Category: Left Politics
Elon Musk is an eminently hateable figure. He is the personification of a decaying system. He is the perfect target for anyone looking to pick a fight with modern capitalism.
Shannon Ikebe analyzes the far-right success across Europe and the complicity of the capitalist class in it, as well as the rise of the French left as an anti-fascist force.
Nedjib Sidi Moussa analyzes contrasting reception of Richard Wright’s work in the French left, including criticism among the Communists and support among the Socialists.
Hank Kennedy reviews Wilson and Keko’s Freedom Shall Prevail, a comic book on the life of Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish freedom struggle.
Donald Trump is president, again. We will need to organize across sectors to resist the coming attacks on working people, immigrants, the LGBTQ community, and what he calls “the enemy within.” The Left is, of course, that “enemy.” Trump will
Why did American voters, who by substantial majorities favor progressive economic, social, and international policies, elect a plutocratic, racist, America First jingoist as President?
From an examination of election results, exit polls, and other public opinion polling, I draw three conclusions
From an examination of election results, exit polls, and other public opinion polling, I draw three conclusions
Carl Davidson and Bill Fletcher Jr. call for the Third Reconstruction – a deep, systemic emancipatory transformation in the United States.
In an interview, Leila al-Shami analyzes opportunities and obstacles for left, labour and feminist organizing in post-Assad Syria, as well as damages caused by the global campist left.
Trump’s brand of governance inevitably culminates in chaos and accelerates the tendency toward crisis that is already built into capitalism, accelerating as the profit system confronts its growing contradictions.
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. In order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The conference “Boris Kagarlitsky and the Challenges of the Left Today” is Tuesday, October 8.
The election poses several related dangers, from a Trump victory that could end American democracy to a close election that could lead to violent protests and perhaps another coup attempt, and then too the danger that if Harris wins, she will be unable to keep the US out of a widening Middle East war.
The Three Way Fight approach to fascism sees it as an independent force which opposes both the capitalist order and movements of the workers and the oppressed. Daphne Lawless reviews a book containing a number of documents from this tradition.
Bill Keach reviews Mark Steven’s book “Class War: A Literary History”, a wide-ranging account of uprisings of oppressed classes.
Lilia D. Monzó and Cristal B. Flores review the latest edition of Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Programme and discuss its significance for today.
David Renton reviews Shane Burley and Ben Lorber’s recent book, “Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism.”
Tom Wetzel reviews Robin Hahnel’s proposal for democratic economic planning, based on workers’ councils, consumers’ councils and a non-market price system.
Dan Davison argues that socialists should engage in elections as a means for agitation and propaganda, following Lenin and Luxemburg.
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