Bloodless Liberals
A concern for human life, not international law, should drive opposition to the US “targeted killing” program.
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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.
Capitalist Freedom Is a Farce
Milton Friedman was wrong. Capitalism doesn't foster freedom — it produces autocratic workplaces and tyrannical billionaires.
The Media Against Jeremy Corbyn
The British media has launched an unprecedented campaign of disinformation against Jeremy Corbyn.
Universalizing Settler Liberty
America is best understood not as the first post-colonial republic, but as an expansionist nation built on slavery and native expropriation.
Bad and Bourgeois
The super-rich talk to one another about a rising tide lifting all boats, all the while arming their yachts ahead of potential crisis.
Jair Bolsonaro Is Weaker Than He Looks
Despite his authoritarian bravado, Bolsonaro is having a hard time overcoming a weak economy, mounting scandals, and mass mobilization against his program. He can be beaten.
“We’re Filling the Street With Hope”
Paul Mason on the power of the Corbyn campaign and his experience canvassing for Labour.
The Panthers and the Patriots
The story of how a group of poor whites in Chicago united with the Black Panthers to fight racism and capitalism.
Class Rules Everything Around Me
The socialist emphasis on the centrality of class isn't about ignoring racial inequalities, but about crafting a politics capable of ending them.
Why the Right Hates Voting Rights
Conservatives in the United States know they can’t win on a level playing field — so they've started rigging the electoral rules in their favor, democracy be damned.
Gambling with the Euro
Freeing Greece from its neoliberal straitjacket will require exiting the euro.
The Arab Spring Lives on in Algeria
Algeria is in the throes of a revolutionary moment. But having overthrown dictator Abdelaziz Bouteflika last spring, the movement must now find a way to return the class issue to the center of politics or risk watching the revolutionary moment slip away.
The Left Side of the Church
The church is responsible for a litany of injustices — and today Christian rhetoric is used to defend a violent neoliberal capitalism. But the glorious tradition of liberation theology can't be forgotten.
The Clinton Dynasty
The Clintons aren't the solution to the plutocratic status quo — they are the status quo.
The Campaign Against Corbyn
The British media has launched a vicious campaign against Jeremy Corbyn because he threatens the powers that be.
Socialism and Freedom
Marxist intellectual G.M. Tamás on Syriza, post-fascist authoritarianism, and the nostalgia for state socialism.
Marilyn Young (1937–2017)
Militarism runs deep in the United States, but historian Marilyn Young never gave up believing that it could be overcome.
Breaking Up Fortunes
The rich have too much. Hiking the estate tax would be a powerful tool in a broader anti-inequality campaign.
The Spirit of Late Capitalism
Pentecostalism preaches a seductive message to the marginalized: that prayer, not political action, is the solution to their earthly woes.