Young Socialists Are Sick of the 2-Party System Young Socialists Are Sick of the 2-Party System
YDSA, the youth section of the largest socialist organization in the country, is tired of working within the Democratic Party. Can they create an alternative?
Oct 25, 2022 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
Leaderless, Rudderless Britain Is at the Mercy of Desperate Conservatives Leaderless, Rudderless Britain Is at the Mercy of Desperate Conservatives
Liz Truss was a hopeless, incompetent leader. But the temptation of a return to the discredited certainties of free-market dogma proved impossible for her party to resist.
Oct 21, 2022 / Gary Younge
Liz Truss or No Liz Truss, Things Are Bleaker in Britain Than Anyone Realizes Liz Truss or No Liz Truss, Things Are Bleaker in Britain Than Anyone Realizes
As jaws drop around the world over the resignation of the UK’s shortest-lived prime minister, life here is getting considerably worse by the day.
Oct 20, 2022 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata
West Coast Showdown: The Organizer Versus the Oligarch West Coast Showdown: The Organizer Versus the Oligarch
Karen Bass, Rick Caruso, and the race for mayor of Los Angeles.
Oct 20, 2022 / Peter Dreier
The Past, Present, and Future of the Labor Movement The Past, Present, and Future of the Labor Movement
Kim Kelly’s survey of labor organizing in America—telling the stories of workers on the margins, from miners to sex workers—offers hope and inspiration for working-class victories ...
Oct 20, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nick Juravich
Amid Inflation and Corporate Windfalls, French Workers Are Rising Up Amid Inflation and Corporate Windfalls, French Workers Are Rising Up
The increasing cost of living and the government’s heavy-handed response to a strike at oil refineries is pushing people into the streets, and the discontent isn’t going away.
Oct 19, 2022 / Cole Stangler
The Dangers of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November The Dangers of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November
Pretending we only exist in election years is a losing strategy for the left.
Oct 17, 2022 / Bill Gallegos
The Racial Volcano Explodes in Los Angeles The Racial Volcano Explodes in Los Angeles
The current crisis has unleashed unleashed a firestorm of protest that could further divide the city’s communities. But it is also a chance to forge real unity in opposition to the...
Oct 14, 2022 / Bill Gallegos and Bill Fletcher Jr.
The Future of Democracy Depends on the Ground Game The Future of Democracy Depends on the Ground Game
The street-level work to educate and motivate voters goes uncelebrated, but our norms and institutions depend upon it.
Oct 12, 2022 / Linda Burnham
The American Socialism That Might Have Been The American Socialism That Might Have Been
Despite their minority status, the Socialists had been a significant force in American politics before patriotic war hysteria brought on an era of repression.
Oct 12, 2022 / Adam Hochschild