Malignant Normality
The participation of American physicians and psychologists in torture during the Iraq War era became part of an American version of “malignant normality”—a phenomenon I first attributed to Nazi doctors during the Holocaust.
Spring 2025
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Why Is the Labour Party in a Mess?
Since 2015 the British Labour party has sought to distance itself from New Labour and develop its populist appeal under left-winger Jeremy Corbyn. Why hasn’t it worked?
The Red and the Rainbow: The Life and Work of Daniel Guérin
An uncompromising champion of the labor movement, sharp critic of authoritarianism both left and right, and early proponent of “intersectionality,” French activist and writer Daniel Guérin is an essential companion to today’s debates on the left.
Closing Rikers Island: A Step Beyond Prison Reform
After years of tireless organizing, the campaign to close down own of the country’s most notorious jails secured a landmark victory in March. But activists say it’s not enough.
The GOP’s Bad Faith Over Russia
When it comes to the Comey firing, where are all the fire-and-brimstone conservatives who for so many decades made alleged Soviet and communist meddling in U.S. affairs their crusade?
This Is What We Must Do
Five poems by the late American writer and activist Grace Paley.
Judith Stein, 1940–2017
Judith Stein was a tough and determined inspiration to multiple generations of scholars and activists.
Party Crashers: How Far-Right Demagogues Took Over the GOP
Trump’s successful bid to capture the GOP and defeat the uninspiring Democrat nominee on a populist ticket is part of a longer tradition on the right.
Breaking with Capitalist Orthodoxy
Western capitalism has not been functioning well in recent years. But there is nothing inevitable about its collapse. A more innovative, sustainable, and inclusive economic system is necessary.
Belabored Podcast #127: Rebellion in the Streets
Five organizers talk about this year’s May Day, which saw immigrant workers taking to the streets around the country.
Berta Cáceres, Presente!
As tens of thousands flooded Washington, D.C. for the People’s Climate March, they carried the voices of those most at risk for defending the environment: indigenous activists like Berta Cáceres, who was murdered in Honduras last year and whose true killers remain at large.
Kashmir’s New Uprising
Since last July, Indian-occupied Kashmir has been rocked by massive, ongoing protests. The question is: why now?
It Doesn’t Take a Dictator to Smother a Free Press
As the leaders of Hungary and Poland have shown, the right combination of political and financial muscle is enough to control the media.
Duterte Unbound
In the Philippines, the deaths from President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs keep mounting—as does anger among the families of the victims.
Brazil on Strike
In the face of a far-reaching austerity package being imposed by an unelected government, more than 1 million Brazilian workers took the streets Friday for the country’s first general strike in decades.
