Most working people have never encountered a capitalist. Not once. But, they routinely encounter doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers, and others who have highly empowering jobs

Entire communities in the West Bank either have no access to water or have had their water supply reduced almost by half.…

Resurrecting Occupy and Breathing Life into Shared Program by Taking it to the Streets

It is possible, desirable, and even essential for progressives as a whole group to simultaneously work to ensure that Trump loses and the left grows

Regarding the debate on whether and how to participate in the US presidential election, I think Michael, Vincent, and Bill outline the…

The first thing that struck me about Michael Albert’s commentary was its call for a principled and humble debate within the Left…

Responding to Albert’s We Need A United Left

We can be very optimistic. Things like this have happened before and they’ve been overcome

The majority vote by Britons to leave the European Union was an act of raw democracy

The continuously assertive military posturing of NATO undermines and conflicts with the mission and development of instruments for international negotiation and constructive cooperation

The only short-term solution is a radical tightening of exchange controls against corporations and wealthy individuals

A talk on freedom and democracy

I believe we now mainly need suggestions for ways Sanders and all progressives can together help defeat Trump while simultaneously continuing to build a powerful, informed opposition prepared to fight after the election

“Stay connected. We’re building a new world.”                        -RoseAnn DeMoro, Executive Director, National Nurses Union These were literally the last words spoken from…

Interview on the crisis in today’s democracies, the apparent end of Pax Americana, the historical significance of Castro’s Cuba, the deadly threat of nuclear weapons, the means of exploitation under today’s capitalism, and the shape and form of a society free of oppression and exploitation

Ordinary people everywhere should do all that we can to demand that all international disputes be resolved by non-military means

Among the elements of the weak form of democracy enshrined in the constitution, presidential elections continue to pose a dilemma for the left

Gaza remains a place of poets, artists, dabka dancers and untamable spirits of utterly resilient and refreshingly stubborn people

As a first step, can we transcend the perspective that says beating Trump by having Clinton elected is one option, and fighting for real and lasting change and even for a new society, is another?

The US is facing uncertain times. While it remains the only global superpower, it is no longer able to influence events and…

Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, and the Prospects for Survival

Municipal government changes for the better only when progressives have “an outside and inside game…people on the inside and people protesting on the outside to provide insiders with backbone”

Gabriel Thompson has produced one of the most thought-provoking books on organizing and affecting social change that I have read in some time

It is time to develop and support shared left program,

A study shows that the remarkable tendency of unions to support environmental policies and even to take the lead in environmental efforts is not an aberration

There is nothing to celebrate about this

The debate continues on racist remarks, Clinton’s plan to reach out to Sanders supporters, and the decision by the Associated Press and NBC to call the race for Clinton on the eve of the California primary

Where does the race go from here?

In the days following the catastrophic earthquake that struck Ecuador on 16 April, checkout lines at the supermarkets were exceptionally long. Ordinary…

Republicans have created immense obstacles to registration.

The Bernie movement has shown all of us that the time is now for a power to the people movement

Washington DC based History Teacher Dan Falcone and New York City English Teacher Saul Isaacson sat down with Professor Noam Chomsky to…

Talking about the concept of a basic income guarantee also known as a universal income

Electoral campaigns, especially in the US, are being run by the advertising industry

This is a very important campaign and progressive movements are strengthening the campaign and being strengthened by it

In the aftermath of the Memorial Day military parades, a critical task for the coming year is to build a renewed, more vibrant, interracial, and multi-generational peace movement

The ‘Nakba’ is not merely a Palestinian experience; it is also an Arab wound that never ceases from bleeding

U.S. people should earnestly ask how the U.S. could help build trust here in Afghanistan

Returning to the United States in an election year, I am struck by the silence. I have covered four presidential campaigns, starting…

Classism is a form of social discrimination that has its roots in rigged economics

Let’s avoid sterile debate and splintering. Let’s innovate and seek real change.

The response to the Brazilian coup shows that the BRICS powers are not a real alternative to US imperialism

Not only are Palestinians expected to demolish many years of Israeli disinformation but also to construct their own narrative that is free from the whims of factions and personal gains.

Interview on privatization, human rights, media, experience with the EU and capitalism’s ability to reform

The fire our friends wanted to ignite was inside us. With what work can we replace war? If we are no longer training for war, what else could we be doing?

Our post-9/11 military incursions all point to the singular fact that the “War on Terror” has been a “War of Terror”

The action denied the right of the existing powers and principalities – be they corporate or governmental – to use the authority of law to justify their destruction of the earth’s climate

A year ago, two young black men, Andre Thompson and Bryon Chaplin were shot by white police officer, Ryan Donald

Interview on why Brexit is unimportant, why Trump’s climate change denial is catastrophic – and why revolution is easier than you think

Some say it’s good for Israel and Saudi Arabia to bury the hatchet and find common ground. But peace in the Middle East won’t be furthered by the causes they’re collaborating on