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50 Years After Chilean Coup, Let’s Remember Pinochet Resisters’ Inspiring Legacy
On the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup, let’s follow Pinochet resisters’ example of solidarity in repressive times.
Sen. Rick Scott’s Travel Warning for Florida Is a Veiled Threat to Socialists
The logic-defying statement by Scott echoed similar remarks he made in May.
In His Own Words: Harry Belafonte on Fighting for Justice in the Age of Trump
“There’s some ass-kicking out here to be done. And we should do it,” the late Belafonte said in 2016.
Progressives: House Anti-Socialism Resolution Is Step Toward Slashing Safety Net
Many Democrats that voted with Republicans for the resolution also rank among the wealthiest members of Congress.
Absence of Universal Health Care Can Be Traced to State Repression of Socialists
The U.S. government ruthlessly targeted the Socialist Party in the early 20th century. That blow is still reverberating.
Socialists Take Up Critical Fight for Universal Child Care in the United States
Child care is an ineluctable social need, and has become only more so due to systematic inequality and impoverishment.
Higher Education Is Now a Battlefield Between Workers and Corporatization
"Power Despite Precarity" offers a case study of how educators in the California State University system built power.
When Revolutionary Moments Arise Again — and They Will — What Will We Do?
When the left demobilizes the grassroots for elections, it cuts off popular forces that enable social transformation.
Neoliberal Era Was Rich in Revolutionary Lessons. Movements Must Learn Them.
Left movements will succeed only if they overcome the barriers faced by past struggles, writes Colin Barker.
Radical Democracy Is Resurgent in Latin America. How Will the US Respond?
Chile’s Boric administration will be tested with contending visions of left politics in the current historical moment.