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
“Governments have ignored the scientists who’ve warned that we’re heading for catastrophe for decades. That’s why so many are now engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience as a last-ditch effort.”
The failure to adapt to new realities is not an accident. It’s the design.
Don’t grow up. Stay forever young
Squeals of “socialism!” aside, we know how to do this and have done it before, repeatedly. This time it’s not just about saving our banks or fighting a war: this time, it’s about saving the world…
Women’s involvement in the farmers’ movement gave hope to young women
As higher education institutions are pitted against each other, students, staff and activists must come together to resist a costly race to the bottom
Civil disobedience by climate scientists erupted in 25 countries on every continent
If we’re not able to recognize multiple imperialisms, we are guilty of the same kind of Americocentrism for which we castigate others
Washington appears to be absent from the process, seemingly holding out for a preferred outcome while the violence rages
The most specific thing leftists can do is to fundamentally shift their organisation’s analysis of the war. They should not tolerate Putin’s imperialism and should fully support the right of Ukrainian people to self-determination
“Bounty hunter” provisions in Texas’s new abortion restrictions are “plucked right out of antebellum slavery”
Even the workers in the Constitutional Convention process are themselves organizing a union
Sheila’s memoir shows us what is possible, but that it is our job to go out and do it
“Amid the moral outrage and depth of animosity toward Putin, the risks of pouring arms into Ukraine should be considered carefully and dispassionately”
This company can do so much better for us, and we can’t wait to show the entire country exactly what that looks like.”
It is the responsibility of the Left to not only try to limit the damage, but also to build toward a new world
A key part of this win has not yet been explored: how immigrant workers organized each other to support the union
“Globally, no period has seen more student activism than the past 20 years.”
Interview on the stakes of the war in Ukraine and how the left must respond
Interview on organizing alongside the Zapatistas, the often “messy” practice of international solidarity and more
No. I do not think that the taxpayers of this country need to be providing him a $10 billion bailout to Mr. Bezos to fuel his space hobby
Westerners consumed with moral outrage over the crimes of enemies are still able to maintain their usual silence while their own leaders carry out terrible crimes right now
It is not that the empathy for Ukraine or support for Zelensky’s national resistance is misplaced, but that it has the appearance of being orchestrated
In face of the “escalating climate emergency,” the advocacy group Scientist Rebellion warns that IPCC summary to global policymakers remains “alarmingly reserved, docile, and conservative.”
Interview on the release of funding for Afghan civilians
Advocates back new federal legislation to end homelessness across the country
Review of Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Bolsonaro’s Brazil, by Glenn Greenwald
“There are plenty of young people who are appalled by the behaviour of the older generation, rightly, and are dedicated to trying to stop this madness before it consumes us all. Well, that’s the hope for the future.”
“If everyone could see what I see coming,” said one scientist, “society would switch into climate emergency mode and end fossil fuels in just a few years.”
The general public may not give much thought to how scientists and scholars publish their work, but please know that it matters
Under a capitalist system, the single most powerful thing workers can do is walk off the job and stop production
Organized Farmworkers Win Basic Demands in a Quick Strike
How Two Best Friends Beat the Retail Giant’s Union-Busting Campaign
McCarthy Manor is an apartment building that provides “affordable housing” to senior citizens and people with disabilities. The building has long been neglected by its owner
We can no longer ignore the role of Big Tech in entrenching global inequality. To curtail the forces of digital capitalism, we need an ecosocialist Digital Tech Deal
“We think there ought to be an alternative to the corporate and for-profit system of housing.”
As the “co-governance” model gains traction, here’s a look into the promises and pitfalls—and how organizers are reimagining electoral politics
Laugh off concerns about “cancel culture” all you want. But even recent history shows how vital free speech is to winning social justice
And why it took my father 40 years to see the ocean
The growing grassroots network vows to expand popular power and move forward in the construction of socialism
“If we continue with fossil fuels, then we’re… not gonna have a planet that we can live on,” said one protestor who locked himself to an oil tanker
Amazon Union Victory Inspires Progressives
Amazon workers in Staten Island have achieved the most important labor victory in the United States since the 1930s. Here’s an inside account of how they did it
The drive for sustainable change will only increase with each new violent measure that Russia takes
The improbable became the most probable when the scrappy band of workers who make up the Amazon Labor Union took the lead in a union election at a warehouse in Staten Island
Sunrise Movement made climate change a key political issue, but new conditions require new theory and strategy
The reported EU and USA “compromise” proposal on removing restrictions on the production and distribution of Covid-19 treatments would be worse than no deal at all
The National Call for Moral Revival made a stop in Madison, Wisconsin, on its way to Washington, D.C.
