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The Human Soul of the Fight to Control AI
Pope Leo XIV issued a welcome call to defend the human person in the age of artificial intelligence. Yet compared to his predecessor, Pope Francis, he is less clear about who exactly can mobilize against our corporate overlords.
The Man Behind the Dragon Tattoo
Former Internationalen editor Håkan Blomqvist on the socialist politics of his colleague Stieg Larsson.
Ending the Opioid Crisis
Trump finally declared mass opioid addiction a national emergency. But he won’t take on big pharma and the social roots of the crisis.
Israel Has No Right of Self-Defense Against Gaza
Israel has no legal right to use any kind of force in Gaza — under any circumstances.
The Creativity Bubble
Richard Florida chats about Karl Kautsky, Karl Marx, and other urban creative types.
As Mass Incarceration Rose, Corporate Crime Ran Amok
We spoke to political scientist Marie Gottschalk about how corporate criminals have been let off the hook as prisons have exploded and what the path to ending mass incarceration might look like.
Archaeologists Are Organizing to Dig Out of Poverty Wages
Field archaeologists work physically demanding jobs exposed to the elements, often for low pay and meager benefits from private employers. We spoke to one self-identified “dirty shovel bum” about why he and his coworkers are organizing.
Georgii Plekhanov Was the Father Of Russian Marxism Who Disliked His Children
Georgii Plekhanov did more than anyone to popularize Marxist ideas in Russia from the late nineteenth century. While he fell out with the Bolsheviks and condemned the October revolution, Plekhanov had a huge influence over the development of Soviet Marxism.
How the Labour Party Lost the Chance of a Lifetime
Corbynism had a popular program — but not the popular insurgency it needed to fight for it.
The Uprising Wastes a Good Class-Struggle Story
Instead of inspiring an awakening as filmmakers hope, The Uprising repeats tired liberal calls for “healing” and, when those disappoint, turns to fantasies of individual violence. The real 1381 English Peasants’ Revolt, however, still inspires us centuries later.
Academic Workers at Rutgers University in New Jersey Are Poised to Strike
Unions representing grad workers, postdocs, and faculty at Rutgers University have been without a contract for almost nine months; earlier in March, they voted by 94% to authorize a strike. We talked to two workers about their contract fight.
Charlie Hebdo: The Poverty of Satire
Two years after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, we consider the origin and trajectory of the publication.
The Case Against a Basic Income
A universal basic income would shore up the market. We need ideas that shrink it.
The Means of Escape
The communists in the Coen brothers' Hail Caesar! are silly caricatures, but the film upholds basic Marxist premises.
The Unholy Family
“Family values” and neoliberal capitalism are supposed to be enemies. A new book begs to differ.
From the United States to a Socialist Germany That Never Was
The Westemigranten were communists who fled Nazism for the United States, only to resettle in East Germany after 1945. Their biographies are a monument to the hopes of the twentieth-century communist movement — and how they were disappointed by the reality of the postwar Eastern Bloc.
Centrists Despise Hasan Piker More Than They Want to Win
Democratic Party centrists’ well-funded and single-minded war on socialists is leading them to take increasingly contorted, absurd positions against figures like leftist streamer Hasan Piker.