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Adjunct Faculty in an Adjunct Country
The precarious status of adjunct faculty at the University of Puerto Rico is a microcosm for the broader issues faced by the island.
Class Struggle Postponed
In the Colombian city of Barrancabermeja, a century of violence has disintegrated working-class power.
Stephen Harper: All-Canadian Neocon
This piece was originally published at Paltry Sapien. It is republished here by its author.
Stop the War. Stop US Empire.
The United States has no right to bomb countries, to overthrow governments, or toassassinate other states’ officials, though it has been doing so for so long that these practices have come to be widely accepted as natural.
The Walls the West Won’t Tear Down
Twenty-five years after the Berlin Wall, lethal borders remain. We must dismantle them.
Stand With Keith Ellison
We can debate what Ellison can accomplish as the chair of a party dedicated to selling out workers — but there is no doubt about who would cheer his defeat.
Old World Order
The perception that Western European police are benevolent doesn't match reality.
A Liberal-Libertarian Unholy Alliance
A left-right alliance won't do anything to fight inequality.
Climate Change Is Class Struggle
To build the power to take on climate change, we can’t simply validate individual movements or assume single-issue struggles will add up to something greater than the sum of their parts. We need class politics to connect the dots of our many struggles — and to save the planet.
Twilight of the Technocrats?
Technocratic liberalism prides itself on having no ideology to speak of — which is itself the most dogmatic ideology of them all.
Loved by the Workers, Feared by the Bosses
Three years after his death, British trade union leader Bob Crow continues to provide an example of militant working-class leadership.
Buying the Tory Party
The recent Tory Party conference featured a perp walk of corporate ghouls — from public service privatizers to gig economy scammers and arms industry lobbyists — rubbing shoulders with government ministers.
Precarious Thought
Sometimes new crises have to be confronted with old vocabulary.
How to Think About (And Win) Socialism
A revolutionary rupture is not on the horizon, but capitalism can still be overcome.
A War for Power
The “war on terrorism” is a farce. But unless we stop them, US elites will carry it on forever.
Labor Must Take on Capital
Unions must expand beyond narrow bargaining to challenge those who hold wealth and power at the highest levels.
The New Red-Baiting
Establishment pundits like Bret Stephens are trying to revive the Cold War, using the sloppiest of anti-left arguments.
The Straw Protester
"Paid protesters" aren't a total myth — authoritarian governments use them all the time.