Class Brought to Life
Class, race, and gender intersect on multiple levels — we know that. The challenge is to translate this into an emancipatory project.
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A New War on Speech
Campaigns against Rabab Abdulhadi and other activists are calls for state-sponsored political harassment.
The Great Agitator
James Larkin, hero of the 1913 Dublin Lockout, died seventy years ago today.
Organizing to Win a Green New Deal
The labor movement has to be central to winning a Green New Deal and reversing climate change. Recent labor victories show how we can do just that, from the ground up, and quickly.
The GOP Is Dismantling Our Democracy. Democrats Are Letting Them Get Away With It.
Revelations from the January 6 hearings and the recent spate of Supreme Court decisions show that the Right is ready to dispense with democracy. Democratic Party leaders seem ready to let them.
Dems Claim to Want a Hasan Piker — Then Try to Cancel Him
Democrats spent the last year asking where their Joe Rogan was. Hasan Piker is one of the few left-wing figures with the audience they covet — but the party is deeply hostile to the spontaneity and independence that make figures like him appealing.
Out of the Shtetl and Into the Heartland
What happened when assimilated German Jews tried to settle their Eastern European brethren in rural America?
End-Times for Christian Zionism
Evangelical Christian Zionism used to be one of the most coherent voting blocs in the US. But cracks are starting to appear in this coalition as its members grow disillusioned with Israel and enamored by Christian nationalism.
Welcome to Everytown
The sci-fi film Things to Come debuted just before World War II. It was all too prophetic in its portrait of a society destroyed and then rebuilt by advanced technology.
Jessica Mitford Had Every Reason to Side With Power and Refused
Jessica Mitford was born the child of aristocrats and the sister of fascists who celebrated the rise of Adolf Hitler. But she betrayed her class to become a communist, embedding herself in the life of the working class and railing against the powerful.
What Was MAGA Nationalism?
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump fused nationalist appeals with selective attacks on Republican market ideology. As president, he provided more rhetoric than change.
The Trade War Comes to the Middle East
For the last two years, Washington and its allies have sought to consolidate influence in the region. This bid for hegemony is coming up against a new force: Chinese capital.
The Rise and Fall of Chris Smalls
Chris Smalls shot to prominence for playing a key role in the shock union win at a New York Amazon warehouse. He was charismatic and energetic at a time labor needed both. But in the years since, his own ego has overwhelmed his political contributions.
Red Diaper Babies
In America, school is preparation for “real” life. In the early Soviet Union, school was filled with life.
The Legacy of Malcolm X
Malcolm X died 53 years ago today, just as he was moving toward revolutionary ideas that challenged oppression in all its forms.
Don’t Overstate the Divide Between the Campus and the Working Class
Leftists shouldn’t counterpose working-class voters on the one hand and college-educated voters on the other. Our strategy can combine a working-class economic program with a progressive approach to social and cultural questions.
The Job Market Is Far From Recovered
COVID-19 sparked the worst job losses since the Great Depression. The most recent numbers make clear that while American workers are still suffering immensely, they're also feeling emboldened to reject bad jobs.
Donald Trump Was a Warning Shot
In the end, Donald Trump didn't destroy the American political system. He showed the world how corrupt, undemocratic, and reactionary it already was.