Abdullah Öcalan, a founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, made a surprise call in February for the PKK to lay down its arms. Whether there will be a just peace now depends on the willingness of Turkey’s political parties to support the new settlement. A masked...
Corporations are preparing to cite Donald Trump’s trade war as justification for raising prices — just as they previously cited pandemic supply chain slowdowns to raise prices. It’s a familiar tactic: They want us to believe macroeconomic forces mean they have no...
As Israeli tanks rolled into the Sinai in the 1967 war, West Germany saw itself marching alongside them. Even former Nazis could identify with Israeli expansionism — and used this support to absolve their own pasts. Israeli tanks advance into Syria during the Six-Day...
The Legend of Ochi, a new A24 family film, combines live action, CGI, and old-fashioned puppetry to charming effect. Helena Zengel stars as Yuri in The Legend of Ochi. (Sundance Institute / A24) There’s a small A24 family film out called The Legend of Ochi, based on...
In the late 20th century, the Chicken McNugget became an icon of fast-food cost efficiency. The peculiar cuisine’s history is one of fascinating technological innovation as well as brutal labor exploitation. McDonald's chicken nuggets are the result of decades of...
As capital ratcheted up its assault on labor in the 1990s and Democrats embraced a neoliberal agenda, some labor unions launched their own political party. Members of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union rally on November 10, 1993 in Manhattan. (Hai Do /...
Many conservatives argue that the order in which a person achieves certain life milestones is key to their financial security. The point of the argument is to blame individuals for their poverty. Proponents of the “success sequence” tell us that, in order to follow...
For years, David Keeling oversaw health and safety operations at companies where workers fell ill and died in extreme heat. If confirmed as the head of OSHA, he could help their campaign to block federal heat protection rules. An Amazon driver wipes away sweat while...
Canada’s nationalist backlash against Donald Trump helped stall right-wing populism in this week’s election, but the underlying class dealignment remains. Workers are still drifting rightward, and the social democratic NDP is in shambles. Canada's prime minister–elect...
Male self-esteem is indexed to wealth, an unstable prospect in a highly economically unequal society. In search of an alternative source of validation, many young men are turning to misogynistic ideas. The Left needs to provide alternatives of our own. Influencer...
We’ve come a long way from the days of Cold War paranoia, when unions wanted nothing to do with the Communist-sounding International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day. Can it become a real American holiday celebrating class struggle? Women marchers at a May Day...
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