What does today’s Left owe to those nights at Zuccotti Park?
How social movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street forced politicians to abandon austerity economics during the pandemic -- what it will take to make those changes permanent in the face of Trump's renewed politics of division?
Reader Comments: Chicago Now Largest City to Call for Ceasefire; Hawks Demand War With Iran; Texas Gov Abbott Encouraging Criminal White Extremists; New - Family Budget Calculator; Help UE Preserve the Solidarity Mural; Cartoons; more....
Bernie Sanders and the Squad have helped pave the way for open socialists to win elected seats in multiple levels of government at a scale that has not been seen in a century. Many progressives are taking a new look at the importance of ideology.
Though not nearly enough, the president’s move is a good one—and is the result of a decade-plus of activism by thousands of brave Americans.
India Walton on Buffalo Mass Shooting. Jordan Klepper Meets the MyPillow Guy. Crypto Crash Explained: How Crypto Repeated Wall Street’s Mistakes. How Chile's Socialists Won. Bush's Gaffe; Republicans Vote Against Baby Formula.
Everyone is panicking about cryptocurrency. We’re going to unpack what’s happening for you, by looking at the fallout of a different market crash.
From Occupy Wall Street to DSA and from anti-vax to Lord Valdemort
Reader Comments: Occupy Wall Street lessons; Labor Upsurge in state federations; Joe Manchin - Fossil Fuel's Man; German elections; Thank You Conn Hallinan; Dissent on Drafting Women; Nicaragua - different perspectives; Race in Cuba; more....
A decade ago, a grassroots anticapitalist movement burst on the scene, galvanizing people with its slogan “We are the 99 percent.” It changed me, and many others, but how much did it change the world?
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