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The war is shaped by global neoliberalism, sexism, and racism—not just Cold War dynamics. Only by understanding Eastern Europe beyond the old dichotomies of the free West versus the authoritarian East can we begin to grasp the war’s significance.

Putin's invasion of Ukraine is not an isolated event. It's part of a broader attack against democracy that echoes events of the twentieth century.

Many actions, many ideas in a week of crisis

Russia’s jailing of the basketball star is an injustice that requires an international response.

"A renewable energy future," the groups wrote, "is a peaceful and ultimately more prosperous one."

Amid the heated national controversy about CRT in schools, some Black educators are openly using the framework to help students better understand history and contextualize current events.

War rocks the media

Capitalists keep trying to co-opt International Women’s Day, a century-old product of the working-class revolutionary movement. But the day belongs to the socialist antiwar tradition.

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act sets a specific definition of lynching and triples the prison time for anyone convicted.

The Mesa store at Powerline and Baseline Roads became the first U.S. company-run store outside Buffalo to be unionized in the recent organizing wave.