Bernie vs. the Washington Consensus
Yesterday, Bernie Sanders showed his commitment to a sharp break from the foreign policy platforms of both the Democratic and Republican establishments.
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Net Neutrality Is Just the Beginning
The internet faces a choice: corporate monopoly or public control.
Planet of the Anti-Humanists
Michael Moore has defended the rights and interests of working people for decades. But his new film, Planet of the Humans, embraces bad science on renewable energy and anti-humanist, anti–working class narratives of overpopulation and overconsumption.
Crowdsourcing Austerity
New York University has found a way to make budget cuts and worker exploitation appear like "innovations" from below.
Worker Power on the Swedish Docks
The Swedish Dockworkers Union has announced plans for indefinite strike action. The future of independent, left-wing, rank-and-file trade unionism in Sweden hangs in the balance.
Designing the Soviet Union
Soviet architecture had diverse and ambitious ideas for transforming the spaces people live, work, and travel in.
Miliband and the State
Ralph Miliband was right in urging socialists to leave the legacy of Leninism behind us. But achieving socialism will still require a change in the fundamental nature of the state.
Socialism at Play
Radical game designer Paolo Pedercini on what video games can teach us about capitalism — and socialism.
What a Teachers Movement Can Look Like
By following the example of Los Angeles teachers in their recent victorious strike, teachers around the country can roll back free-market education reform.
Labor for Bernie
Bernie Sanders has a long record of supporting pro-worker policies. Organized labor should back his presidential run.
The Organizers of the Bolivian Coup Will Never Accept Free Elections
Almost a year since the military coup against Evo Morales, today Bolivians will finally get to vote on a new president. But the forces that overthrew Morales have done everything they can to stop his Movement Toward Socialism to return to power through a free and fair election.
Don’t Fly Like a GA-06
The future of left politics is not with the affluent voters Jon Ossoff thought he could win over.
What Social Democracy Delivers
Ted Cruz is wrong. Workers in more social-democratic countries are richer and freer than in the US.
The Profit in the PokéStop
Pokémon Go transforms our public spaces into potential sites of exchange and purchase, and its inhabitants into roving profit centers.
How Slavery Shaped American Capitalism
The New York Times is right that slavery made a major contribution to capitalist development in the United States — just not in the way they imagine.
Honduras Is a Mirror for All of Latin America
Honduras has been under a decade of dictatorship, its 2009 coup heralding a reactionary tide throughout Latin America. Internationalist, anti-imperialist solidarity is desperately needed.
Stopping the GM Shutdowns
What can workers and communities do when the company pulls the plug on an entire workplace? Tariffs and boycotts won’t cut it — the only answer is democratic planning.
Reimagining the Welfare State
The New Deal welfare state was exclusionary and inequitable. We must envision and organize for something better.
How Progressives Got Afghanistan Wrong
The "decent left" was wrong: a blood-soaked occupation did not lead to a promising post-Taliban future.
Ghosts of the Left
Few remember that Yemen once had vibrant movements and a powerful left.