Trump Is Planning a Third Red Scare
Donald Trump and his allies aren’t making a secret of it: if they win, they’re going to launch a campaign of repression to destroy the pro-Palestinian movement and the organized left.
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The Coming Battle for Greenland
Greenland, rich in minerals, faces pressures from Donald Trump’s aggressive purchase ambitions and competing global interests. Without a sensible resolution, Greenland risks exploitation that will reduce it to an energy sacrifice zone.
Can Germany’s Die Linke Revive Itself?
In October, Die Linke elected new leadership, which promises to reconnect with working-class voters. With German elections planned for early 2025, they face a race against time to change the party’s culture.
Algeria’s Old Guard Has Repressed the Hirak Protest Movement
Most Algerians boycotted last month’s presidential election, correctly perceiving it as a stage-managed farce. Five years after a protest movement forced Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down, the old guard has stifled the popular demand for democracy.
All That Remains of Neoliberal Identity Politics Is Fascism
Mainstream Democrats are moving away from identity politics — but the Right has doubled down.
Keir Starmer Will Always Side With Capital Against Workers
A recent controversy involving DP World showed how keen Keir Starmer’s government is to prostrate itself before firms that trample over workers’ rights. Starmer’s economic agenda relies heavily on “de-risking” private investment with public money.
To Win, Germany’s Left Has to Keep Changing Itself
In the 2025 German election, socialist party Die Linke rallied round and defied predictions of its demise. Its membership has doubled, yet the buildup to this weekend’s party congress shows that many older cadres are stuck to the German left’s worst habits.
Jeremy Corbyn: Deporting Migrants to Rwanda Is Barbaric
Britain's Tory government has begun detaining asylum seekers in order to deport them to Rwanda. In an op-ed, Jeremy Corbyn writes that this inhumane policy is proof of how much the establishment has capitulated to the far right.
Staring Into the Trumpian Abyss
We are about to be in for a long period of suffering in American and global politics at the hands of a deranged, reactionary president who will be up against little in the way of an opposition party.
Corporate Donors Guided Kamala Harris to Defeat
Rich donors like Mark Cuban boasted about their success in shaping Kamala Harris’s campaign and inducing her to ditch progressive economic policies. We shouldn’t let them shrug off responsibility for a disastrous defeat.
Keir Starmer’s Leadership Is Deeply Antidemocratic
The Labour Party’s online voting system appears open to tampering — and some left-wing candidates claim it’s been systematically rigged. If true, these allegations would mark a new low for party democracy under Keir Starmer.
Georges Abdallah’s Release Is Long Overdue
Now starting his 41st year in jail, Lebanese communist Georges Abdallah is Europe’s longest-held political prisoner. French authorities keep finding pretexts to deny his release, trampling on civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism.
Internationalism Is in Labor’s Interest
The old labor slogan “An injury to one is an injury to all” isn’t just a moral imperative. It’s the practical foundation of a strong labor movement.
US Reps Want Defense Companies to Rip Off the Government
After receiving millions in campaign donations from the defense industry, members of the House committee overseeing Pentagon spending added provisions to an upcoming bill that would allow contractors more leeway in charging the Defense Department.
Brazil’s Far-Right Trajectory Is a Warning for Us All
To understand the global appeal of the far right, look to Brazil, where Bolsonarismo has capitalized on social disintegration to cement brute exploitation as the dominant social logic.
In Germany, Liberals Lead the Authoritarian Turn
The rise of the anti-immigrant Alternative für Deutschland has prompted a wave of troubled reactions in Germany. But authoritarianism isn’t just a far-right creation, and today, liberals are leading the charge against basic democratic freedoms.
At a Bleak Political Moment, Zohran Mamdani Offers Hope
Zohran Mamdani’s victory last night was a straightforward triumph of people over money, the kind that capitalist elites try so hard to convince us is impossible.
Before World War II, Zionism Was a Fringe Ideology
Prior to Israel’s founding, the majority of European Jews rejected the idea of an ethnically Jewish nation. Instead they fought antisemitism by building solidarity.
Bernie Sanders Is Right to Be Incensed at the Democrats
Yesterday, Bernie Sanders tore into the Democratic Party’s “big money interests and well-paid consultants” who abandoned working-class voters. Bernie was stating an obvious truth — one that Democratic leaders seem hell-bent on ignoring.
Biden Should Stop Attacking the International Criminal Court
The ICC seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leaders is a major step forward for international law. US officials’ attacks on the ICC are a major step backward for US global standing.