Amazon, Starbucks—and the National Guard? Politicized mission and bad conditions push soldiers to join the Texas State Employees Union
Source: Truthout Since World War I, propaganda has played a crucial role in warfare. Propaganda is used to increase support for the…
Policy decisions by the United States will have a critical impact on whether there will soon be peace in Ukraine, or only a much longer and bloodier war
The following is excerpted from my new book Don’t Think Of A Republican – How I Won A Republican Primary As A Lefty Progressive And You Can Too
It is hard to overestimate just how rapid and extensive the current digital restructuring of the global economy and society is
Member Organizers Turn the Moment into a Movement
Over the last two decades, 32BJ has organized over one hundred thousand new members who others said could not be organized . . .
Source: Scheerpost Sometimes one decision speaks volumes. And so it was when the Congressional Progressive Caucus — with 98 members in the…
Environmental Lawyer on Leaving House Arrest & His Fight with Chevron
In the shadow of the Cold War, the rise of creative writing programs and ‘show don’t tell’ philosophy drained fiction of its political bite
It’s up to all of us to build and support movements that can chart another course for peace, security and justice for all
PeoplesHub offers organizers essential knowledge and online solutions for progressive change
Russian Elites Unlikely to Split from Putin Despite War Losses & Western Sanctions
The right wing is its own giant institution in this country. And as the last several years have told us, ruthless and violent tyrants aren’t always thwarted in the end
Because of the political impact of our campaign, we are well positioned to intervene and politically influence, the inevitable struggles ahead
Interview bout the war in Ukraine
“This isn’t just some corporate takeover. This is about a set of very specific moves that our oligarchs have been taking that have gradually concentrated economic, political, and discursive power in fewer and fewer hands.”
International Solidarity in Action
In Oakland, a poet and her crew of “poverty scholars” are doing just that
The Decent Work Health Network acknowledges that work is a social determinant of health. Their new report calls for better wages, paid sick days and workplace protections
Our ultimate goal is to fight imperialism and capitalism
As the Ukraine crisis continues to drag on and the global revolt escalates, there will be a radical reconfiguration of global geopolitical alignments
Discussion on how this bifurcation of the world into ‘worthy’ and ‘unworthy’ victims obliterates nuance and ambiguity, and is a key component of propaganda, especially in war
A look at Joe Glenton’s new book, Veteranhood: Hope and Rage in British Ex-Military Life (Repeater Books)
Corporate media outlets are “enabling the government’s gaslighting of the public” by failing to cover the climate emergency with “the frequency it deserves”
Reorganizing the workweek can hurt workers’ interests if they don’t have a say in the process
Platform co-ops could cut out the Silicon Valley middlemen
As the war in Ukraine continues, we women and men, LGBTQI people, migrants and workers from all over Europe and beyond call to strike the war on May 1st
Notes From Antiwar Organizers
Source: Jacobin A lot has changed since Robert LeVertis Bell last ran for office in 2020 — a Democratic majority in the…
What liberal politicians and the media refuse to acknowledge is that crime is linked to the failures of capitalism, not to the lack of police. Indeed, police are part of the problem, not the solution
From left to right, war-skeptical voices are being denounced at levels not seen since Iraq
A nationalized marijuana industry could, like those stores owned by the New Hampshire Liquor Commission, bring enormous revenues
The following is an excerpt from a campaign speech given at the Neely Schuster Cultural Center in January 2022
Review of Don’t Think Of A Republican: How I Won A Republican Primary As A Lefty Progressive And You Can Too, by Lonnie Ray Atkinson
Capitalism is ecocidal. To save our planet and ensure human survival it needs to be stopped
The prospect of enlivening extraterritorial jurisdiction to target journalism and the publication of national security information, is graver than ever
A series of New York State primaries this June featuring Democratic Socialists of America–endorsed candidates will be a testing ground for the strength of socialist politics
Workers’ recent efforts to unionize Amazon warehouses and fight for better working conditions are widely popular among Americans across the political spectrum
The phrase “all options are on the table” is normal in what passes for statecraft in the U.S. and U.K. — all in direct violation of the UN Charter
Source: New Politics [Note: This article was originally submitted to Jacobin in the hope of initiating a debate among the radical left.…
Russia’s imperialist war on Ukraine presents a challenge to the entire Left, including DSA
The United Auto Workers and climate groups join together to push the USPS to buy electric postal vehicles to replace their old, gas-guzzling fleet
Can we Afford a Fair Global Climate Transition?
Organizers planned the event to “demand that our tax money stop fossil-fueling endless war, and start funding healthcare, green jobs and infrastructure, other climate adaptation measures, and housing.”
A look at an emergent grassroots movement in Venezuela
“Rebels are swarming across London, part of a global wave of civil disobedience as people wake up to the fact that our leaders are failing to tackle the #ClimateCrisis”
The problem boils down to politics and the government’s inability to meaningfully represent young people
On the Transnational Politics of Peace
Interview on the worsening threat of nuclear warfare and how to end the war in Ukraine
