Capitalism runs on economic coercion, presenting most people with the choice to work or starve. But many workers, from prisoners to college athletes, face other types of coercion that exact a heavy cost for anyone who dares to tell the boss "no."
Enthusiasts for Israeli militarism often claim that Gaza needs “freeing from Hamas.” Such a claim is steeped in the logic of collective guilt, refusing Palestinians the right to both armed struggle and the ballot box.
Theresa May climbed her way up the political ladder by pushing policies that brought misery to others. Her ignominious fall is richly deserved.
By organizing based on international law, the struggle for Palestinian liberation has been transformed into a question of rights.
The New York Times recently published “the strongest argument against Medicare for All.” We regret to inform you that the argument is, in fact, not strong at all.
All successful movements need leaders, elected officials, and, yes, even bureaucrats. The key is to remember the radical roots of those bureaucracies and leaderships — so they can sustain instead of squelch socialist politics.
The best place to fight Trump is the place where workers have the most power: at the point of production.
Low pay and classroom-spending cuts are making teaching an unattractive profession. If this doesn’t change, we’re in big trouble. Luckily, teachers, unions, and Bernie Sanders have plans for that.
Auto workers are three weeks into their strike against General Motors. One of their key demands: that the company make its temp workers permanent.
We need to get down to the work of building a radical civil society.
Austerity won't collapse under its own contradictions. We'll need a movement for that.
What will the landscape for public-sector workers look like after Janus? The University of Illinois-Chicago is seeing what it can get away with — but campus unions are meeting the attacks with more militancy.
When it comes to war, we shouldn't expect balance from mainstream news outlets: the corporate media has never met a war it didn't like.
Pro-Israel forces have consistently been on the wrong side of the academic freedom debate.
On Tuesday, Floridians voted to largely end felon disenfranchisement in the state. It was a huge win — and it showed the importance of multiracial, class-based coalitions.
Harley-Davidson is one of most iconic “American” companies in America. What does work on its shop floor look like?
New Deal policies exposed the limits of FDR-style liberalism. The Green New Deal offers us a chance to build on those policies — and go beyond them.