Issue term: Winter 2025
Daniel Martinez HoSang and Joseph Lowndes argue that support for the far-right is gaining among people of color, reframing the politics originally rooted in white supremacy.
A key element of Donald Trump’s presidential career has been his symbiotic relationship with the organized U.S. far right. This relationship has been unprecedented for any U.S. president or major party presidential candidate, but it has also been complex and
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.
Saeed Rahnema analyzes the fall of Assad from a long-term historical perspective, and warns the threats posed by religious fundamentalism and the emboldened Turkish regime.
Samuel Farber analyzes the situations and practices of Zionism in the context of Jewish politics, in the early 20th century and interwar Poland.
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.
Frank P. Walsh (1864–1939), a progressive defense lawyer from Kansas City and political ally of Woodrow Wilson, almost single handedly created a worker-friendly labor control system during World War I. Throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, U.S. politics were
Roger Bybee recommends Arlie Hochschild’s latest book “Stolen Pride”, an ethnography of Trump-supporting rural poor community in Kentucky.
Hank Kennedy reviews Wilson and Keko’s Freedom Shall Prevail, a comic book on the life of Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish freedom struggle.
Richard Smith argues that repression of workers in China is the main reason for its trade advantage, and calls for a trade policy based on solidarity with Chinese workers.
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
Frieda Afary argues that Trump is a fascist, and calls for a multi-faceted, broad-based resistance against the Trump regime.
Carl Davidson and Bill Fletcher Jr. call for the Third Reconstruction – a deep, systemic emancipatory transformation in the United States.
In an interview, Richard Seymour analyzes today’s far right as rooted in the imagery of disaster, which can pave the way towards eco-fascism as the climate crisis accelerates.
Steve Early reviews two books about recent labour mobilizations in the US, emphasizing the centrality of rank-and-file militancy.
Dan Fischer reviews Ashley Dawson’s book “Environmentalism from Below”, on ecological struggles in the Global South that can lead global transformations.
Syrian poet Mohja Kahf celebrates the human rights activist Razan Zaitouneh, and calls for a future Syria based on her vision.
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.
In an interview, Gilbert Achcar analyzes geopolitical transformations across the Middle East over the past year, and prospects for emergence of a progressive movement.
