The election results around the country were interesting for the left for two reasons: poor working-class people are increasingly becoming dealigned from the Democratic Party, and this shift is happening in ‘blue’ states as well as in ‘red’ states. For example, San Francisco is normally [...]
Beyond wages and working conditions, workers should have a meaningful say in broader organizational decisions, recognizing them as active economic citizens rather than passive employees. If democracy is to extend beyond the political realm, it must reach the workplaces where people spend much of their lives
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, state and local governments rolled out relief programs from 2020 through 2022 to offset the precarity that many suffered due to lost work, sickness, and insecurity in the United States... why did so many of the renters with the greatest need, who were the intended beneficiaries of ERAPs, struggle to participate?
On the eve of New Year’s Day 1900, Frank P. Walsh (1864-1939) reflected on his life and decided a major change was in order. At thirty-five years old he had an expanding family and thriving career in corporate law. After growing up in extreme poverty in an Irish-American section [...]
Election night was a disaster for Democrats. But contrary to what some pundits will tell you, it was not a defeat for “the left” as a whole. Despite the rightward national shift, democratic socialists still found success in races across the country. The Democratic Socialists of America won all [...]
Adam Tooze recently dissected Gramsci’s famous line: “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” Tooze’s central criticism is that the application of this idea [...]
The early twentieth century saw a wave of anti-colonial struggles that took the form of the labour strike. In the 1930s, Palestinian workers went on a general strike that turned into a three-year revolution to resist the settler colonial project orchestrated by the British Mandate. In Egypt, workers also [...]
Public-sector unions are becoming the hegemonic labor actor in many contemporary democracies. Despite the recent comeback of some unions in the private sector in the US, when one looks at the 21st century in perspective, the trend in unequivocal: while private-sector unions are generally in retreat, public-sector labor is a [...]
Since 2011, one of the most important revolutionary projects of the twenty-first century has been taking roots in the north of Syria. In this region most commonly known as Rojava, a group of Kurdish revolutionaries and their various allies have been trying to establish a [...]
A recent study led by Kuan-Chi Wang found that the legacy of imperialism gave rise to diverse agricultural trajectories in Asia, with countries embracing varying models of development. Some embraced capitalist-driven “green revolutions,” while others pursued socialist-inspired approaches to agricultural modernization. These divergent paths reflected each nation's unique historical context and ideological leanings, contributing to the complexity of contemporary food regimes in the region. Adding another layer to this rich complexity, agricultural experts and institutions emerged as key actors in disseminating knowledge and shaping farming practices. Their efforts not only influenced technological advancements but also shaped the institutional frameworks that govern food production and distribution in Asia today.
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