In Theresa May’s Shadow
Labour strategies that try to win over English workers through patriotic appeals are both condescending and self-defeating.
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Bernie Sanders Should Embrace the Demand to Defund the Police
Defunding the police means cutting bloated local police budgets and diverting the resources to social programs. Politically, it’s right up Bernie’s alley. He should embrace it.
Kais Saied Is Building a New Dictatorship in Tunisia — With Help From the EU
Tunisian president Kais Saied has launched an authoritarian clampdown on opposition parties and media while inciting hatred against African migrants. But EU officials seem happy to embrace Saied as another thuggish border guard for Fortress Europe.
The Unlikely Resistance in Turkey
Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has forced it into a more activist posture as it faces a growing mass movement in defense of Turkish democracy.
The Fatal Flaws of the Futureless Left
The rise of doomers, preppers, and antinatalists on the Left reveals something deeper than the hollow posture of rebellion: a collapse of belief in tomorrow. A Left that chants “No future” isn’t just demoralized — it’s unserious, misanthropic, and bound to lose.
Dorothy Thompson Was One of Britain’s Great Socialist Historians
Dorothy Thompson’s work on Chartism secured her reputation as one of the finest Marxist historians Britain has produced. She displayed a particular sensitivity to gender issues and encouraged creative dialogue between Marxist and feminist currents.
Is It Just Us, or Is Girl-Boss Feminism Waning?
“Lean In” feminism doesn’t seem to have the purchase it did a few years ago. Maybe that’s because it is so obviously irrelevant to the lives of the vast majority of women, who need a union and decent pay, not a female boss.
Federal Workers Are Mobilizing Against Musk’s Purge
Donald Trump and Elon Musk's assault on federal workers threatens government employees, working conditions throughout the economy, and the viability of crucial services. Federal workers are uniting across agency and union lines to fight back.
Ireland’s Other Proclamation
This St. Patrick's Day we remember the 1867 Fenian uprising — and its radical vision of an Irish Republic.
Every Child Needs the Good Enough State
The richness of childhood needs to be embraced as a social good.
Unions Are Political
The Supreme Court’s Janus decision claims that unions are inherently political. It’s right. To survive, unions must politicize bargaining to raise class consciousness.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Movement Was a Signpost for the Future, Not a Relic of the Past
Twelve months after the electoral defeat of Corbynism, we shouldn’t allow its opponents to rewrite history. It was the Brexit crisis with all its side effects that dealt a crippling blow to Corbyn’s project, not a left-wing policy agenda that spoke to the issues of the future.
The Problem With Saul Alinsky
If the Left is going to rebuild power in the age of Trump, we shouldn’t look to Saul Alinsky for a roadmap.
Crocodile Tears of the Wolf
The Wolf of Wall Street's eleventh hour Hail Mary doesn't atone for the rest of the film's gleeful celebration of rich assholes.
Finland’s Revolution
The forgotten Finnish Revolution has perhaps more lessons for us today than events in 1917 Russia.
How Flint Sit-Down Strikers Built Their Confidence
We can’t revive labor without reviving workers’ confidence to take action on the job. In 1936 and into 1937, during a period of union weakness, Flint’s sit-down strikers in the auto industry figured out how to do just that.
The Ecological Is Political
In the coming crisis, inequality will kill as many people as storms do.
Lessons From the First Red Century
"We want a left that can learn from 1917 Russia and 1976 Sweden."
The Left Must Appeal to a Middle Class Squeezed by Capitalism
The middle classes of the Global North are losing their privileged status in the face of automation, casualization, and downward social mobility. Socialists must find ways to mobilize these hard-pressed middle-class layers in a struggle against today's financialized capitalism.
The Left After Leave
Brexit offered the Left bad choices, and its aftermath has emboldened a racist right. What do we do now?