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Half the Way with Mao Zedong
How Students for a Democratic Society went from building a mass movement to embracing the politics of self-destruction.
The Nature of Capitalism
The ruling class will never give up fossil fuel, because it's key to their power over workers.
Make GM Government Motors Again
Let’s nationalize General Motors. Why not? We could completely overhaul the company to benefit its workers, the planet, and the entire society.
Mike Davis on Coronavirus: “In a Plague Year”
As coronavirus spreads rapidly around the world, outpacing our capacity for testing, let alone treatment, the long-anticipated monster is finally at the door. And with global capitalism so impotent in the face of this biological crisis, our demands must be for properly international public-health infrastructure.
South Africa Doesn’t Need a “Lula Moment”
A real political alternative in South Africa will come from powerful social movements — not charismatic leaders.
Why the US Loses Wars
The United States has the most powerful military in the world. Yet it just keeps losing wars. Why?
A Green New Deal Needs to Fight US Militarism
We can’t heal the climate if the US war machine keeps raining destruction, absorbing resources, and gobbling up fossil fuels all around the world. Here’s how to stop it.
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.
Defending the Faith
The Catholic Church waged a century-long war against the Irish left.
The Slow Violence of Climate Change
The spectacle of international climate negotiations shows that climate justice won't come through existing institutions.
Climate Apartheid
When the wealthy are able to insulate themselves from the worst effects of climate breakdown, the poor are forced to bear the costs of a crisis they did not cause.
The TikTok Ban Won’t Help
The TikTok ban is about US tech hegemony, not national security or protecting Americans’ data, which homegrown social media companies make a business of collecting and selling.
A Very British Dystopia
A Very British Coup embraced the intrigues of class war, but its sequel falls prey to the mundanities of culture war.
Writing Puff Pieces While the World Burns
As US foreign policy grows more belligerent than ever, Americans are getting less and less information about the rest of the world.
How Jimmy Carter Became a Cold War Hawk
In the popular imagination, Jimmy Carter is associated with an idealistic “human rights agenda” for US foreign policy. In reality, by the end of his term in office, he was paving the way for Ronald Reagan’s aggressive anti-communism.
Donald Trump Is Making Canada Nationalistic Again
Donald Trump’s latest musings about annexing Canada have put Canadian right-wing populists in an awkward position. As Pierre Poilievre and Doug Ford embrace nationalistic rhetoric, they’re also hedging their bets to keep trade and defense ties intact.
The US Already Has Too Much Influence Over Greenland
Even without owning it as a territory, the US already has massive influence over Greenland’s future, from blocking Chinese investment to controlling military installations. As climate change transforms the Arctic, this American influence will only grow stronger.
Trump Is Drawing on Cold War–Era Repressive Tactics
Donald Trump’s executive orders draw from a previous, dark period of American history pairing ethnic exclusion through mass deportations and ideological exclusion through political repression.
How to Think About Falling Birth Rates
The relevance of declining birth rates to left-wing concerns, like welfare-state sustainability, is more complex than generally acknowledged. The real reason for the Left to support pro-family policies is to make families possible for those who want them.