Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

A timely tale of what happens when engaged citizens fight the power. Jane Jacobs was a visionary activist and writer who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects.

Jeremy Corbyn's Victory

The Labour leader said the party had 'changed the face of British politics' after making significant gains across the country.

Why Corbyn Won

Bhaskar Sunkara Jacobin
I don't care if he didn't actually win — he won. Jeremy Corbyn has given us a blueprint to follow for years to come.

Waterblasting

John Sweden Portside
Amid “the caked-on lies” of our political leaders and corporate aggressors, New Zealand poet John Sweden offers no remedies, only an imagined hope.

Calls for Impeachment Grow; Not ‘McCarthyism’ to Demand Answers on Trump, Russia, and the Election

MoveOn.org; Katha Pollitt MoveOn.org
The calls for Impeachment deepen. Some are concerned that we then get Pence, then what. The impeachment process is drawn out, will take us into next year (2018), maybe even 2019. Organizing at the grassroots and nationally will tie into the elections. This can help us build a mass movement to repudiate the politics of Trump and Trumpism. Defeating a sitting President is no small thing. And, Katha Pollitt on why Russia-gate is not same as 50s McCarthyism.