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The Democratic Party Has Failed—We Need a Radical Vision to Defeat Trumpism
The neoliberal establishment couldn’t stop Trump. A campaign for real economic justice can.
Zack Exley
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A Message to Trump: We’re Not Going Back in the Shadows
Undocumented immigrants are ready to mobilize and resist.
Prerna Lal
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The Rush To Normalize Trump
The mainstream media is woefully unprepared to grapple with the hatred and trauma of this election.
Rick Perlstein
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Why Targeting Corporate Democrats Must Be Part of the Fight Against Trump
In order to combat President Trump, progressives have to challenge establishment Democrats and their corporate-friendly policies.
Mark Engler
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Donald Trump May Be President, But You Can Still Take Action on Climate Change
Individual steps alone won't fix the climate—but they're an easy way to start.
Emily Schwartz Greco
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In the Age of Trump, Progressive Jews Can Learn From the 20th Century’s Radical Yiddish Tradition
Our forebears' struggles against capitalism, fascism and Zionism—carefully chronicled in Revolutionary Yiddishland—resonate more than ever now that the the far right is once more taking power.
Ben Lorber
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The Incoherent Worldview and Virulent Islamophobia of Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor
At times, Gen. Michael Flynn has expressed empathy for those who join terrorist groups—but increasingly, he has substituted nuance for rank bigotry.
Branko Marcetic
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America Needs a Network of Rebel Cities to Stand Up to Trump
With Trump in the White House and GOP majorities in the House and Senate, we must look to cities to protect civil liberties and build progressive alternatives from the bottom up.
Kate Shea Baird and Steve Hughes
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Slavoj Zizek: The Left’s Fidelity to Castro-ation
In the last decades, Cuban “socialism” continued to live only because it didn’t yet notice it was already dead.
Slavoj Žižek
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Countering Capitalism: 40 Years of In These Times
From independent socialist newspaper to political revolution
Joseph M. Schwartz
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The Woman Who Might Have Been President
It's time to talk about sexism.
Susan J. Douglas
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The Clintons’ Dominance of Democratic Politics Is Over—And They Will Not Be Remembered Fondly
Self-inflicted wounds, an out-of-touch candidate and a party more concerned about Wall Street than the working class sealed the Clinton campaign's defeat.
Kathleen Geier
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Defending the Commons: 40 Years of In These Times
As the corporate assault on the environment grow, so does the movement against it.
Dayton Martindale
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Fidel Castro (1926-2016)
A major feature of Fidel Castro’s 47-year-old rule was his manipulation of popular support and the creation of a political system that does not hesitate to use repression, and not only against class enemies, to cement its power.
Samuel Farber
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Fighting the Bosses: 40 Years of In These Times
Without a strong labor movement, there is little hope for socialism—let alone a more humane capitalism.
David Moberg
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How an Entitled Clinton and the “Politics of Resentment” Gave Us Trump
Some lessons only become clear with time, but the 2016 election has already taught us a lot about our differences.
Theo Anderson
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Pushing the Democratic Party Left: 40 Years of In These Times
Since 1976, In These Times has pressured Democrats for a more progressive agenda.
Joel Bleifuss
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Climate Activists Must Stop Donald Trump at Home—And Go on Offense Abroad
There's no compromising with the far right—but progress can still be made around the world, and at the local and state levels.
Kate Aronoff
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On Inauguration Day, Don’t Go to Work. Don’t Buy Anything. We Need A National Strike to Stop Trump.
A call for a national "Sick Out" on Jan. 20, 2017.
Marianne Hastings
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Seizing the Moment: 40 Years of In These Times
Pushing America Left since 1976.
Jessica Stites
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20 Lessons from the 20th Century on How to Survive in Trump’s America
A history professor looks to the past to remind us to do what we can in the face of the unthinkable.
Timothy Snyder
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An Indigenous Organizer at Standing Rock Speaks on Police Repression, Climate Chaos and Donald Trump
The water protectors at Standing Rock are still defiant in opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Dayton Martindale
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Why Donald Trump’s Election Moved This 19-Year-Old to Tears
A college student reacts to her first election: "We were on the precipice of breaking the glass ceiling."
Samantha Knapp
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A Q&A with Jane McAlevey: “We Can Turn This Thing Around More Quickly Than Most People Think”
The longtime labor organizer reflects on the election and talks about where we go from here.
Kate Aronoff
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