March 2017 Volume 41, Issue 03

March 2017

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Viewpoint

Slavoj Zizek: We Must Rise from the Ashes of Liberal Democracy Slavoj Žižek

If Nixon Could Tweet Susan J. Douglas

It’s Not Enough to Fight Trump—Progressives Need a Vision for the Future Leonard C. Goodman

If the Democratic Party Won’t Take Risks, It’s Up to Us Christopher Hass

Is Russia a Red Herring? Chris Edelson and Bhaskar Sunkara

The New York Times Missed Trump’s Biggest Lie Jim Naureckas

Feature

The Climate Movement Goes to War with Trump Kate Aronoff

Cities Go Rogue Against Trump and the Radical Right Theo Anderson

Attacks on Immigrants Are Attacks on Workers Carlos Ballesteros

Meet the U.S. Nonprofit That Funds the Israeli Guards Who Terrorize Palestinians Alex Kane

PHOTOS: This Is What Resistance Looks Like Rachel K. Dooley

Dispatch

Indivisible: The Left Group Shaking Up Congress From the Grassroots Kate Aronoff

Culture

Brexit From the Side of a Volcano Jane Miller

How Today’s White Middle Class Was Made Possible By Welfare Margaret Garb

George Saunders’ New Novel Follows Abraham Lincoln’s Son to a Buddhist Afterlife Chris Lehmann

Asghar Farhadi Is One of the Most Important Directors Working Today—And Trump Has Banned Him Michael Atkinson

The Climate Movement Goes to War with Trump

But to save the planet, we need to remake the Democratic Party

Kate Aronoff

Cities Go Rogue Against Trump and the Radical Right

In a sea of red, blue enclaves test their power to rebel.

Theo Anderson

Attacks on Immigrants Are Attacks on Workers

A longtime labor and community organizer responds to the Trump's anti-immigrant measures.

Carlos Ballesteros

Meet the U.S. Nonprofit That Funds the Israeli Guards Who Terrorize Palestinians

Settlements in the West Bank are illegal, but equipping their guards is tax-deductible.

Alex Kane

PHOTOS: This Is What Resistance Looks Like

From pussy hats to airports, images of protest in the age of Trump.

Rachel K. Dooley

Slavoj Zizek: We Must Rise from the Ashes of Liberal Democracy

Trump is a threat to global stability—only a new Left international can beat him.

If Nixon Could Tweet

The similarities between our current president and Tricky Dick don't bode well for the country—or for Trump.

Susan J. Douglas

Brexit From the Side of a Volcano

Contemplating capitalism and democracy in the Canary Islands.

It’s Not Enough to Fight Trump—Progressives Need a Vision for the Future

Either decorporatize the Democrats or create a viable third party.

Leonard C. Goodman

If the Democratic Party Won’t Take Risks, It’s Up to Us

Now is not the time to play it safe.

Christopher Hass

Is Russia a Red Herring?

A debate over whether the Left should focus on collusion between Trump and Russia.

Chris Edelson and Bhaskar Sunkara

How Today’s White Middle Class Was Made Possible By Welfare

Whites, angered at blacks and immigrants receiving "government handouts," forget they were lifted out of poverty through racially exclusive welfare programs in the 30s.

The New York Times Missed Trump’s Biggest Lie

The corporate media is fact-checking our new Liar-in-Chief--but only to a point.

Indivisible: The Left Group Shaking Up Congress From the Grassroots

Coopting Tea Party tactics, former Democratic Congressional staffers provide the Trump resistance with a step-by-step lobbying guide.

George Saunders’ New Novel Follows Abraham Lincoln’s Son to a Buddhist Afterlife

In his first full-length novel, the short story virtuoso weaves U.S. history with the otherworldly.

Asghar Farhadi Is One of the Most Important Directors Working Today—And Trump Has Banned Him

The Iranian filmmaker's masterful, Oscar-nominated The Salesman shows the futility of progressives trying to tolerantly endure repressive regimes.

Michael Atkinson

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