Socialism: An Idea That Will Live on Beyond 2020
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Public Education Is Vital for Democracy. But It’s Not the Solution to Poverty or Inequality.
The bipartisan obsession with schooling as an investment in “human capital” in the US since the 1970s has fostered a highly unequal society. We need wide-ranging redistribution to tackle inequality — and to defend public education against right-wing backlash.
Should We Care About Inequality?
Since Occupy Wall Street, “inequality” has emerged as a central theme of progressive politics. Is that a good thing?
Cut the Military Budget and Give Us $2,000 Checks With the Money
Average Americans want to cut the military budget, but a constant stream of defense contractor cash to Congress makes such cuts unlikely. Perhaps the best way to argue against the continued expansion of the gargantuan budget for war: insist that we need that money for measures like $2,000 survival checks.
Anti-Corruption Politics May Be the Key to Beating Trumpism
The Trump administration’s cartoonish graft presents a unique opportunity for a populist anti-corruption platform. But for the Democrats to pull it off, they’d have to repudiate corruption within their own party first.
From the Jaws of Victory
We’ve read Chasing Hillary so you didn’t have to. The Clinton campaign was even worse than we thought.
Dems’ Glitzy Celebrity Strategy Was an Embarrassing Failure
Democrats had a billion dollars to pull off a Kamala Harris victory. They hurled much of that money at celebrities and designing lavish environments to say the word “joy” in. It was one big A-list party, and Americans didn’t feel invited.
The Carbon Tax Is Doomed
The burden of market-based climate change solutions will fall on workers. We need strong state intervention.
The Pentagon’s Bloated Budget Undermines American Democracy
The Pentagon’s bloated budget is a colossal waste of resources that could be better used elsewhere. But it’s also an outrage to democracy.
For Health and Freedom
Civil rights activists knew their struggle was incomplete without winning a just health care system. They're an inspiration for single-payer activists today.
US-China Tensions Are Escalating. What Does That Mean for the Left?
A key challenge for the Left in the coming years will be to reject attempts to stoke tensions with China — tensions the Biden administration has made worse in its early months.
Howard Zinn’s Life on the Frontlines
Howard Zinn's life was a model for left-wing intellectuals to both produce and take action to transform the world.
Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime
Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change.
Big Pharma’s Favorite Democrats
Three House Democrats working to kill legislation to control prescription drug prices raked in roughly $1.6 million from pharma donors — and the top aide for one of them is now a Big Pharma lobbyist.
Let’s Be Sober About the Limits of Bidenomics
Many on the Left have hailed Joe Biden's economic policy as historically progressive. But overall, Bidenomics has meant lavishing subsidies on favored sectors of business while failing to really move the needle in the interests of working people.
A Surprisingly Good Night for Democrats Was a Much Better One for Socialists
The potential for progressive change is very much alive in American states and cities. Socialists had a strong showing at the state and local levels across the country last week, winning four of six ballot measures and gaining eleven seats overall.
Requiem for a Lightweight
Markos Moulitsas was once the face of American progressivism. That shouldn't happen again.
How a Working-Class Soldier and Platoon Leader in Iraq Turned Against Our “Forever Wars”
American foreign policy is often relegated to the margins of political consciousness in the US. But some of the most powerful voices against US intervention are those who have come from inside the military — and turned vehemently against it.
The World Paul Volcker Made
In the early 1980s, Fed chairman Paul Volcker launched the decisive battle of the twentieth century’s class war. We’ve been living in his world ever since.