The Dawn of Austerity
An interview with Clara E. Mattei, the author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism.
Spring 2023
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What Socialist Politicians Can Do: An Interview with Nikil Saval
Socialism is rooted in a philosophical optimism that our movement is based in a majority.
A Living Tradition
To prevent socialism from becoming stale orthodoxy, we need to be alive to changes in the world around us.
Build a Better Internet
An interview with Ben Tarnoff, the author of Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future.
The History of Sanctions
Nicholas Mulder’s account of the modern economic sanctions regime sheds new light on an era of extreme destabilization and destruction.
The Laws of Forever War
In Humane, historian Samuel Moyn argues that efforts to make U.S. wartime conduct less brutal have helped pave the way for a policy of permanent armed counterterrorism.
The Rise of Healthcare in Steel City
An interview with Gabriel Winant on deindustrialization, the care economy, and the living legacies of the industrial workers’ movement.
The Origins of Anti-Extractivism
In Resource Radicals, Thea Riofrancos explores how conflicts between left movements and the left government in Ecuador produced a militant critique of the extractive model of development.
Foreign Policy After Trump
Joe Biden promises to lift U.S. foreign policy up from the low-minded nationalism of the Trump era. But the era of confident American hegemony is drawing to a close.
Introduction: Already Sick
A series of short essays on the coronavirus pandemic.
The People in the Streets Demand Justice
Unwavering solidarity with and participation in this struggle for black freedom is a moral and political imperative—with the potential to transform the landscape of American radicalism.
Liberalism After Rawls, with Katrina Forrester
Katrina Forrester’s In the Shadow of Justice explores the world that shaped the ideas of John Rawls, and how his work remade political philosophy. Is there still room for his liberal egalitarianism in an age of ideological ferment and social conflict?
Stopping the War This Time
As the deadening pall of national security discourse once again falls over the United States, we need to hold onto the shock and outrage of these first hours.
The New Tech Culture Wars
In our extremely online political times, content moderators have been cast as central players in the fight for democracy, whether as its antagonists or its delinquent guardians.
Indigenous Resistance Is Post-Apocalyptic, with Nick Estes
Nick Estes discusses the deep historical roots of the convergence at Standing Rock, why Indigenous peoples have taken a leading role in the climate justice movement, and why decolonization must be part of any left-wing agenda.
