The Man Who Fell to Earth
David Bowie showed that even if artists can dream, they can never fully remove themselves from the world.
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Capitalism vs. Privacy
Informational capitalism has turned the Internet into a means of social control.
The Minsky Millennium
In 2008, Hyman Minsky finally had his moment. But he was miscast as a prophet of financial collapse. The real “Minsky moment” was the bailout, not the crash.
The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Is a Stain on Both Parties
Forget partisan finger-pointing. The Jeffrey Epstein scandal cuts across party lines, indicting economic and political elites alike.
Before Jeremy Corbyn, There Was Michael Foot
Michael Foot was a giant of Labour Party politics. The attempts by Labour centrists to diminish his legacy after his death only reveal the extent to which his socialism, like that of Jeremy Corbyn, threatened the British establishment.
Jacksonian Slavocracy
Andrew Jackson was a murderous racist who used democratic rhetoric to enhance his own power. We should scorn his legacy.
Pharmageddon
The Left should push rising popular outrage at drug companies' extortionate prices to its tipping point.
Marxism for the Man in the Streets
A new biography of Laurence Gronlund, a long-forgotten yet pivotal Marxian propagandist, sheds light on the rich complexities of Gilded Age socialism — one that forces us to consider how we package and present socialist ideas.
Why Bidenism Failed
Despite lofty ambitions, four years of professional-managerial approaches to governing moved the Democrats even further away from their New Deal roots.
An Injury to All
Donald Trump wants to divide and conquer the labor movement. We shouldn’t let him.
How Financial Giants Might Come to Rule Us All
Three giant financial companies control trillions of dollars in corporate stock, giving them the power to act on behalf of the capitalist class as a whole. What happens when they start to use it?
I Fell Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole. Eventually, I Climbed My Way Out.
At a time of personal confusion and pain in my life, Jordan Peterson and the alt right gave me direction and purpose. I eventually realized that purpose was spreading a cruel, antisocial worldview — but not before I inflicted that cruelty on those around me.
How Irish Resistance Shaped Australian History
When British authorities deported Irish rebels to their Australian penal colonies, they also exported a tradition of anti-colonial resistance.
Politics Is Something We Do
The hard part is over. The harder part is about to start.
A Son of His Class
Executed by the Nazis on this day in 1944, the life of German Communist Ernst Thälmann was as contradictory and tragic as the movement he led.
Social Housing Is Becoming a Mainstream Policy Goal in the US
Slowly but surely, the idea of social housing — a public housing model most commonly associated with the socialist government of “Red Vienna” — is moving from being a leftist dream to a concrete policy agenda item in a number of US states.
The Best Way to “Reform” the Police Is to Defund the Police
For years we’ve heard about body cameras and bias training to reform the racism and brutality of the police. That won’t cut it. The only way to get better policing is to get less of it — by defunding the police.
Heat Kills. Trump Has Ensured There Will Be More Victims.
We should be slashing emissions and climate-proofing our cities. Instead, Republicans are turning up the carbon spew and stripping away heat protections — effectively condemning the poor to die under rising temperatures.
How Postwar Germany Fell in Love With Israel
As Israeli tanks rolled into the Sinai in the 1967 war, West Germany saw itself marching alongside them. Even former Nazis could identify with Israeli expansionism — and used this support to absolve their own pasts.
The Neoliberal Australian Labor Party Once Tried to Nationalize the Banks
Today the Australian Labor Party is among the most neoliberal parties in the world. But after World War II, Australian Labor PM Ben Chifley wanted to nationalize the banks. No surprise, the bankers ferociously stopped him.