Out of Left Field
Major league baseball has a long but little-known history of rebels, reformers, and radicals.
The Fall of Working-Class New York
The history of the 1970s New York City fiscal crisis shows how power under capitalism is ultimately located outside electoral politics — and must be defeated at its source.
Against Bluexit
Liberals want to write off huge swathes of the United States. We shouldn't follow suit.
Russia's Trump
The movement in Russia against Putin's authoritarian government is dominated by one man: the right-wing populist Alexey Navalny.
New York Mag’s Climate Disaster Porn Gets It Painfully Wrong
The real climate danger is that a vicious right-wing minority will impose an order that privileges the affluent few over everyone else.
Don’t Fly Like a GA-06
The future of left politics is not with the affluent voters Jon Ossoff thought he could win over.
The American AKP
The Republican Party has more in common with Erdoğan’s increasingly authoritarian AKP than GOP leaders would like to admit.
The Pitfalls of Radical Feminism
Fighting capitalism remains the only path toward women’s full liberation.
Being Honest About Venezuela
As Nicolás Maduro’s increasingly antidemocratic government battles violent right-wing forces, ordinary Venezuelans are watching the gains of Chavismo slip away.
The Little Democratic Strategist That Could(n't)
Mark Penn wants Democrats to move to the center. But the only thing the failed strategist is qualified to offer advice on is how to lose.
- Issue No. 25
- Spring 2017
By Taking Power
In this issue
The South Is Our North
TeleSUR’s trajectory reminds us that the task of criticizing the Left cannot be abandoned to the Right.
Why Corbyn Won
I don't care if he didn't actually win — he won. Jeremy Corbyn has given us a blueprint to follow for years to come.
A Very Political Tragedy
Today’s horrific fire in London's Grenfell Tower is a symbol of a deeply unequal United Kingdom.
An English Rust Belt?
To win power, Corbynism must challenge a creeping conservative presence in England’s former industrial heartlands.
The Hard Green Line
The Canadian Green Party's fight against pro-union legislation shows the dangers of an environmentalism that's not rooted in the working class.
Morocco's Burgeoning Resistance
In Northeast Morocco's mass protests for "a university, hospital, and work," a liberatory vision of Islam has played a key role.
USAID's Trojan Horse
Behind the heartwarming photo ops, USAID's projects in El Salvador are stealthily advancing the interests of the Salvadoran corporate class.