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Beyond Compromise and Constraint
John Clarke writes about education workers in Ontario pushing back against draconian legislation—only to agree to major concessions.
Against Multipolar Imperialism
Promise Li argues that multipolar imperialism is an undesirable outcome for the left insofar as it remains a form of imperialism.
Philosophy as Life-Making Struggle
Neil Braganza responds to Frim and Fluss’s debate with Aaron Jaffe, arguing that Spinoza’s monism requires open-ended thinking connected to struggles for liberation.
Understanding the Carnage
The Colorado Springs shooting represents a wave of protofascist violence targeting queer and trans people. Now, more than ever, is the time for a mass movement for LGBTQ liberation.
The Uprising in China
A Chinese activist analyzes the causes of the unprecedented wave of protest and unrest across China.
A Tale of Two Strikes
Joanna Lee-Brown and Izzy Plowright discuss the struggle to build a rank-and-file effort to eclipse business unionism and win a major battle for workers at Columbia University.
The City of Blind Windows
In the second installment of his essay on the rationalization of New York City, historian Andy Battle calls for a Gothic city—a process, a method, and a way of life.
Looting, Dispossessing, Incarcerating
How is the ecological fallout from the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Brazil related to the struggle against prisons?
“Bolsonarismo” after Bolsonaro
Sean Purdy explains how, even after his loss to Lula da Silva in Brazil’s recent Presidential election, a network of far-right elements may seek to continue promoting a “Bolsonarist” agenda in Brazil and how the left must learn from its legacy of antifascist struggle in order to truly defeat them.
Tories Collapse Amidst a Growing Strike Wave
Raymond Morell writes about the latest wave of strikes across the United Kingdom, the failures of Tory austerity, and challenges facing the new movement.