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Jean-Luc Mélenchon Has a Mandate To Rebuild the French Left

Manuel Cervera-Marzal Jacobin
In Sunday’s election, France’s neoliberalized Socialist Party slumped to a pathetic 2 percent support. Yet the overall left-wing vote increased — all thanks to Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France Insoumise, whose transformative program inspired millions.

The Batman’s Privilege Problem

Joe George The Progressive
A departure from the Caped Crusader’s elitism, the latest adaptation of the DC comic addresses class disparities in Gotham.

It’s Time To Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry

Thom Hartmann Hartmann Report
Squeals of “socialism!” aside, we know how to do this and have done it before, repeatedly. This time it’s not just about saving our banks or fighting a war: this time, it’s about saving the world…

When Will the Earth Come to an End?

Ethan Siegel Starts With A Bang
From life on Earth to the planet itself, there are four ways our planet will actually experience “the end,” no matter how we define it.

Who Is Working-Class, and Why It Matters

Van Gosse Convergence
Throughout U.S. history, class has been bound up with other forms of oppression—so the disenfranchisement of Black men after Reconstruction decisively shifted class relations.