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Fifteen Years of Urban Entrepreneurialism: Lessons from New Orleans
It has been fifteen years since Hurricane Katrina descended on the Gulf Coast, leaving mass destruction in its wake. New Orleans, one of the places most severely hit, was . . .
The American Working Class, Coronavirus, and the Recession
This article was originally written for Viento Sur, a political magazine published in the Spanish state.
Will Omar’s PEACE Plan Bring Peace?
Rep. Ilhan Omar put forward the Pathway to PEACE (Progressive, Equitable, and Constructive Engagement), a package of seven bills to move U.S. foreign policy in a progressive direction on . . .
Human Rights Violations in New York City and the Urgency to Alleviate Suffering
On January 31, 2019 Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio conducted a rushed press conference where they signed an agreement between Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the New . . .
Revolution in Permanence in Syria, After the Uprisings
Joseph Daher, Syria After the Uprisings: The Political Economy of State Resilience. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2019.
The Swiss-Syrian Marxist academic Joseph Daher’s sweeping study, Syria After the Uprisings, represents an important contribution to our political and historical . . .
France: Covid-19: A Very Political Virus
I’ll begin by telling you a story. In August 1940, when the Luftwaffe was crushing London with its bombs, British bourgeois politicians were very reluctant to open the subway system so that people could take refuge . . .
Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes Inhumanity of Capitalism. What Can Socialists Do?
We need to change the dominant discourse from one focused on fear of “the other” to one that challenges the capitalist system’s failure to put humanity and nature at the center of our concerns. There are structural reasons that prevent capitalism from prioritizing public health.
Uyghur Self-Determination in the Great Game
Wang Ke, tr. Carissa Fletcher. The East Turkestan Independence Movement, 1930s to 1940s. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2019. 384 pp.
The horrific oppressive order in China’s far-western Xinjiang region—with perhaps a million or more ethnic Uyghurs . . .
Demands from Grassroots Organizers Concerning COVID-19
Greetings friends, I spent about 48 hours working on this resource because I believe it is needed. I hope that you will find it useful in your work and advocacy. – Kelly
The Trump administration has botched its . . .
East Bay DSA: Solidarity with the UC Wildcat Strike Open Letter
Our hope was that this could be an official letter officially supported by the East Bay DSA, but that has not come together. Instead, we are issuing this open letter as individual members of the East . . .
Instead, They Awoke a Nation: Environmental Justice in Kahuku
New Politics editor’s note: This interview, originally published in Earth First! Journal‘s winter 2019-20 issue and posted here with permission, outlines Hawaii’s Ku Kia’i Kahuku environmental justice struggle against a large wind energy installation, the island’s . . .
Why is Biden Winning?
Joe Biden turned out to be the big winner on Super Tuesday. While not all of the votes have been counted, Biden seems likely to end up with a majority. He is now positioned to do . . .
Can Bernie Sanders Make the Democratic Party a Democratic Party?
The Democratic Party has been a perennial subject of hope, betrayal and befuddlement for so many on the left, in part because it’s so hard to define. It . . .
Looking Beyond Electoralism: Radical Municipalism in the UK?
Now that the dust has settled after the disastrous results of December 12th, it’s time to seriously reconsider the approach of the left in the UK. The electoral defeat of Corbynism has opened up a space . . .
VoteVets for Buttigieg: Who’s Really Keeping Us in The Dark About Campaign Funding?
In a Democratic primary field that once featured four military veterans, only two are still marching toward the White House.
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s “anti-war” candidacy has sunk nearly out of sight, but Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of . . .
Race, Class and Electoral Politics: A Book Review
The main purpose of this book is to guide the messaging of Democrats as they run for office. In spite of this it has useful insights about popular consciousness and how to move people against racism.
Indigenous Resistance Shakes the Canadian State
In early February, the RCMP, Canada’s colonial police force, raided the land defender camps of the Wet’suwet’en people in British Columbia, in order to clear the way for pipeline construction. Clearly, none of the political decision . . .
Report: The China Question conference
The China Question will hopefully provide the impetus for a more confident response on the left to the challenge of what looms as a new Cold War. In wider progressive circles, of course, knowledge of China and consciousness of the strategic questions discussed here is mixed. In many ways, the debate is only just beginning.
Review: Zionist Betrayal of Jews, From Herzl to Netanyahu
Stanley Heller’s new book may reveal no surprises to a few well-read scholars of the history of the Middle East. Many readers, however, who believe they know modern history will be surprised and disconcerted. To put . . .
Neither Washington nor Beijing – A backgrounder
The western mainstream media tends to depict the situation of HK merely in a one dimensional manner, presenting Hong Kong a victim of Beijing’s tyranny while the US and the UK as supporters of Hong Kong’s . . .
Strike statistics for 2019 are out. Is the strike wave continuing?
The 2012 Chicago teachers’ strike and the 2016 Verizon strike—the largest public sector and the largest private sector strikes in years, respectively—were warning shots.
After a short decline in strike activity in 2017, strike actions exploded in . . .
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