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A Burning Analogy
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.
Death of a Trader
The tools that make our increasingly digital markets efficient might constitute a vital part of a more modern, complex and egalitarian future financial system.
Save the Mosquitos
We should fight Zika with better public health, not genetically modified mosquitos.
George Michael Was Our Marvin
Despite pop cultural nostalgia for the protest songs of the ’60s, the march to war in Iraq seemed not to interest musicians — with one glorious exception.
Working at Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson is one of most iconic “American” companies in America. What does work on its shop floor look like?
California Is Burning
The worsening California drought shows how important the fight for ecological justice is.
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.
The “Strongest Argument Against Medicare for All” Is Very, Very Weak
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.
A New Beginning
Despite its defeat today, the Mélenchon campaign created big opportunities for recomposition on the French left.
An Ode to Sanitation Workers
Without them, the factories would stop, the cities would empty, and civilization itself would collapse. An appreciation of sanitation workers — our whole lives depend on them.
Shed No Tears for Theresa May
Theresa May climbed her way up the political ladder by pushing policies that brought misery to others. Her ignominious fall is richly deserved.
The Right to Strike
"Right-to-work" is coming to the public sector. The key to survival is social movement unionism.
The Long March
Bernie Sanders suffered a setback last night. But local victories point to the resurgence of popular movements.
For Humanity, David Koch Died Decades Too Late
David Koch was an evil man who dedicated his life to evil. Humanity will be coping with the damage he did for centuries.
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.
Socialists Need to Be Part of the Labor Movement
Politico recently attacked the Democratic Socialists of America for the high crime of looking to transform the labor movement. But for young socialists, there are few better ways of doing politics than getting a union job and working to push that union to the left.
Scapegoating China
Framing China as an environmental villain only serves to excuse American inaction.
A Union Fight at Marquette University
Like academic workers around the country, graduate workers and non-tenure track faculty at Marquette University want a union to end low wages and high health care costs. And like university administrations around the country, Marquette is fighting them.
Free and Unequal
Higher education should be free. But we can’t just copy the flawed European model.