Engines of Solidarity
The struggle against Trump must be powered by the fight for generous, universal, and visible social programs.
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Girls to the Rescue
Workers need independent and strong unions, not corporate-sponsored NGOs, to fight their bosses and support their families.
The Left Needs a Statewide Strategy
To win, fighting back on a citywide and national level isn’t enough. We need a strategy to build working-class power on a statewide level.
Reclaiming the Computing Commons
Resisting the commodification of information is a political struggle, not a technical one.
The Military Coup that Overthrew Our Government Was Revenge Against Indigenous Bolivians
One week after being ousted by the military, Bolivian vice president Álvaro García Linera writes that the force behind the coup against Evo Morales was elite revenge — stealing power back from the poor and indigenous Bolivians who benefited most from his presidency.
The Anti-Union Justin Trudeau
Trudeau is making an illegal push to end a major series of strikes. But unions can’t count on the courts to save them — only direct action can get the goods.
How to Socialize Uber
Turning Uber into a worker cooperative would be surprisingly simple.
Your Classes Are on Zoom and Your Teaching Staff Is Being Cut
Through decades of marketization, universities have replaced permanent teaching staff with temporary and often low-paid hires. Faced with COVID-19, they’re pulling the purse strings even tighter — as students pay high fees for online seminars with a shrinking band of overworked lecturers.
“Our Own Brand of Socialism”: An Interview with Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez on Fidel Castro, the Soviet Union, and creating “a government which would make the poor happy.”
Bernie Sanders Is Spoiling for a Fight With the DNC
With his new campaign finance reform plan, Sanders takes aim at Democratic Party kingmakers and their lobbyist friends. In a crowded field, this audacity sets him apart.
Bernie Won Iowa
Bernie Sanders won Iowa. There are many powerful people who don’t want us to say these words. But we should say them without hesitation, because they’re true.
Corruption at CUNY
Corruption shouldn't just worry centrist, "good government" types. It can destroy the institutions the Left cherishes.
The Nihilism of Moderation
When the survival of the planet is at stake, calls for moderation and compromise aren’t a mark of adult politics — they’re a threat to civilization.
Closed Rooms and Class War
Yanis Varoufakis presents himself as a heroic Prometheus in his new memoir, but he comes off looking more like a Narcissus.
Log Off
Social media will always be destructive for the Left. We should log the fuck off.
Socialize Big Pharma Today. Save Your Life Tomorrow.
Deaths from antibiotic resistance will hit 10 million a year by 2050. But despite recent breakthroughs using artificial intelligence to discover antibiotics, the private sector doesn’t find it profitable enough to make new and better antibiotics. We’re all going to suffer unless the pharmaceutical sector is socialized.
People Make the World Go Round
How the Sierra Club came to dabble with neo-Malthusianism.
Derek Fisher Is a Bad Guy
Former Lakers star Derek Fisher is now the most parasitic of capitalists, working to rob fellow athletes of cash.