Because self-isolation hurts corporate profits, billionaires are calling to end the too-limited public health measures taken so far by the US government. Unless we take action, Trump might heed their advice — and enormous numbers of people could die as a result.
Trump doesn't need to subvert American institutions to achieve his goals, because they are already powerful tools of oppression.
The Democrats have an opportunity to push for desperately needed, sweeping economic change in response to coronavirus. Instead, they’re letting themselves be outflanked by Republicans.
Lenin and the debates that shaped the Russian Revolution have been misunderstood by friends and foes alike.
Containment isn’t enough. We need a wartime mobilization to expand coverage, capacity, and production in order to test, trace, and treat coronavirus. And Bernie Sanders must play a major role in advocating for more aggressive measures.
How should we assess the 2008 economic crash — and the political possibilities beyond it?
Border control agents should not be entrusted to provide the humanitarian aid that migrants desperately need.
Sweden shows the promise and limits of the welfare state.
Small and medium-sized European countries like the Netherlands play an outsized role protecting international capital and empire.
Programs that teach young people how to interact with police are popping up around the country. But they're often exercises in victim-blaming — shifting the responsibility for avoiding lethal stops from cops to the very civilians they brutalize.
The Netflix series’ cynicism shouldn’t be mistaken for considered political critique.
Soumayla Sacko was killed because he dared to stand up for the migrant workers exploited in the farms and fields of Italy.
Graduate worker unions don’t pit faculty against students — they challenge the corporate ethos of modern universities.
The gilets jaunes have put the social ills of rural France at the heart of public debate. These areas aren't "backward," they're suffering from decades of attacks on social welfare and living conditions.
The anti-lockdown protests may currently represent a Trumpian minority — but that could easily change if the choice becomes going hungry or going back to work. We need a real alternative that refuses to accept the false trade-off between economic security and public health.
From Winston Churchill to the Nazis, anticommunists have long blamed the spread of socialism on Jews. With the Left again on the rise, the antisemitic trope of "Judeo-Bolshevism" is back.
The US state has long sought to monitor and undermine black resistance movements.
Employers love high-deductible insurance plans. They’re designed to deter patients from seeking care — and they work.
Despite significant changes in the economy, mass worker organizing is still possible.