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Federation Built a Racist and Anti-Worker Australia
Unlike some nations, Australia’s origin story wasn’t marked by revolution or a democratic movement. Rather, it was a way for the colonial bourgeoisie to unite against the union movement and close the nation to non-white immigration.
Biden’s New COVID Czar Should Push for Global Vaccine Equity
Dr Ashish Jha is the White House’s new COVID-19 response coordinator. He has an opportunity to reverse the Biden administration’s course and push for global vaccine equity — but all signs indicate he won’t.
Eric Adams Is the Most Pro-Landlord Mayor New York City Has Had in Years
New York mayor Eric Adams ran openly as a pro-landlord candidate, and now — unsurprisingly — he’s governing as a pro-landlord mayor. His recent appointments to the city’s rent board now guarantee that higher rents are on their way for working-class New Yorkers.
Remember “Frontline Workers”? Corporate America Wants You to Forget
In 2020, corporate America made a big show of supporting frontline workers with pay increases. But as soon as nobody was looking, it went right back to paying less than a living wage — and funneling the massive gains to shareholders and executives.
The Clarence Thomas Controversy Shows Why the Supreme Court Is Irredeemable
In the wake of revelations that Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia, are deeply enmeshed in far-right networks, we shouldn’t shore up the Supreme Court’s legitimacy. We should attack the Court's undemocratic foundations.
The Forgotten Casualties of America’s Never-Ending Global War on Terror
The US’s deadly drone strikes have faded from the headlines. But in the Libyan village of Ubari, family members of the victims of a 2018 strike are still enraged at the indiscriminate killing and seeking justice for their loved ones.
The Death of Neoliberalism Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Despite predictions of its demise, the neoliberal power bloc of think tanks and lobby groups is still deeply entrenched and pushing into new territory, from health care to space exploration. Neoliberalism won’t be over until the Left can challenge that power.
Elon Musk Won’t Protect Free Speech Online
Instead of counting on an allegedly benevolent billionaire like Elon Musk to guard free speech online by buying companies like Twitter, we should just take our digital public square out of rich people’s hands and into public ownership.
Billionaires Like Elon Musk Don’t Know the First Thing About Democracy
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has bought Twitter. Musk says he’s trying to safeguard democracy and promote free speech — but what does a megabillionaire with a history of silencing critics and retaliating against workers know about democracy?
How China’s Labor Migrants Write Poetry in the Workshop of the World
The labor of hundreds of millions of rural-to-urban migrants has spurred China’s incredible levels of growth. This social transformation has birthed a tradition of migrant worker poetry, documenting the hardship of the workers behind China’s economic miracle.
Rebecca Solnit’s Call for Roses Rings Hollow
Socialists use the slogan “bread and roses” to emphasize the equal importance of pleasure and material security. In Orwell’s Roses, Rebecca Solnit attempts to renew this rallying cry, but the result is a hymn to liberalism and a hollow vision of politics.