We Should Have Listened to Bernie Sanders About Ukraine
In early February, Bernie Sanders advocated US involvement in peace talks to head off an “enormously destructive war” in Ukraine. We should have listened.
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The Supreme Court Has Dealt a Major Blow to the Right to Effective Legal Counsel
All people should have the right to effective legal representation when they’re facing criminal charges. But the Supreme Court has just issued a ruling that severely curtails that basic right.
Bulletin: The Russia Freakout
If the goal of Russian hackers was to cause chaos in the US, they're succeeding — national security elites are in full meltdown mode.
15 Salvadoran Military Officers Could Soon Go on Trial for the El Mozote Massacre
The 1981 El Mozote massacre was one of the most horrific crimes in the US-backed dirty war in El Salvador. Fifteen retired military officers could soon go on trial for the crime — spotlighting again the blood-drenched horrors of US imperialism in Central America.
It Nearly Didn’t Happen
Two years ago today Jeremy Corbyn made it onto the Labour leadership ballot — with seconds to spare.
The Making and Unmaking of Global Capitalism
The authors of The Making of Global Capitalism respond in the conclusion to our seminar on their book.
Building, Not Rebuilding, Public Education
Fighting corporate education reform is less about restoring the old system to its former glory than building a just one for the first time.
Today and Forever, Rahm Emanuel Is Garbage
By fighting him tooth and nail for seven years, Chicagoans have established that Rahm Emanuel is garbage. No matter what he does next, that stench isn't coming off.
If Joe Biden Moves Left, You Can Thank the Left
Joe Biden has issued a raft of executive orders that are surprisingly progressive. But we know who to thank: the organized left, which has helped transform US politics.
Capitalism Is Changing, but Not Into “Neofeudalism”
Some left writers have argued that contemporary capitalism is mutating into a form of “neofeudalism” as tech barons run amok. But what we’re actually witnessing is an important shift within rather than a transition from capitalism.
Economic Planning Shouldn’t Be a Swear Word
For decades, many leftists dropped talk of economic planning due to its association with Soviet bureaucracy. But both the climate crisis and the reality of massive state intervention in capitalist economies have made democratic planning inescapable.
Talkin’ For-Profit Medicine Blues
A century of hard living and hospital bills in American song.
Bulletin: The Expressive Function of the Russia Freakout
Like the Tea Party in the Obama years, liberals lament a country they no longer recognize — and go hunting for foreign culprits to blame.
Trump TV
The mainstream media is playing much the same game as the fake news sites, but they’re losing.
The Labor Movement Must Fight for Medicare for All — Not Employer-Based Plans
Unions have been at the forefront of almost every progressive policy advance for a century. So why are AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten denouncing Medicare for All by parroting talking points crafted by health care industry lobbyists?
We Need a Fighting Abortion Rights Movement Now More Than Ever
The likely demise of Roe v. Wade is a crushing blow for abortion rights. And Democrats won’t save us — we need to fight back with a mass movement in the streets that boldly pushes for reproductive justice.
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Turning the US Into a Repressive Petrostate
Recent emails show corporate America is trying to stop banks divesting from fossil fuels, the latest example of fossil fuel companies looking to use state power to block and repress climate action.
The Left Should Defend Classical Education
The great books aren’t just a collection of “dead white males,” and teaching or reading them isn’t elitist or Eurocentric. On the contrary, they are a treasure that should be made available and accessible to working-class people everywhere.
Five Ways to Help Nail Salon Workers
The short-term solutions to injustice in the nail salon industry are worker organizing and more regulation.
After the Ukraine Documents Leak, Mainstream Media Is Missing the Story
The recent leak of Ukraine war documents reveals much about how the US government has been misleading the public. But the corporate media is more concerned with catching and punishing the leaker, all in the name of defending democracy.