Time to Heed Noam Chomsky’s Call for Collective Action
In this tribute to Noam Chomsky, Giroux offers a concise delineation of our current situation which grounds the clarion call to action for all of us.
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Miliband’s Masterpiece
Fifty years after it was published, Miliband’s ‘The State in Capitalist Society’ remains indispensable for any socialist movement with ambitions of government.
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John Lennon and the Politics of the New Left
Forty years after his murder in New York City, we remember John Lennon’s record of political engagement as a champion of the anti-war movement and a self-styled “instinctive socialist”—which brought him into conflict with Richard Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover.
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When the Music of Beethoven Mingled with the Music of Gandhi’s Spinning Wheel
In the year of Beethoven’s 250th birth anniversary, remembering how two Europeans brought together Gandhi and the German composer.
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Ecosocialism: A Vital Synthesis
The capitalist system, driven at its core by the maximization of profit, regardless of social and ecological costs, is incompatible with a just and sustainable future. Ecosocialism offers a radical alternative that puts social and ecological well-being first.
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Bolivia: New Gov’t Sets to Work Undoing Damage Left by US-Backed Añez Regime
Only weeks after their landslide victory, the Movement to Socialism (MAS) party is already enacting widespread changes to Bolivia in an attempt to undo the damage of one year of military rule.
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Ecuador’s Neoliberal Nightmare
Ecuador is currently in a period characterised by immense class tensions—the ruling class’ brutal project of neoliberalism is making life unbearable for the people. This has significantly increased the electoral appeal of the socialist presidential candidate Andrés Arauz.
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As Private Cities Advance in Honduras, Hondurans Renew Their Opposition
In Honduras, efforts to develop semi-privately governed jurisdictions called Economic Development and Employment Zones, that violate national sovereignty and threaten mass displacement, have recently emerged anew.
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Can Progressives Save Biden from Disastrous Economic Policies?
Biden gives every sign of repeating Trump’s policies that worsened income and wealth inequalities. In so doing, he prepares the way for the next Trump. Can the progressives inside and outside the Democratic Party reconstruct US politics as a class politics once again?
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Want Vaccines Fast? Suspend Intellectual Property Rights
India and South Africa have called upon the WTO to grant a waiver to patent laws allowing countries to produce generic versions of any coronavirus vaccines and Covid-19 treatments. This would benefit not just the poor countries, but the rich ones too.
