Who’s Afraid of Left Populism?
Anti-Policing Struggles and the Frontiers of the American Left
My 2017 Catalyst article, “The Panthers Can’t Save Us Now,” was addressed to a specific conundrum within contemporary left politics and anti-policing struggles in particular: that is, the strategic problem of building a counterpower capable of . . .
A Radical Direction for the Environmental Movement
Climate scientists tell us we face a “climate crisis”: Since the 1990s, scientists have been trying to convince governments to keep atmospheric CO2 concentrations below 350 ppm in order to keep the global temperature below 1.5 . . .
The Left and the Democratic Party
The Experience of Almost a Century
What can socialists today learn from the experience of the left in the past as it grappled with the issue of electoral politics? Over the last 50 years, American leftists have in general adopted two alternative . . .
The Jasic Struggle in China’s Political Context
The Jasic case, in particular relationships that were forged between students and workers, reveals important developments in China’s politics.
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An Economist’s Case for Socialism
It is all too rare that an economist makes the case: socialism or barbarism. Or, in Alan Nasser’s more piquant alternatives, socialism or fascism. Economics is a hedging profession of carefully detailed countervailing forces and measured . . .
Palestine on a Precipice
The rise and expansion of right-wing populism and the dramatic unfolding of global politics in the Trump era have had significant and alarming implications for the Palestinian people, leadership, and question overall.
Ada Colau Remains Mayor of Barcelona
Ada Colau of Barcelona en Comú (BComú) remains mayor of Barcelona thanks to the promise of a pact with the PSC (Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya) whose content is not yet known but which will involve . . .
South Africa: Something’s Got to Give
The election of a new government should be a time of celebration. 25 years since the end of Apartheid should be the time of immense celebration. Yet, 25 years since the “dawn of democracy” and South . . .
The Revolt of the Fearless Generation
Eight years after the Arab Spring caused little stir in Algeria, a new generation has since come of age and is taking on the old guard — but the problems run deep.
Brazil: Success of the General Strike of June 14
In a week of intense political polarization, the movements of the working class, youth and the oppressed again held a strong national demonstration, in continuity with the expressive acts of 15 May and 30 May. There . . .
For Pride Month: Remembering Doug Ireland
Doug Ireland, radical journalist, blogger, passionate human rights and queer activist, and relentless scourge of the LGBT establishment, died in his East Village home on October 26, 2013. Doug had lived with chronic pain for many . . .
Behind the US-Iran Tension
Clearly the attacks on Norwegian and Japanese tankers off the Gulf of Oman on Thursday 14 June increase the risk of a miscalculation leading to military clashes in the region. However, these attacks were probably not . . .
The Two Deaths of Max Shachtman
Note: This article is from the 1st series of New Politics, published from . . .
Globalization and Migration
A Human Rights Approach
We need an immigration policy based on human, civil, and labor rights, which looks at the reasons why people come to the United States and how we can end the criminalization of their status and work. While proposals from . . . “A Troll at the Bridge”: Trump, Trumpism, and White Identity Politics
The rise and rule of Donald Trump embodies much that is disturbingly new from his almost . . . No to Trump’s, Netanyahu’s, Bin Salman’s Imperialist War Drive Against Iran!
Support Progressive and Revolutionary Opposition to the Iranian Regime
For Iran, the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Nuclear Agreement will . . . 
What explains the enthusiasm in certain quarters of the left for Vladimir . . . Feminisms of the Left
This essay was originally a talk at the conference held at the New School for Social . . . 
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