Defeating Inflation Doesn’t Have to Mean Harming Workers
The inflation crisis is squeezing workers. And the only way out of it that is acceptable to capitalists is to squeeze workers even harder.
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Corporate Interests Are Inflaming US-China Tensions
In a global economy defined by overproduction and underconsumption, American and Chinese corporations are struggling to extract profits from developing nations. Without massive wealth redistribution, consumption won’t return to stable levels.
The Afghanistan Defeat Should Shatter Our Illusions About US Imperial Might
The US military has lost enormous legitimacy because of its humiliation in Afghanistan. We will need to remind people of that humiliating defeat every single time the Pentagon tries to sell us another war.
Veteran Brittany Ramos DeBarros Is Running for Congress to Stop America’s Endless Wars
In New York’s 11th Congressional District, two veterans are competing for the Democratic nomination. One is a centrist who will strengthen the military-industrial complex; the other is a democratic socialist who built her career fighting it.
Elizabeth Warren Isn’t a “Unity Candidate”
Elizabeth Warren’s right-flank supporters have fled her camp. Today, her major role in this primary is to hold on to a base that would support Bernie Sanders, disproportionately hurting him and benefiting Biden and Bloomberg.
The Disinformation Scam
We shouldn’t embrace the war on disinformation just because the Right hates it.
Michael Dukakis Was Bill Clinton Before Bill Clinton
In the 1988 Democratic presidential primary, the pro-business centrism of Michael Dukakis faced off against the pro-worker populism of Jesse Jackson. Dukakis won — and set the stage for the Democrats’ decades-long race to the middle.
Democrats Went All In on the January 6 Hearings. Voters Don’t Seem to Care.
Recent polls suggest that the Democrats’ sidelining of economic issues to go all in on the Capitol riot hasn’t borne fruit. While voters are most concerned about inflation, they think the party’s main priority is January 6, which barely registers.
Public Housing Is Social Housing
The housing crisis is a calamity that can no longer be ignored. AOC and Bernie Sanders’s newly reintroduced Green New Deal for Public Housing highlights the importance of deeply affordable and generously funded public housing as key to solving this crisis.
The Chicago Teachers Union Has Called for a Cease-Fire in Gaza
A Chicago Teachers Union member explains why his union voted overwhelmingly to demand a cease-fire in Israel’s war on Gaza — and why teachers must stand up for children everywhere.
Democrats Are Welcoming a Genocidal War Criminal to DC
Tens of thousands have died in Gaza and millions face starvation. And Benjamin Netanyahu, the man responsible for it, is being welcomed to the US by Democratic leaders as a dignitary rather than a bloodthirsty maniac.
Biden’s Other Big Liability: Not Speaking to Economic Pain
If the president's catastrophic debate performance didn’t sink his reelection chances, his deeply flawed campaign strategy likely will. Cost-of-living issues dominate voter concerns, but Biden's 2024 campaign isn't geared toward voters’ material interests.
This Is a Bad Use of a Democratic Lame-Duck Period
As Donald Trump prepares to take power, Democrats are spending a disturbing amount of energy ramping up wars and trying to hand him the powers he needs to crush his political opponents.
Jeremy Corbyn to Jacobin: Now Is Not the Time for Retreat
In an interview with Jacobin, Jeremy Corbyn talks about the need to rebuild the trade unions, internationalism, and why socialists can’t afford to be on the defensive.
Red the Fed
The Federal Reserve’s response to inflation is bad for workers — but it doesn’t need to be.
There’s No Reason for Progressives to Vote for the Watered-Down Infrastructure Bill
The reconciliation bill has been so watered down, progressives should no longer feel pressure — moral or political — to support it.
Hospital Lobbyists Awarded Nancy Pelosi for Maintaining the Health Care Status Quo
After her years-long effort to obstruct Medicare for All, Representative Nancy Pelosi has just received an award of honor from hospital lobbyists.
The United Auto Workers Strike Is Already Shaking Up the Presidential Race
The UAW strike has rocketed into the presidential race, with Trump announcing a speech to autoworkers and the union trying to use Biden’s electric vehicle subsidies to open the sector to unionization. The strike's result will have major political implications.
Obama Labor Secretary Tom Perez Just Joined an Anti-Union Law Firm
Former DNC chair and Obama labor secretary Tom Perez just joined a law firm that brags about its lawyers who “regularly counsel and train clients on union avoidance” — another member of an administration that posed as “progressive” yet was anything but.
New York City’s Fiscal Crisis Can’t Be Solved on the Backs of Its Working Class
If New York City is going to avoid catastrophic austerity measures in response to the COVID-19–induced fiscal crisis, the city’s municipal unions will have to summon a fighting spirit that has been missing for a very long time.