No to War on Iran
The jury long ago returned its verdict on US intervention in the Middle East: a similar catastrophe in Iran must be prevented.
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A Megachurch for the Glamorous
Blessed with celebrity congregants, the evangelical Hillsong Church was poised to take America by storm before it fell prey to sex scandals. Now megachurch America is following its blue-state blueprint.
The Left Should Welcome Mélenchon
Liberals want to smear Jean-Luc Mélenchon as a xenophobe. In fact, they fear his potential to unite the oppressed.
Why Shadow Banking Is Bigger Than Ever
Despite nearly destroying the global economy in 2008, the shadow banking revolution marches on.
Peace for Whom?
The benefits of peace between FARC and the Colombian government will not be widely felt.
How the NYPD Gets Away With It
The Anna Chambers case has exposed the entrenched political power wielded by police.
The Small-Town Charter Wars
The fight to stop the growth of a charter school in one small New Jersey town.
Everything Old Is New Again
Rebuilding the labor movement will take organizing, not just mobilizing.
The Coming Storm
After Hurricane Harvey, Trump and one of the most right-wing state governments in history get to “rebuild” an area of more than 7 million people.
“We’re CIOs From Alabama!”
The reminiscences of Sidney Rittenberg, a lifelong Communist activist, remind us what it meant to be on the Left in the 1940s.
Kate Millett (1934–2017)
Second-wave feminist Kate Millett wrote with a sweeping ambition that matched the political ferment of the times. We need the same today.
A Dishonest Umpire
Two-state proponents argue that comprehensive peace is only possible with deeper American involvement in the process. They couldn't be more wrong.
Tech Workers Versus the Pentagon
Workers at Google just scored an impressive victory against US militarism.
Europe Is Saving the Financial Markets, But Not Coronavirus Victims
After the 2008 crisis, European authorities saved the banks but forced welfare states to slash spending. Faced with the coronavirus, austerity-hit hospital services are under siege — yet the European Central Bank is again helping out the financial markets, not public health care systems.
Mike Davis on Coronavirus: “In a Plague Year”
As coronavirus spreads rapidly around the world, outpacing our capacity for testing, let alone treatment, the long-anticipated monster is finally at the door. And with global capitalism so impotent in the face of this biological crisis, our demands must be for properly international public-health infrastructure.
We Need to Reconnect Socialists to the US Labor Movement
Socialists have historically played a key role in the US labor movement as part of a broader current of militant rank-and-file workers. The recent teachers’ strike wave shows that to rebuild unions, we have to build that militant current.
A Hero and a Priest
Remembering Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, the Sandinista priest and one-time United Nations General Assembly president who died earlier this month.
Justice for All
Ending the scourge of mass incarceration will require seeking justice not just for the innocent but for the guilty.
Wes Anderson and the Old Regime
With The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson has reached the dizzying point of fantasizing about feeling nostalgic for nostalgia itself.
The Technocratic Takeover
Will the evisceration of democracy in Puerto Rico be allowed to proceed unnoticed?