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Bradley Manning on Trial
If Manning is ever released, he will re-enter a world ready to embrace him, advanced with the understanding to recognize his greatness.
When the Carpetbaggers Came to Georgia (the One Near Russia)
Founded by a former Bill Clinton aide, Frontera is a failed oil firm known for its bid for domination in the former Soviet Union. Now, US congressmen are trying to stop it being expelled from Georgia — blaming its well-deserved legal woes on “Russian interference.”
Contemporary Capitalism Is Brutally Competitive
Advocates of the “political capitalism” and “monopoly capital” theories argue that capitalism is stagnating, increasingly unproductive, and dominated by rent-seeking. These are flawed diagnoses that put socialist strategy on the wrong track.
The Unmaking of the British Working Class
Margaret Thatcher described Right to Buy as 'one of the most important revolutions of the century.' She was right. And we’re still living with the consequences.
Czechoslovakia 1948
Seventy years ago, a popular revolution swept the Communist Party to power in Czechoslovakia. It quickly proved to be a hidden coup.
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.
Still Not an Activist
Hillary Clinton is rebranding herself as an activist. Don't be fooled.
Why We’re Marxists
Marxism lives because we have not gone beyond the circumstances that created it.
From Nixon to Clinton
Pundits have been drawing the wrong comparisons for months: Hillary Clinton is a modern-day Richard Nixon.
He Fought for the Union
Jerry Zero, who fought the Teamsters old guard to build a more democratic union, left behind a complicated legacy.
From Coast to Coast
California shows that the road to universal, publicly funded health care runs through the states.
Socialize the Banks
Breaking up the banks won't do. They should be publicly owned and democratically controlled.
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.
Trump, Carter, and the Politics of Parties
Trump has been a remarkably weak leader. And that may turn out to be his salvation.
Money Talks
Capitalism will always undermine the promise of democratic equality.
We Can’t Let Labour Return to the Pre-Corbyn Wilderness
As votes are counted in the Labour leadership election, the party faces a dangerous period: Keir Starmer, the favorite to win, is likely to try to drag the party back to the dark ages of top-down politics and centrist equivocating.
The American Federation of Teachers Isn’t Standing Against Austerity in Puerto Rico
In the midst of brutal austerity measures carried out by an undemocratic junta in Puerto Rico, unions should play a central role in fighting back. Yet only one teachers' union, the Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, is leading that fight — while another, affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, is partnering with it.
Remembering the Saur Revolution
Forty years ago, communists took over Afghanistan hoping to bring modernization and social progress to the country. Were their sweeping reforms doomed to fail?
The Global Empire
The Making of Global Capitalism marks the start of a project to construct a new historical materialist analysis of the American empire and the world system it oversees.