We Need a Political Vision
The Australian labor movement is internationally envied for the high wages and generous welfare state it won. But the world of work is changing, and if unions don’t change with it, they’ll face existential decline.
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There Is No Way Forward Without Organized Workers
Corporate leaders, reactionary Republicans, and neoliberal Democrats have told Americans to keep lowering their expectations — a better world isn’t possible. They’re wrong. But we’ll only be able to win that improved world by mobilizing workers.
There Is No Pension Crisis
Warnings of looming pension bankruptcy aren’t just overblown. They’re politically dangerous.
Bernie and the Search for New Politics
Bernie Sanders has called for a “political revolution.” But the New Politics movement shows the challenges of accomplishing that within the Democratic Party.
25 Points on Gaza
Some notes on the latest Israeli assault of the Gaza Strip.
Mexico in the Era of AMLO
In an inauguration ceremony unlike any other in Mexican history, Andrés Manuel López Obrador called neoliberalism a disaster. Now he must dismantle it.
Class Is in Session
Millennials are better educated than ever. They also overwhelmingly identify as working class.
I’m Not Running for Myself, I’m Running for My Class
I’m running as the Labour candidate in Warrington North, because I want to undo the damage done by Tory austerity and win a government that fights for working people.
We Need a Labour Brexit
Jeremy Corbyn faces increasing calls to turn Labour into the “party of Remain.” But thwarting Brexit would embolden the EU and its neoliberal dogmas — with disastrous consequences for the Left across Europe.
Yes to a Socialist Scotland
The British establishment faces potential humiliation today at the ballot box, but millions of Scots feel empowered to build a better society.
The First March on Washington
A. Philip Randolph called for a March on Washington to force President Roosevelt to abolish Jim Crow in the war effort, and shaped the trajectory of the postwar left.
When the ACLU Betrayed Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and the Left
Eighty years ago today, the leadership of the ACLU voted to expel labor radical and founding member Elizabeth Gurley Flynn for her Communist Party membership. It was a stunning capitulation to red-baiting — and a reminder that liberal-radical alliances are often a tenuous thing.
The Secret Struggle Against Apartheid
In the 1960s, a group of leftists risked everything to revive the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.
The Pentagon Wants Your High Schoolers
Using the enlistment crisis as justification, Project 2025 proposed measures for high schools that blur the lines between career guidance and military recruitment. The Trump administration seems likely to further embed the military in public education.
Let a Palestinian Speak at the DNC
The Democratic Party has refused the request of “uncommitted” delegates to let a Palestinian American speak at the DNC. Remember this moment if Kamala Harris loses Michigan this fall.
Hobbies: Football and Fascism
Football ultras don’t just cheer for right-wingers on the pitch.
The Rise and Fall of Puerto Rican Independence
In the 1940s, the gradual unraveling of colonialism offered hope to Puerto Ricans demanding independence. But the archipelago was of military importance to the US — so Washington used economic threats and repression to retain it.
The Fight Against Caste Oppression Can Unite Indian Workers
The Indian state of Punjab shows us that caste oppression owes far more to material interests than it does to inherited religious ideologies. A movement of Dalit rural workers offers a powerful example of how that oppression can be challenged today.
Calling Israel Critics Antisemites Won’t Solve Antisemitism
When pro-Israel voices carelessly accuse their opponents of antisemitism, they reduce a serious and specific charge to just another political slur. The longer this goes on, the harder it is to identify and respond to real and gravely serious antisemitism.