Actually Existing Social Democracy
A review of Thomas Geoghegan’s Were You Born On The Wrong Continent?
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Portraits of the Kurdish Struggle
A new collection of photography captures the Kurdish struggle against ISIS — and their efforts to build a radically egalitarian society based on principles of peace and democracy.
Ireland’s Unfinished Revolution
The revolutionary period sparked by the 1916 Easter Rising offered a vision of a truly democratic Ireland.
The Sunset of Neoliberalism
To anyone who lived through the Clinton years — or merely remembers the Obama era — the discrediting of neoliberal ideas that were once sacrosanct among Democrats is nothing short of astonishing.
From Populism to Socialism and Back
Socialists and populists have found plenty to disagree about over the years, from private property to trust-busting. But their shared commitment to fighting corporate power often brought them together — and it should today, too.
Bernie Sanders’s Green New Deal Is a Climate Plan for the Many, Not the Few
In his just released Green New Deal proposal, Bernie Sanders brings the kind of bold, large-scale plans as well as the moral fury we need — not just to save the planet, but to create a just and equitable world.
The Limits of “Experiencing” the Climate Crisis
While most of the world bakes, burns, and floods, the US East Coast, the cockpit of American capitalism, has largely avoided extreme weather events, lulling many into a false sense of security. Confronting the climate crisis requires thinking beyond our everyday experiences.
The Red Scare Blueprint
A 1917 effort to deport political radicals from Seattle became the model for all 20th-century deportation crusades.
Rebuilding the Bolivarian Revolution
The Right's recent success in Venezuela shows how vital it is to reclaim and democratize Hugo Chávez's project.
Jewish Socialists Helped Build Multiracial Democracy in America
In the early 1900s, the Jewish People’s Fraternal Order fought for multiracial democracy and Yiddish culture, building solidarity across ethnic and racial lines — until it was destroyed by the Red Scare.
The Dynamics of Retreat
The same politics that underpinned the welfare state brought about its collapse.
Uneven and Combined
If we want people-centered development in the Global South, it will have to be led by strong left movements.
Japan’s Battle for Peace
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is pushing the country toward dangerous new militarization.
What Marx Understood About Slavery
Marx, like generations of socialists, saw the particularly capitalist character of the New World’s slavery — and the inextricable link between the emancipation of the enslaved and the liberation of the entire working class.
The Young Ho Chi Minh
As a young man in Paris, Ho Chi Minh embraced a radical internationalism.
US Sanctions Are Designed to Kill
US sanctions are killing ordinary Iranians by the thousands. Through its control over the world banking system, America’s sanctioning power flouts international human rights law and poses a threat to the world.
Before Sweden Was Social-Democratic
Swedish social democracy is often thought of as somehow eternal — the fruit of a solidaristic national culture, or even its historic homogeneity. But Sweden used to be just as unequal as other European countries — and making social democracy “normal” took a fight against what was once considered traditional.
She Came to Riot
The memory of riot grrrl deepens the divide between cultural and material feminism, hobbling critiques of inequality by mistaking self-improvement for revolution.
Defending the Faith
The Catholic Church waged a century-long war against the Irish left.
How a Revolutionary Was Born
Carl Skoglund's early life as a militant worker in Sweden prepared him for leadership in the 1934 Teamster Strikes.