Democrats Are Failing Ilhan Omar
Trump is determined to vilify Ilhan Omar and Muslim Americans in general. Democrats have failed to unequivocally defend them.
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We Gave Greenpeace a Chance
Less stunts, more organizing.
In Last Night’s Debate, Joe Biden Continued Rewriting His History on Foreign Policy
How can Joe Biden reconcile his history as one of the Democrats’ leading hawks with the party’s more antiwar direction today? Simple: lie through his teeth.
Oakland Teachers Are Striking Against Billionaire Privatizers
Oakland teachers are on strike today to defeat plans by the superrich to take over and dismantle their public schools.
Murray Bookchin’s New Life
Whatever their limits, Murray Bookchin's ideas should be studied by today's left.
The Trump Problem
Donald Trump poses a threat to the Republican Party. But what type of threat does he pose to the country?
The “Labor Question” Is About Life During and After Capitalism
Throughout American history, no matter the oscillations in politics, the economy, or class struggle, the “labor question” refuses to die.
The New Zealand “Socialists” Who Govern Like Neoliberals
Since releasing its budget substantially boosting welfare last week, leading figures in New Zealand’s Labour Party have been painting themselves as socialists overturning the country’s neoliberal order. But a closer look at the details shows how Labour plays a central role in that neoliberal order.
To Recapture the Spirit of the Indignados, Podemos Has to Speak to Working People
Coming almost exactly ten years since Spain’s Indignados protests, Pablo Iglesias’s retirement as Podemos leader marks the end of a political era. In its early years, Podemos appealed to Spaniards outside traditional left-wing circles — yet it failed to build a party working people could consider their own.
How Australia’s First Mardi Gras Fought for Gay and Lesbian Liberation
In 1968, Ken Davis became a socialist while still in high school — ten years later, he helped to lead the first Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney. As Davis explains, the struggle for gay rights in Australia formed part of a global fight for liberation.
If the Democrats Don’t Kill the Filibuster, They’re Screwed
The Democratic Party’s leadership must immediately kill the filibuster and move key legislation — because the GOP is one heartbeat away from reclaiming control of the Senate.
Capitalists Can’t Save Us From Capitalism
From Otto von Bismarck to Joe Biden, capitalist politicians have tried to cure the system’s ills without transforming society. But it takes socialists to really change the world for the better.
With Abortion Rights Under Attack, Nancy Pelosi Is Siding With an Antiabortion Democrat
Even in the wake of news that Roe v. Wade may be overturned, the Democratic leadership is backing right-wing Texas representative Henry Cuellar against his primary opponent, Jessica Cisneros, a Berniecrat who favors abortion rights.
Dream Big on Labor Day
This Labor Day, organize for what we need and deserve, not what we’re told we must accept.
The Real Barack Obama Has Finally Revealed Himself
Barack Obama is using his post-presidency to attack the Left and protect the status quo. The historical myth believed by so many liberals that Obama was a progressive leader who was hemmed in by the presidency's political constraints is collapsing fast.
What the Sunrise Movement Can Do Better
The Sunrise Movement deserves enormous credit for putting the Green New Deal on the national political agenda. But the organization seems to have hit a wall as of late. It may be time for Sunrise to pursue a new direction in its tactics.
A Game of Russian Roulette
Couching opposition to Trump in anti-Russia language will only end up benefiting the Right.
How to Escape the Present
The desire to radically challenge capitalism is widespread and growing. Naomi Klein’s new book is an important contribution to that project.