The Global Sumud Flotilla seemingly breached Israel’s blockade of Gaza while provoking an Israeli response that triggered anger and reprisals from various governments. It’s one of the most successful acts of civil disobedience in recent history. Israel has taken into...
The school voucher provision in Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is expected to transfer billions of dollars to private schools and companies that contract with public school districts. That includes companies owned by private equity firms. Of the billions expected...
Algorithms are not apolitical tools that simply improve efficiency in online transactions or workplace coordination. They are instruments of control and should be regulated like other tools of control. Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media...
Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change. Donald Trump’s new national...
For two years, Germany’s socialist party Die Linke tried to skirt around its divisions over Gaza. Joining last Saturday’s massive demonstration in Berlin, its leaders finally showed the party can be a clear voice against the genocide. Party coleader Ines Schwerdtner...
Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change. Donald Trump’s new national...
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, a self-described “anti-communist cult leader” used a selectively edited video to falsely accuse labor historian and tenured professor Tom Alter of inciting violence. Texas State University’s president swiftly fired him. Tom Alter...
Donald Trump’s profligate spending on America’s domestic militarization, coupled with tax cuts for the rich and continued military adventures abroad, suggest that much in American conservatism today remains similar to what it was under George W. Bush. The $170 billion...
An ICE raid on workers at a Hyundai plant in Georgia has sent shock waves through South Korean politics. It came just as Donald Trump has been trying to strong-arm South Korea’s government into accepting an extortionate trade deal with the US. South Korea is so...
From deftly handling a hostile Donald Trump to securing real economic gains for workers, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum ends her first year in office with a remarkable 80% approval rating. Now the real fight for Mexico’s economic sovereignty begins. For 80...
Even before October 7, 2023, Gazans had been reduced to the role of a surplus population with minimal employment within Israel. Their expulsion from Israel’s capitalist economy helped to lay the groundwork for genocide. Palestinians have been among those turned into...
Vivek Chibber breaks down how the Marxist tradition has theorized class and why, even as the lines between wage-earning workers and the salaried middle class seem to be constantly shifting, class analysis is paramount for the Left’s political organizing. If you’re...