Where does the Left stand and where should it stand on this question of “Western values”?
Category: Social protests
Explaining Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis
The Sri Lankan crisis has its roots in neoliberalism and an unjust global economic order.
DSA and the Russian War on Ukraine: Political Paralysis
Why is DSA in this anomalous position: A political organization with no useful position on the central foreign policy question of the day?
The US Supreme Court is Now a Front for Christian Nationalist Minority Rule
Striking down Roe will just be a starting point
We Who Are in Prison Escape Every Day
Students and Women Organizing Against Israeli Occupation: An Interview with Layan Kayed
Layan Kayed, who was imprisoned by Israel for her activism, discusses organizing by students and women.
The “Big Pink Elephant in the Room”
How Major Reproductive Rights Groups Prevent Us from Winning
The shortcomings of the reproductive rights movement are related to racism within the major reproductive rights groups.
The Abortion Crisis and the Legacy of Activism
The history of the erosion of Roe v. Wade is marked by misguided and failed movement reliance on electoral politics and legalistic strategy.
Mike Parker: Socialist, Labor Educator, Political Activist – 1940-2022
Mike Parker spent his entire adult life engaged in movements and organizations that he believed would advance the struggle for the creation of a democratic socialist society.
The Fight to Defend Abortion Rights: A Roundtable
We at New Politics have been horrified by the passage of laws in Texas and Mississippi aimed at reversing Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that upheld women’s right to choose an abortion. The Texas law bans abortions . . .
When Push Came to Shove
New Politics editorial board member Michael Hirsch (1945-2021) was a young radical when he came into contact with the journal’s founding editors, Phyllis and Julius Jacobson. The first of his many articles for it appeared in Spring 1970.
The Two Souls of Aplutsoc
John Barzman responds to Aplutsoc’s criticisms of his interview with New Politics about social resistance to the French health pass.
Social Resistance to the Health Pass
Continuing debate about the health pass and social resistance in France: The editorial board of Aplutsoc responds to New Politics’ coverage.
School Board Meetings Become Violent as Republicans Fight Over Health and Race
Local school board meetings in the United States have for the last three months become the site of intense arguments and even violence as parents fight over both health policies and teaching about race.
Tens of Thousands of Women March for Abortion Rights
The politics of the march in NYC were progressive, with a strong presence of Democratic organizations, such as Indivisible and several independent Democratic clubs.
Socialists and Free Speech Revisited
How should socialists who support democratic rights approach current controversies regarding the practical application of the right to free speech? This review essay explores this question discussing David Renton’s recent book.
French Anti-Pass Demonstrations on the Eve of the Presidential Election
The fragmentation of the left has led to an almost certain second-round dual between Macron and Le Pen in 2022, with grave implications for the future of an explicitly left mass movement.
What’s Happening in France?
The French collective Aplusoc (Arguments for the Social Struggle) argues that recent protests in France do not represent a reactionary wave.
Understanding the Paris Commune On its 150th Anniversary
What is the significance of the Paris Commune for us today? A model for socialists? A heroic failure? Negation of the state? Or the first workers’ government?
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