Scott Morrison responded to the sexual abuse crisis in Australia’s parliament by making Amanda Stoker, a hard-right Christian and defender of misogyny, assistant minister for women. Stoker’s elevation is part of a right-wing campaign against women under the cloak of Christianity.
In recent years, a cavalcade of British liberals has taken to Twitter to denounce the supposed trans takeover. But as last week’s Labour Party conference showed, pushback against trans rights has also become a key weapon in the Blairite war against the Left.
In assessing Donald Trump’s victory, pundits have claimed the country turned right, the Harris campaign was too far left and woke, Biden’s presidency was robustly populist, and racism and sexism made the result inevitable. Those claims are all wrong.
The question is never if resistance will appear, but when. For this generation, Ferguson answered that question.
With Donald Trump set to enter the Oval Office, we look back on what Barack Obama's presidency meant for the Left.
Jordan Peterson's thought is filled with pseudo-science, bad pop psychology, and deep irrationalism. In other words, he’s full of shit.
Across Europe, a rising far right is on the offensive against LGBT people.
From its radical roots in the 1970s, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has gradually been captured by conservative, pro-corporate interests. The festival should be more than a corporate street party: it needs to recover its original spirit by empowering Mardi Gras members.
The arrest of former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband has dealt another blow to her political legacy. She has left her Scottish National Party greatly weakened — and with its plans for independence in tatters.
There are plenty of real catastrophes in today’s world. But from military build-up to fantasies of mass deportation, right-wingers are promising their supporters better disasters: ones where they get to be in charge.
If Manning is ever released, he will re-enter a world ready to embrace him, advanced with the understanding to recognize his greatness.
Class is not the universal solvent that does away with all identity.
The emphasis on family planning as an environmental fix distracts us from more fundamental reforms.
Pope Francis’s progressive rhetoric obscures his past and the role the church still plays throughout the world.
No political revolution in the United States can succeed without the South.
After yesterday's horrific attack on the LGBT community in Orlando, we must remember there is an alternative to hate and bigotry.
Mormons are the most strongly Republican religious group in the country. Why aren’t they supporting Trump?
An organizer with Labor for Bernie argues that the gains won within the Democratic Party must be defended and expanded.
Fiscal conservatives were never going to bring down the carceral state. A broader fight against social inequality is needed.