In the past week, two separate and very painful videos have circulated showing Donald Trump and Joe Biden the presidential nominees of the two major US political parties in action. Watching them, there’s only one conclusion we can reach: we’re so screwed.
The For-Profit Aged-Care Industry Has Led to Catastrophe
The epicenter of Melbourne’s COVID-19 outbreak is, predictably, aged-care 利来国标娱乐老牌w66下载homes, where years of marketization have led to an industry based on low wages, understaffing and cost cutting. Amid the tragedy taking place in aged care, we need to call for an overhaul of the entire for-profit .
AOC Is Right: Get Military Recruiters Off Twitch and Out of Schools
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pushing to kick military recruiters out of high schools and off Twitch. And she’s right: the military’s recruitment strategy of preying on low-income and working-class students is grotesque.
Why Bill Clinton Attacked Stokely Carmichael
Bill Clinton’s decision to disparage Kwame Toure, born Stokely Carmichael, at John Lewis’s funeral was a disgraceful attempt to drain the Civil Rights Movement of its radicalism and limit the horizons of political possibility today. But internationalism and black radicalism speak much more to the present moment than Clinton’s tired, centrist politics.
Israel Is in the Middle of a Summer of Mass Unrest
Amid this summer’s massive protests, Benyamin Netanyahu’s grip on Israel’s political consciousness began to crack for the first time in a decade. But repairing the damage he’s done to the country’s political landscape will take years.
- Issue No. 37 out now!
- Spring 2020
Pandemic Politics
In this issue
No Act of God
Hurricanes, pandemics, and droughts are acts of God. Private markets in housing, health care, and food — and the resulting deaths — are not.
Political organizing is hard — political education shouldn’t have to be. We’re now offering our ABCs of Capitalism series as free ebooks.
A New Trump Rule Tries to Help Big Oil Crush the Climate Movement
Trump’s Labor Department is trying to help Big Oil prevent retirees’ money from flowing out of the fossil fuel industry and into environmentally sustainable investments. When it comes to climate change or anything else, corporate interests dominate the state.
Minnesota Democrats File FEC Complaint Against Ilhan Omar’s Opponent
A new complaint alleges Ilhan Omar’s primary challenger for her House seat is trying to avoid campaign spending disclosures.
After Last Night’s Elections, “the Squad Is Here to Stay”
Last night’s elections brought us some very good news, with Cori Bush securing an historic upset in Missouri and Rashida Tlaib easily cruising to reelection in a race the mainstream media predicted would be close. Leftists are still a small minority in the halls of power — but we’re gaining steam.
The Republican Coronavirus Plan Is Sadistic
The GOP’s proposed coronavirus relief legislation is grotesque — an insult to the working class and a threat to the lives and livelihoods of millions. The fact that Senate Republicans felt at liberty to propose it is a telltale sign of political rot.
Longtime social movements scholar Frances Fox Piven on organizing the unemployed under coronavirus, where the Bernie Sanders movement goes from here, and why breaking rules and disrupting business as usual are central to making social change.
Chicago Teachers Threatened a Strike. Hours Later, Chicago Schools Went Remote.
The Chicago Teachers Union threatened a strike in response to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s refusal to move city schools to remote learning for the fall. Hours later, the mayor caved. Strikes work — and during a pandemic, they can save lives.
Newly Revealed Documents Show How the AFL-CIO Aided US Interference in Venezuela
The AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center has a long history of working hand in glove with the US government in undermining democracy and left labor movements throughout the world. The center emphasizes it has shifted away from these Cold War tactics in recent years. But newly obtained documents show that the Solidarity Center has worked closely with the US to undermine the Venezuelan government in the recent past.
John Hume (1937–2020)
A historic leader of moderate nationalism, John Hume is widely eulogized for helping end the war in Northern Ireland. But praise for his rejection of violence shouldn’t be combined with amnesia about the deep injustices that fueled the conflict in the Six Counties.
Meet the 25-Year-Old Socialist Organizer Running for State Senate in Connecticut
Democratic socialist Justin Farmer is running for state senate in Connecticut on a platform to reform the criminal justice and reinvest in communities. We talked to him about it.
Catalyst
Editors’ Note
John Roemer
Market Socialism Renewed
Nicole Fabricant and Bret Gustafson
The Fall of Evo Morales
Suzy Lee
Socialists and Immigration
David B. Feldman
The Question of Borders
Leo Panitch
Class Theory for Our Time
Bryan D. Palmer