As much as organizers might wish for strategic unity, movements are diverse and messy formations that involve both inside and outside politics.
Dissent
Emmanuel Macron’s Precarious Hold on France
Ahead of this month’s parliamentary elections, the French left has reemerged as the primary opposition to the president.
The Fractured Russian Opposition
A conversation with Ilya Budraitskis on how the invasion of Ukraine has transformed Russian society.
The Isolation of Russian Antiwar Academics
Some professors are speaking out against sanctions, which they say are punishing antiwar academics twice.
Belabored: Game Workers Unite and Win, with Emma Kinema
Workers at a division of games conglomerate Activision Blizzard shocked the industry by becoming one of the first collective bargaining units in U.S. gaming.
Authentic Freedom
Two recent memoirs by writers born under communism in Eastern Europe reflect on ideas central to left: cosmopolitanism and socialism.
Know Your Enemy: Overturning Roe, Part One, with the 5-4 Podcast
Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael of the 5-4 podcast discuss the impending end of Roe v. Wade—and how the right used the courts to achieve its aims.
The Need to Mount Long-Term Resistance to Totalitarianism and Ethnonationalist Chauvinism
Uyghur intellectual Ilham Tohti has been incarcerated for “ethnic separatism” since 2014. New translations of his work offer a primary source for understanding the material conditions at the heart of the Xinjiang emergency.
Call for Emerging Writers
Pitches accepted until July 1, 2022.
Black Capitalism in One City
Soul City was a boondoggle—not a story of lost or forgotten roads tragically not taken.
Left Internationalism in the Heart of Empire
American leftists need an internationalist vision that universally and effectively joins anti-imperial and anti-authoritarian ethics.
Belabored: Women Leading the Labor Movement
Organizers of unionization efforts at Amazon, Starbucks, and the New York Times discuss how their experiences as women shape their work.