What is happening in Sheikh Jarrah lies at the heart of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
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Since the Nixon era, the Supreme Court’s treatment of poverty and racial justice has made it a consistent enemy of society’s most marginalized.
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In the face of COVID-19, the political response has been at best temporary relief and at worst indifference. What we need going forward is not just better public health measures, but a response to the economic insecurities and policy failures that it laid bare.
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If you’re nervous about going back to work, you’re not the only one. Workers and labor advocates discuss what the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions might mean for workplace safety and labor rights.
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Sexual Hegemony, an ambitious retelling of the history of capitalism through the politics of gay sex, arrives just in time to help dissuade us of the idea that we have reached the end of gay history.
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McDade and Jackson’s tragically intertwined lives tell the story of a society that feeds on and maintains oppression through punishment, violence, and isolation. They also show us a way out.
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A massive overhaul and expansion of the wildland workforce is the best hope we have to confront the firestorm that threatens to engulf the West Coast.
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Political economy researcher Riya Al-Sanah joins us from Haifa to talk about this week’s historic general strike.
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A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin knew the fate of the civil rights and labor movements were intertwined. The same is true today.
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It’s time to let go of the belief that changing demographics will bring about a progressive America.
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Raúl Castro has relinquished his post as General Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party. The government speaks of continuity, and only continuity.
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Much of what has rendered India a disaster zone is the direct result of Modi’s policies. Yet even before Modi, India had deemphasized the importance of investing in public health and vaccine production infrastructure.
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Owen Hatherley’s eye-opening account of the left in power in London suggests both the possibilities and limits for municipal socialism.
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The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Uber drivers, declaring them workers and not independent contractors. But to beat the platform capitalists, it is urgent that we start to treat digital rights as worker rights.
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It’s easier to blame individuals for the opioid crisis than to attempt to diagnose and cure the ills of a society.
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U.S. representatives have introduced two bills that would finally end Puerto Rico’s subordinate Commonwealth status. But continued colonial rule may be the only option Congress seriously considers.
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An interview with Kate Aronoff about her new book Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet—And How We Fight Back.
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In Montceau-les-Mines, a French town once dependent on coal mining, there was no just transition from fossil fuels. Once a left-leaning industrial hub, Montceau today is an open field for the far right.
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Worker centers organize workers excluded from labor regulations and disconnected from mainstream unions. They have brought fresh energy to the labor movement.
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Wellness courts provide an example of how some tribal governments are using indigenous sovereignty to build a community-based justice system, rooted in support and trust rather than punishment.
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Rafael Correa has long been hostile to indigenous movements in Ecuador. It’s no surprise that they are reluctant to support his successor.
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To understand how NXIVM’s members went from the pursuit of professional success to facilitating and enduring horrific wrongs requires examining the world of contemporary business from which the cult emerged.
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Introducing the Spring 2021 special section, Global Economic Disorder.
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Discussion in the United States about secular stagnation, a long-term tendency toward weak business investment and slow growth, has mostly focused on wealthy countries. But slowing growth around the world cannot be explained as the sign of economic “maturity.”
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China’s rapid economic growth is built on a factory system that relies on hundreds of millions of exploited workers. In the face of repression, those workers have found creative ways to resist.
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The growing global concentration of wealth has made basic data on household savings, the trade deficit, and overseas assets increasingly unreliable.
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The people who sew clothes for major apparel giants are facing widespread hunger and destitution as a result of falling income and job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic—even as many of these corporations continue to turn a profit.
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A quarter-century ago, the multilateral system of global economic governance had reached its pinnacle. Today, the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank are experiencing a deep crisis of legitimacy.
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To envision a global Green New Deal requires a serious effort to grasp the deep inequities of the international economic order.
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Many of today’s organizers look to the long history of party realignment for strategic orientation. Could they drive a reordering of American politics?
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