The Shopping Mall’s Socialist Pre-History
The inventor of the American suburban shopping mall was a socialist. Could his creation have been saved?
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A Century After “Ten Days”
John Reed penned the definitive account of the October Revolution — and paid a heavy price for it.
Politics Without Politics
A new book offers a flawed road map for rebuilding the Left.
The CIA Is Not Your Friend
The CIA is rebranding as a rational, progressive arm of the US state. And some liberals are buying it.
Silicon Valley for Trump
It's no surprise that Elon Musk agreed to advise Trump — their politics are more similar than you might think.
Czechoslovakia 1948
Seventy years ago, a popular revolution swept the Communist Party to power in Czechoslovakia. It quickly proved to be a hidden coup.
The Postal Banking Solution
The post office can offer financial services that private banks won’t. In fact, it's done it before.
The Great God Trump and the White Working Class
The political and social war that is now inevitable in the United States could shape the character of the rest of the century.
Al Qaeda’s Favorite President
For ISIS and Al Qaeda, Trump's foreign policy is the gift that keeps on giving.
American Carnage
Trump's inauguration speech exemplified everything seductive and dangerous about the far right's rhetoric.
Sri Lanka’s Post-Labor Politics
Organized labor has struggled to push demands and set the agenda during Sri Lanka's democratic transition.
Mexico’s Gasolinazo
A hike in fuel prices has sparked popular protests across Mexico. Will it take a deeper political form?
The Opposition Is Born
Trump thinks he can do what he’s doing now because no one will stop him. He's wrong.
The Man Who Brought Pizza
Mikhail Gorbachev’s journey from Communist reformer to Pizza Hut salesman.
The Ghost of the Mechanical Turk
Digital microwork in the Middle East exploits occupation, war, and neoliberalism to extract the cheapest labor possible.
Lessons From the First Red Century
"We want a left that can learn from 1917 Russia and 1976 Sweden."
It’s Not Over
The union defeat at a South Carolina Boeing plant was devastating, but it wasn't inevitable. Labor can still organize the South.
Bile, Bullshit, and Bernie
Sixteen notes on the presidential campaign.
Let’s Get to Work
"Salting" built the early American labor movement — and it can revive it today.
Again and Again and Again
The same racist rhetoric used against Syrians was also used to shut the door to Jewish refugees escaping the Holocaust.