In Western Marxism, Domenico Losurdo takes 20th-century European and American Marxists to task for unfairly dismissing anti-colonial socialist movements. But his broad-brush condemnation fails to do justice to the rich and varied intellectual tradition he attacks.
Uneven and unpredictable paychecks are on the rise for American workers. Income volatility doesn’t just make it harder to plan; it makes every unexpected expense a potential crisis.
During peak season, when Amazon’s holiday rush hits maximum velocity, the company’s finely tuned machine becomes surprisingly fragile. For workers seeking to organize, the high-stakes holiday months may be their strongest opportunity to exert leverage.
Despite polling consistently showing that voters are deeply concerned about medical care and its costs, neither Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris is offering a sweeping vision of health care reform.
Openly racist attitudes to the Palestinian people are pervasive in the European and American political mainstream, from the liberal center to the far right. This form of bigotry is a gateway through which old-fashioned colonial racism can gain new legitimacy.
Mexican judges have threatened to throw their own president in jail for implementing constitutional reforms that subject them to direct elections. The effort is destined to fail, but the confrontation could set the tone for lawfare campaigns across the region.
Wall Street CEOs are courting both the Trump and Harris campaigns. If their effort succeeds, a new rule that makes it easier for customers to change banks will almost certainly be on the chopping block.
As climate disasters intensify, conservative politicians are systematically undermining the agencies meant to protect us — slashing budgets, firing experts, blocking climate data from informing policy, and weakening enforcement against corporate polluters.
Donald Trump’s presidency was bad news for the Kurdish movement, as Washington abandoned Rojava and gave NATO ally Turkey a free hand in the region. But Joe Biden continued to allow Turkish impunity — and Kurds fear Kamala Harris will do the same.
For years, Puerto Rico’s right-wing establishment has branded the Left as “communists” seeking to impoverish the island by isolating it from the US. Yet decades of economic mismanagement have discredited the Right and strengthened the populist Alliance.
The album NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD by Godspeed You! Black Emperor is a statement on political art in wartime. Its aim is to speak to our collective horror when faced with a genocide streamed in real time.
Donald Trump and his allies aren’t making a secret of it: if they win, they’re going to launch a campaign of repression to destroy the pro-Palestinian movement and the organized left.