Syria’s Revolution
Bashar al-Assad has left the building. It took fourteen years of bloody conflict.
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Democrats Aren’t Entitled to the Latino Vote
Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have been friends to Latin America or to Latinos living in the US. Yet the Democrats seem to take the Latino vote for granted, as Joe Biden’s platform promises to extend the criminalization of immigrants.
Israel Is Waging a War on All Palestinians, Not Just Gazans
Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is part of its war of annihilation against the Palestinian people carried out with increasing fervor across historic Palestine, including the West Bank, under the most right-wing government in Israeli history.
CUNY Workers Against the New McCarthyism
The Professional Staff Congress, the faculty and staff union at the City University of New York, is organizing against GOP attacks on higher ed — and fighting what it says are the CUNY administration’s own McCarthyist attacks on pro-Palestine professors.
The Left Must Radicalize the Middle Class’s Fear of Downward Social Mobility
In Britain, inequality within the top 10% is greater than it is within the bottom 90%. This has created a middle-class politics centered on a fear of downward mobility. The Left must offer its own vision of society, focused on equality rather than competition.
Scenes From a New York City Student Walkout for Palestine
Today’s young American student protesters see the destruction of heritage, the obliteration of knowledge, and the assault on institutions of learning in Gaza as connected to assaults on their own education.
It’s Official: Poverty Got Worse Under Joe Biden
A new Census Bureau report establishes that poverty increased over the course of the Biden administration. The data is yet another rebuke to the politicians and commentators who insisted economic conditions under Joe Biden were great.
France’s Illiberal Turn Has Emboldened Its Right-Wing Police
On June 27, French police murdered Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old boy of Algerian and Moroccan descent. Rather than treating the incident as an opportunity for introspection, French police have rebelled against all attempts to be held accountable.
What the “Abundance Agenda” Leaves Out
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book Abundance has plenty of merits, writes Matt Bruenig, but its emphasis on growth and innovation must be married to other egalitarian concerns.
The Amazon Labor Union Just Elected New Leadership
In its first-ever elections for top officers, the Amazon Labor Union on Staten Island voted in new leaders backed by the union’s reform caucus. The victorious slate ran on promises of transforming the union and winning a first contract.
Global Inequality Has Skyrocketed Since the Pandemic
Over the past four years, capital owners reaped handsome profits at the expense of the working class and the Global South. The wealthy may have recovered from the pandemic — but the world’s poor are still suffering its economic effects.
Salvador Allende: “I Am Essentially a Man of Action”
After becoming Chile’s president, Salvador Allende discussed his background and political outlook with the French writer Régis Debray. In this excerpt from their conversations, he also spoke about the danger of a violent right-wing counterrevolution in Chile.
As Israel Wages Genocide, Its Economy Is Buckling
To maintain his hold on power, Benjamin Netanyahu is pursuing a brutal forever war against Palestinians. But the costs aren’t just in human lives: Israel’s economy may not be able to sustain this war.
There’s No Institutional Quick Fix to the Problem of Donald Trump
Institutions can’t stop Donald Trump — but democratic politics can.
Zohran Mamdani on the Promise of America
In a speech marking the country’s 250th anniversary, socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lays out his vision of a United States of America for the many, not the few.
Kathy Hochul Is Failing New York
New York governor Kathy Hochul’s “State of the State” address Tuesday failed to address the challenges facing millions of New Yorkers. Instead, she offered more of the free-market centrism that has been disastrous for Democrats around the country.
The Recent SCOTUS Ruling Against Unions Was Bad. But It Could’ve Been Far Worse.
The Supreme Court’s Glacier pro-employer ruling this week opens the door to further erosion of workers’ rights to strike. But the right to walk off the job is far from extinguished in the US, and workers shouldn’t let the court scare them away from doing so.
Trump’s Iran War Could Starve the World
Closing the Strait of Hormuz may cause a global food crisis on top of a global energy crisis.
There’s a New Way to Support the United Auto Workers Strike: Canvassing Car Dealerships
The UAW is calling on supporters to canvass car dealerships to educate customers about the strike. With scores of dealerships in every region of the country, it is an easy way to offer concrete solidarity to striking autoworkers.