The Chinese Revolution at Seventy
The Chinese revolution turned seventy this week. If you were looking for reflection on the meaning of that revolution today, you wouldn't find it in mainstream media coverage.
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Meghan Markle Can’t Save the World
A just world would be one without royalty — and celebrity humanitarians.
Workers in the New Turkey
Already a country hostile to workers, Turkey has now effectively banned the strike.
The Campaign Against Corbyn
The British media has launched a vicious campaign against Jeremy Corbyn because he threatens the powers that be.
The World Revolution That Wasn’t
The Comintern was founded on this day in 1919 to carry revolution around the world. We are only now recovering from the legacy of its failure.
Never Let a Pandemic Go to Waste
Mexican elites have done everything in their power to discredit and undercut President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador since he first took power. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, they’re ramping up their attacks.
Bernie Is the Best Chance We Have on Climate
Electing Bernie Sanders president wouldn’t be enough to fight climate change. But his class-struggle politics give us the best chance we have to take on the fossil fuel companies.
Neoliberalism From the Left
In the 1970s and '80s, left parties turned to markets and spin doctors to adjust to economic changes. The results have been disastrous.
The Two Mandelas
While Mandela was certainly a “great historical figure,” too many tributes have been unable to move beyond hagiography.
Bernie Sanders, Socialist New Dealer
For decades, neoliberal Democrats have chipped away at the gains made through New Deal reforms. Bernie Sanders wants to deepen and defend those gains.
Rebuilding the Socialist Horizon
Bhaskar Sunkara reflects on the rise, defeat, and possible renewal of socialism — and on the generations of ordinary people who fought to build a world beyond class domination.
Why the US Is Losing the Iran War
US hegemony across the world seems to be waning. We can either sink deeper into violent, reactionary madness, or build a political alternative in which the United States plays a more constructive role among a community of nations.
Building Municipal Socialism in New York With DSA
Socialists’ path to supporting Mayor Zohran Mamdani will build on the strategy that socialists there have developed over the past decade, writes NYC Democratic Socialists of America cochair Grace Mausser.
The Prairieland 19 Case Is a Test for Criminalizing Dissent
Nine members of the “Prairieland 19,” anti-ICE protesters in Texas who the Trump administration is dubiously accusing of domestic terrorism, are going on trial this week. The case is a test for how easily Trump might criminalize dissent going forward.
Trump Is Robbing You to Pay for His Dumb War
Not content with launching a costly and disastrous war on Iran, Trump has unveiled a new plan to pay for it by further slashing domestic programs that keep Americans economically afloat. His new 2027 budget document is effectively a political suicide note.
What New York Tenants Are Building Beyond the Courtroom
Tenants across buildings owned by Pinnacle Group are testing whether collective power can force new arrangements with landlords and the city government under a new pro-tenant mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
Should Unions Radically Rethink First Contracts?
If unions are serious about reversing their decline, then shorter, smaller, faster first contracts might be what is needed to scale.
The Man Behind the Curtain
How hedge fund manager George Soros became enemy number one of the international right.
Trump Wants a “Video Game War” in Iran
Donald Trump has resurrected the military fantasy of the “video game war,” waged mostly through high-tech, lethal air power with few US casualties. But his administration may have miscalculated the ease of what can pass as victory.
Minneapolis Educators Are Showing a Way Forward for Labor
The Minneapolis educators’ union won a historic contract just over a week ago. The victory was the product of years of rank-and-file reform efforts as well as workplace and community organizing that bridged occupational and racial divides.