Rethinking Care
Welcome to the “care economy” — the booming service sector that has emerged from America's rapidly graying boomer population.
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Ours to Master
Our challenge is to see in technology both today's instruments of employer control and the preconditions for a post-scarcity society.
Labour Wants to Free Us From the Market
The Labour Party announced today that in the next election, it will fight for Universal Basic Services, making public services free at the point of use and universally accessible. It’s a landmark in the fight to curb the influence of the market over our lives.
A Very Kautsky Christmas
The oppressed of the Middle Ages drew on Christian teachings to develop a moral critique of their era's inequality and unfairness.
A Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Under Socialism
Popeyes' new chicken sandwich is great. The fast food industry’s labor practices are not. Under democratic socialism, the entire working class would benefit from the spoils of such culinary delights.
Eurobonds Won’t Prevent Another Wave of Austerity
German and Dutch leaders’ harsh rejection of economic aid for Italy has shown the hollowness of EU solidarity. Even proposed Eurobonds would merely kick the crisis down the road — failing to challenge structural imbalances that systematically hurt the Eurozone’s Southern periphery.
Introducing Saint Monday
I now have my very own blog, which I guess means I actually have to start blogging again. I’ll be back soon enough with my usual ramblings about work, robots, laziness, out-of-control intellectual property laws, and just giving people money, but in the meantime I thought I’d introduce the blog’s title.
“The Political Left in Ecuador No Longer Exists”
Even with Lenín Moreno's presidential victory, the Ecuadorian left is in dire need of reconstruction.
Awaiting an Alternative
The Lula conviction signals the end of an era for the Brazilian left. But it's profoundly unclear what comes next.
Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Finance Medicare for All Is a Disaster
Elizabeth Warren bills herself as the candidate with policy chops. But her Medicare for All financing plan is an unworkable mess.
Now’s the Chance for Australia to Get Over Coal and Gas
Fires are ravaging Australia, but its government is only doubling down on coal and gas. A transition away from fossil fuels is needed more than ever, in Australia and everywhere else.
A Moment of Great Decisions
Despite media misinformation and EU blackmail, anti-austerity forces in Greece remain strong ahead of Sunday's referendum.
Democrats Abroad
Why Bernie Sanders's message resonates with Americans overseas.
No More Saturday Marches
The brilliance of strikes and stoppages like the Day Without Immigrants and the Women's Strike lies in organizers' willingness to halt business as usual.
In Colombia, the Center Isn’t Holding
With elections weeks away, Colombian politics are polarizing and the country’s historic peace agreement is at risk.
The World Doesn’t Want a Digital Cold War
Donald Trump’s failure to enlist international support for his war on the Chinese company Huawei shows the weakening of US hegemony. Coercion won’t be enough for Washington to get its way.
The Bronx Slave Market
Ella Baker, the great socialist and civil rights organizer, was born this day in 1903. Here's her classic 1935 article on economic exploitation and black domestic workers in Great Depression–era New York.
The Real Parallel Between Hitler and Trump
Trump rose to financial and political power thanks to the systemic rot of the country's political economy.