Liberals and the Strike
The wave of teacher strikes is a challenge not just to GOP austerity, but to Democratic Party neoliberalism.
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An Obituary from Below
Thatcher’s great achievements were also what made her so vile. Her talents were harnessed to horrible ends.
The Politics of Survival
Puerto Rico’s left is rebuilding in the wake of two disasters: Hurricane María and a neoliberal onslaught.
The Third Way Is Still Alive
Could Corbynism come to Australia? Don’t count on it — neoliberalism runs deep in the country's Labor Party.
Issue 10 Preview: “Assembly Required”
Our new issue is slightly delayed, but only for the best of reasons. We're getting bigger and better.
Backed Into a Corner
The recent violence in Jerusalem is a response to Trump and Netanyahu’s policy of turning up the pressure on the city’s Palestinians.
Can There Be a Left Populism?
The European debate on populism brings the Left’s fundamental identity into question.
Developers Want to Destroy Chicago. We Won’t Let Them.
We’re in a nationwide crisis of affordable housing. In Chicago, momentum is growing to fight back.
A Plan to Nationalize Fossil-Fuel Companies
Market-based solutions can't attack climate change. Let's try nationalization.
We Don’t Need Pete Buttigieg’s National Service Program
Pete Buttigieg thinks national service will solve America’s inequality and division. But what we actually need to build solidarity and improve lives are broad social guarantees to decent jobs, health care, and education.
The Second Time as Farce
The remake of Death Wish is a failure — because the law-and-order politics animating the original film triumphed long ago.
Adjusting to Apocalypse
Societies are going to adjust to climate change in some way — it’s up to us to push that transformation in a progressive direction.
Where Free Speech Goes to Die
The news industry isn’t a marketplace of ideas — it’s just a market. To ensure freedom of speech, we have to take on the rich.
Kiev’s Theme Park Revolution
The images of genuine popular self-determination in the streets of Kiev are empty ones.
Shock Therapy or Sanctions
In today's election Venezuela's opposition offers only two paths: further strangling of the economy or dire shock therapy.
The Kurdish Dilemma
Will the most promising democratic experiment in the Middle East be allowed to survive? The answer increasingly depends on the geopolitical whims of the Trump administration.
Venezuela after Chávez
What's next for the Bolivarian Revolution?
The Case for Open Borders
When the Right charges the Left with advocating amnesty, we should show them to be correct.
After the Wave
If teachers' unions want to build off the momentum of the recent strikes, they cannot simply return to business as usual.