The Case Against Bombing ISIS
The military campaign against ISIS is just the latest phase of US imperialism in the Middle East.
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What a Socialist Approach to Gun Violence Should Look Like
We’re thankfully beginning to see mass organizing and protest against the epidemic of gun violence in the United States. But we can’t let billionaires like Michael Bloomberg and solutions that further criminalize the poor and increase police power dominate the debate — we need a socialist approach to ending gun violence.
Amazon Is on the Attack Against Kshama Sawant
Since first winning office in 2013, Seattle socialist city councilmember Kshama Sawant has pushed a $15 minimum wage, landmark renters’ rights legislation, free public transit, and more. Which is why Amazon has declared war on her.
Revolutionary Socialists in the Democratic-Socialist Moment
Right now, democratic socialism is on the rise in American society. Revolutionary socialists who have kept the torch of socialism burning during the lean years will now have to merge with democratic-socialist demands of the current moment.
We’re On a Winning Streak
Julia Salazar won her New York State Senate race last night. Her campaign, and those that lost, show what the Democratic Party will throw at left candidates — and how we can beat them.
The Rise of the Voluntariat
Like unpaid interns, the "voluntariat" creates profits without being compensated, but out of a sense of altruism.
A Communist Designed Your Kitchen
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky is renowned as creator of the first fitted kitchen, designed to cut the time devoted to household chores. But her “social architecture” was just part of her deep political convictions — a journey that led her to the Communist resistance against Nazism.
Havana Nights: Mobsters and the American War on Cuba
How an unholy alliance between American intelligence, Cuban exiles, and organized crime tried to bring about counter-revolution in Cuba.
Losing the Script
Republicans should be riding high in the age of Trump. Instead, they just seem lost.
“You Can Sleep Here All Night”: Video Games and Labor
Exploitation in the video game industry provides a glimpse at how many of us may be working in years to come.
Mafiosi of the World, Unite
Anti-mafia authors, police investigators, and far-right militants in Italy have a new obsession — organized crime by Nigerian citizens. But sensationalism about Nigerians importing “black magic” and “bloodthirsty violence” from afar fails to grasp the root of the problem — the criminal forms of organization that pervade Italian capitalism as a whole.
Against Happiness
Self-help gurus and positive psychologists tell us that we should be coaching ourselves to happiness. The painted-on smiles they want to sell us are a pathetic substitute for actually improving our societies.
“We’re All Staying”
Hamburg is experiencing a broad While racism rages through much of Europe, Hamburg is experiencing the opposite: a broad movement for refugee rights combined with a struggle for the right to the city. refugee rights combined with a struggle for the right to the city.
Don’t Worry, We’re Listening
The focus group was invented by a socialist, nurtured by corporate America — and revolutionized the relationship between elites and the masses.
The WeWork Con
The $47 billion WeWork implosion is proof that the rich are the biggest suckers of all.
How the Left Can Win a Supermajority
The US left has had some success winning primaries in Democrat-held constituencies. But this can’t be a strategy for national success and the implementation of New Deal–style programs. For that, we’ll need a supermajority.
Did Big Oil Conspire to Kneecap the EV Industry?
The state of Michigan filed a lawsuit in federal court last week against major oil companies including ExxonMobil and Chevron, accusing them of engaging in a decades-long conspiracy to block the development of clean energy and electric vehicles.
What Universal Childcare Should Look Like
A universal childcare policy that ensures adequate care for all families will not means test or rely only on vouchers to subsidize private providers. It should be free for all, with government taking direct responsibility for providing childcare seats.
Liberal Zionism Is an Inherent Contradiction
Despite the inherent contradiction between liberalism and extreme ethnic nationalism, many people still refer to themselves as “liberal Zionists.” But when liberal principles come under attack by Israel, they’re nowhere to be found.
Joe Biden Wants to Bring the Dems Responsible for the 1994 Crime Bill Back to the White House
Documents from the Bill Clinton Library tell the story of the disastrous 1994 crime bill. They reveal the cynicism and callousness of Clinton administration officials — including Rahm Emanuel and Ron Klain, who Biden is considering for his own administration — who shepherded the bill through Congress for naked political gain.