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The Great Agitator
James Larkin, hero of the 1913 Dublin Lockout, died seventy years ago today.
The British Royals Have Always Been Scum
Despite generations of imperial murder, torture, rape, and plunder, the British ruling class still gets the brown-nose treatment in historical depictions. Not so in The Favourite, where the royals are shown as the disgusting creatures they were and still are.
Liberals and the Attack on Ilhan Omar
The Democrats’ treatment of Ilhan Omar isn’t just shameful. It feeds into the rhetoric of the global far right.
Czechoslovakia 1948
Seventy years ago, a popular revolution swept the Communist Party to power in Czechoslovakia. It quickly proved to be a hidden coup.
From Coast to Coast
California shows that the road to universal, publicly funded health care runs through the states.
“‘Can People Pay Rent This Month?’ The Consensus Was No”
Millions of people can’t pay rent because of the coronavirus-induced recession. In the absence of government action to help them, many are going on a rent strike. We talked to two Brooklyn rent strikers about why they organized their building to withhold rent and how other renters can do the same.
This Labor Day, Thank a Teacher
Teacher unions offer our best shot at revitalizing the labor movement.
Revitalization by Gentrification
Detroit is evicting tens of thousands from their homes this year, even as it trumpets an urban revival.
Trump, Carter, and the Politics of Parties
Trump has been a remarkably weak leader. And that may turn out to be his salvation.
No Power in Gaza
New pressures on Hamas signal a realignment of political forces in the Middle East — and may foreshadow another summertime assault on Gaza.
He Fought for the Union
Jerry Zero, who fought the Teamsters old guard to build a more democratic union, left behind a complicated legacy.
The Black Jacobin
Our visual identity.
Still Not an Activist
Hillary Clinton is rebranding herself as an activist. Don't be fooled.
Andrew Yang and the Failson Mystique
America has already witnessed the largest UBI experiment known to history — the postwar middle-class housewife. And she was utterly miserable.
Against Referendums
Referendums give people little say over what happens after the polls close.
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.
Bob Lee (1942–2017)
Black Panther and organizer Bob Lee forged the kind of revolutionary interracial solidarity desperately needed today.
Henry in South Asia
Kissinger and the violent suppression of Bangladesh.
America Needs a Nonvoter Revolution
Tens of millions of Americans don't vote because they are underrepresented by US political institutions. To get those voters to the polls, we need a politics that puts the needs of the many before the wealth and power of the few.