Portside

A time to try the soul of humanity

Choosing sides in the longest, hottest summer

Labor is busting out all over

How the war is changing thinking on the international left

Afghan women arm, a new pink tide in Latin America, Canadians demand a reckoning, and more

A year of agony and uproar

After all, writing one’s own history, too, is an act of emancipation.

Notes From Leaders, Activists, Scholars and Journalists

Democracy is in crisis around the world, while authoritarianism is on the rise in a growing number of countries. Existing democratic institutions are hollowed out and increasingly unable to respond to the authoritarian wave.

Voters can't tell the difference between the center left and the center right, and they don't want either. As the center-left accommodated itself to capital, it eroded its trade union base. Where center-left parties embraced unabashedly progressive policies, on the other hand, voters supported them