After ten months without a contract, graduate workers at the largest private university in the United States are on strike

We are all diminished by existence in a world where value is measured by the wealth at one’s command and intelligence (or lack thereof) is assumed based on one’s occupation

I dedicated myself to ending racism and building worker power by building democratic working-class organizations from the bottom up.”

Capitalism is making life worse for workers yet demanding more dedication than ever. Sarah Jaffe argues that there’s another way to live

Why We Shouldn’t ‘Cancel’ Flawed Progressive Icons

In recent months the air in Germany has been overfull. But the fog, thick as in old London, was not humid but political – and medical-political. The thickest was Covid fog

“We’re fighting now to make everyone’s job safer, so no other family has to suffer this kind of tragedy”

“Only a determined, multinational, global movement can beat back the forces of anti-Asian hatred, and it must be done. It must be done now,” asserted Abu-Jamal

Interview on on the ways democracy has changed and been constrained in the United States

Minneapolis organizers Jonathan Stegall and D.A. Bullock talk with Truthout’s Kelly Hayes about what they have built and learned in the last year

Unequal power structures, just one of many intersectional causes, are contributing just as much as emissions

We need economic democracy to carry through the transition. We need ecosocialist solutions now

Progressives Urge Biden to Go Bigger, Bolder, Faster in Spending and Tax Plans

Reviewing two recent books on care in the 21st century, Emily Kenway suggests the only solution to the current crisis lies in a wholescale reorganization of our political economy

“Millions continue to die because pharma monopolies have created vaccine scarcity in the global south,” said one public health campaigner

Interview on a variety of topics

“We say you don’t fight racism with racism — we’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.”

“The dollars from the police budget are going to provide the services and operate the hotels”

Time to Ramp Up the Pressure on Biden

Last Tuesday saw the biggest strike that Amazon has ever experienced in Europe, with thousands of workers participating