venezuela’s oil fields is not money but power.
Killing Haitian Democracy
The US's repeated interventions in Haiti have left a legacy of despotism.
Kiev’s Theme Park Revolution
The images of genuine popular self-determination in the streets of Kiev are empty ones.
When the Americans Came
Bombed by the US Air Force at the height of World War II, Rome’s San Lorenzo district symbolizes the resilience of a popular antifascism.