Bernie Sanders and the New Class Politics
Adolph Reed on assumptions about black voters, the legacy of the Sanders campaign, and the task ahead.
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Explaining Away Ocasio-Cortez’s Political Earthquake
Liberal pundits are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to explain away Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory.
When Wonks Attack
Beltway wonks are dismissing Bernie Sanders's economic plan as unserious and unrealistic. Here's why they're wrong.
Don’t Mention the War
With a vacuous social vision, economics confronts the “return of the social question” woefully unprepared.
Sacrificing at the Altar of the Euro
Breaking up the eurozone would be no simple task. But maintaining the single currency dooms progressive politics across the continent.
A General Without an Army
For all Piketty’s mainstream respectability, it is only the radical left and the labor movement — not treasuries and central banks — that can push his program.
Occupy Economics
Occupy Wall Street has thrown off many sparks. A little one landed in academic economics.
An Opportunity in Disguise
Last Tuesday, Trump celebrated killing the ACA's individual mandate. The Democrats should let it stay dead.
Mainstream Media Are Obsessed With Comparing Bernie to Trump
Corporate media can't stop equating Bernie Sanders with Donald Trump. That's because for them — and their bosses — Bernie is the bigger threat.
From Ed Miliband to Jeremy Corbyn
Ed Miliband was no radical. But he helped lay the groundwork for Jeremy Corbyn's rise, New Left Review’s Robin Blackburn argues.
In 2009, Pundits Predicted a New Progressive Era. It Never Came.
We’ll have to wait to find out whether Joe Biden’s domestic agenda will actually reflect the surprisingly progressive noises he’s been making since his swearing in. But the exultant days and weeks surrounding Barack Obama’s inauguration offer a cautionary tale.
Introduction: Europe Against the Left
What makes this perennial sad story worthy of another reexamination?
Senate Democrats Could Have Defied Mitch McConnell on $2,000 Checks. They Chose Not to.
Democrats and Beltway pundits helped Mitch McConnell undermine Bernie Sanders’s push for direct aid to millions of Americans facing eviction, starvation, and bankruptcy through $2,000 checks. Even for a party that is constantly disappointing, Democrats’ complete capitulation to McConnell and austerity ideology was shockingly pathetic.
Is This the Future Liberals Want?
In a 2020 campaign against Donald Trump, a bet on Elizabeth Warren is a risky wager on its own terms. But over the next twenty years, a turn toward progressive technocracy is not a bet at all — it’s an unconditional surrender to class dealignment.
Puerto Rico at the Precipice
The aftermath of Hurricane María has laid bare the consequences of Puerto Rico's colonial condition.
¿A dónde va México?
Puede que el gobierno de López Obrador no se proponga una ruptura con la burguesía. Pero de ninguna manera representa lo mismo que el PRI o el PAN, y sus políticas enfrentan a una buena parte de las clases dominantes.
Clarifying the Crisis
How should we assess the 2008 economic crash — and the political possibilities beyond it?
The Bank of England’s Decision to Raise Interest Rates Is Dangerous and Irresponsible
Last week, the Bank of England decided to raise interest rates again in an attempt to curb rising inflation. The move will likely increase household debt and unemployment, worsening people’s living conditions.
Beltway Bullshit
Liberal wonks aren't afraid of Bernie's "inexperience." They're afraid of an economy where working people have power.