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
A Different Kind of “Service Candidate” Runs for Senate
Source: New Politics The conflict in Yemen has been going on for a long time with horrendous human consequences. Non specialists find…
Starbucks workers from coast to coast protested against the company’s anti-union campaign, which is becoming increasingly aggressive
Interview on class, veteranhood, and the radical potential for organizing within Britain’s armed forces
Gen Z: Young people like you are winning unions at Starbucks and Amazon. The time to join the labor movement and transform the world is now
Rapper and activist Lowkey is facing down a campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists to get his music taken off Spotify
Source: Nicklicata.com With the public gravitating toward insular hostile camps, bipartisan cooperation is rare in our current politics. Mónica Guzmán building a…
Maybe one day we will achieve a full Earth, full of humanity and knowledge
Combining solidarity economy principles with the benefits of collective ownership in its widest, most holistic sense
Christopher Hitchens – the writer who gave us the original ‘Hitch Slap’ – is back in the spotlight. Is his brand of contrarian progressivism a welcome alternative to a Twitter-fixated, deplatforming Left?
A wide-ranging discussion on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The Ukraine “adventure” has failed. The sooner this is recognized, the lower the price will be
Opposing war has always been at the heart of socialist internationalism
Forty years of struggle by Brazil’s landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted
The U.S. Labor Department said Tuesday inflation in the United States rose to 8.5% in March — the highest in four decades
“The government’s insane, and I don’t know what else to do, other than to do this, and to try and get the attention that we need to wake the public up”
A strike can force recognition of a union; a supermajority strike is powerful when bargaining; a strike with mass support can be a political weapon to change society
Unions must create a massive, dedicated project to assist workers like those at the Staten Island Amazon warehouse
How is it possible that so many left voters in France are willing to choose a far-right candidate in the second round of the presidential elections?
Americans have been shocked by the death and destruction of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, filling our screens with bombed buildings and dead…
Perhaps the war in Ukraine can awaken an awareness of its capitalist roots and teach people to explore alternative systemic solutions
