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Russia today holds more political prisoners than at any time since the post-Stalin thaw of the 1950s. Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian state has systematically prosecuted antiwar critics on charges ranging from “discrediting the
In an interview, Daniel Gross discusses strategies for powerful rank-and-file unionism in the United States today.
Nancy Holmstrom argues that socialist feminists should critique the institution of prostitution in a capitalist society, while supporting sex workers.
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
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.
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
A call for a moratorium on AI development based on the precautionary principle, and a discussion of the difficulty of achieving it in a capitalist society.
Martin Oppenheimer discusses the corporatist character of historical fascism and the importance of a left alternative vision to counter fascist threats today.
Nicole Fabricant discusses the rise of the petrochemical industry in Appalachia and its devastating ecological, economic, and health effects.
Robinson and Rangel offer an overarching view of the revolts across the world today, and analyze opportunities and dangers for the left.
It is widely accepted that the accelerating rivalry between the great powers—the United States, China, the European Union, Russia, and Japan—is a key feature of world politics and will remain so for the foreseeable future. This makes it urgent for
La Botz analyzes the pseudo anti-imperialist character of campism and calls for genuine internationalism of workers against imperialism.
Layan Kayed, who was imprisoned by Israel for her activism, discusses organizing by students and women.
The backdrop for the last two DSA conventions was resistance to Donald Trump and the anticipation of a second Sanders campaign. In 2021, that is gone: Trump is no longer president. Sanders lost. In the Biden era, what is DSA?
The case of Brazil under Bolsonaro helps to illustrate how authoritarian governments in the Global South see ecological concerns as impediments to capitalist growth.
Camus and Orwell both understood that the justification for state violence depends on describing it in such a way as to not convey too specific an image of the actual event.
An analysis of debates among labor leftists about how a commitment to socialism “from below” should inform union activity.
More than ever, the organized popular classes in Belarus must take the initiative in favor of political and social change in order to prevent the frustration of this genuinely popular movement by forces opposed to their interests, whether pro-Russian or pro-Western.
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