The End of Europe
The crisis in Greece is part of a larger disintegration of the European project.
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Overhauling French Politics
At stake in Sunday's French election is the specter of the far right, the neoliberalism of the extreme center, and Mélenchon's challenge to the system itself.
Neoliberal Education Reform Paved the Way for Right-Wing “Classical Education”
The “classical education” concept promoted by Ron DeSantis, Chris Rufo, and Hillsdale College is a reactionary far-right project. But it wouldn’t be gaining so much ground if bipartisan education reform hadn’t sucked the life out of our public schools.
An Open Letter to Steven Pinker (and Bill Gates)
Steven Pinker's paeans to the poverty-reducing power of globalization are long on rhetoric and short on evidence. Neoliberal capitalism has actually made global poverty worse.
Latin America’s Bitter Stalemate
The Pink Tide governments failed because they couldn't transform the region's economy. But the resurgent right doesn't have a solution to the economic crisis either — and the impasse is deepening the basis for violent, reactionary politics.
What Democrats Must Do
The Democratic Party’s pursuit of well-off whites undermined its ability to deliver gains for all workers. Going forward, it must place the multiracial working class at the center of its political vision.
The Day After Macri’s Downfall
Argentina's recent elections have set the country's right on the path to defeat. But that won't immediately put the working class back in the driver's seat — much greater mobilization is needed for that.
The Future of Brazilian Politics
The rule of President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil has been grotesque. Is his power finally slipping?
Too Cool for School
A radical critique of public education falls flat.
Beyond the Welfare State
We must fight for a robust and universal welfare state, but the socialist imagination cannot end there.
The Dream That Became a Nightmare
One year after taking power, Greece's Syriza government is facing a wave of popular discontent.
An Open Letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Liberals Who Love Him
The reparations demand survives as a parlor debate — it cannot address the real needs and interests of black workers.
What Is Europe?
Europe Since 1989 is a book about neoliberalism in Europe written by someone who doesn’t know what neoliberalism is, and hasn’t really paid much attention to Europe.
Justin Trudeau Loves Outsourcing Government Work to Neoliberal Cutthroats
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has outsourced billions of dollars’ worth of contracts, including $100 million to McKinsey. Instead of shoveling money into the private sector, the Liberals could make the novel choice of investing in state capacity.
India’s Neoliberal State Brought It COVID Tragedy
Last year, right-wing Indian prime minister Narendra Modi boasted that he had COVID-19 under control. Now hundreds of thousands are dead. BJP misrule and years of social neglect and austerity are to blame.
Strike for America: The CTU and the Democrats
How Chicago teachers took on neoliberal education reform.
The Method in the Far Right’s Madness
Today’s far right manages to combine the call for economic freedom with pseudoscience about natural hierarchies of race and IQ. Historian Quinn Slobodian explains how these ideas can be fitted together.
Against Liberal Nostalgia
The Left shouldn't counter the logic of "Make America Great Again" with nostalgia for an idealized liberal democracy.
Washington Is Using the Ukraine War to Rebuild Its Global Power
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a moment of unity in the West — and helped Washington reassert its leadership in NATO. With no peace in sight, the war has provided the opportunity to rebuild America’s tattered “informal empire.”
Democrats Learned to Love Class Dealignment
The neoliberal economic program embraced by the Clinton-era Democratic Party alienated many working-class voters. Democrats responded by reorienting their electoral strategy toward professional-class voters, accelerating workers’ departure from the party.