Movements

A Worldwide Workers' Revolt Against Amazon Has Begun

Bessemer was just the beginning. Amazon workers from Italy to India are uniting to form a global movement that may have found Jeff Bezos’s Achilles heel.

Luis Feliz Leon

The Dangers of Factionalism in DSA

If the Left is to succeed where past generations have failed, it can’t allow sectarian organizations to operate as "parties within a party."

Bill Barclay, Leo Casey, Jack Clark, Richard Healey, Deborah Meier, Maxine Phillips, Chris Riddiough and Joseph M. Schwartz

Violence Against Asian Women Workers Is All-American

Two weeks after the March 16th attacks, we must continue the work to dismantle centuries-long, harmful narratives about Asian women.

Clara Liang

If You Want Student Loan Debt Cancellation, the Time to Act Is Here

The Debt Collective is making clear to the Biden administration that it’s time to cancel every cent of student debt.

Umme Hoque

The Movement for Black Lives Has Been Waiting for This Moment

Racial justice organizers are preparing to take to the streets and the halls of power to push President Biden to meet their demands.

Eli Day

The Disaster in Texas Shows Why We Need to Cancel Utility Debt

After enduring heat and energy shortages, Texans are now facing sky-high utility bills. It’s time to cancel this debt—and implement a national moratorium on utility shutoffs.

Johanna Bozuwa

Alicia Garza on the Problem of Celebrity in Social Movements

Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza reflects on platforms and pedestals.

Alicia Garza

The Young Socialists' School-to-Union Pipeline

Members of the Democratic Socialists of America are embracing the "rank and file strategy."

Indigo Olivier

Democrats Can't Afford to Dilute Their $15 Minimum Wage Proposal

The wage increase in the Covid relief bill also applies to tipped workers and others making a subminimum wage. Democrats should fight tooth and nail to make it law.

s.e. smith

Republicans Are Using the Capitol Riot as a Trojan Horse to Target the Left

Since January 6, GOP lawmakers across the country have introduced a slew of anti-protest bills.

Branko Marcetic

Indigenous Water Protectors Face Off Against the “Pandemic Pipeline”

Biden halted Keystone XL, but Enbridge’s Line 3 would pipe the same tar sands oil into the U.S. and across Anishinaabe treaty lands.

Clara Liang

How Mutual Aid Can Build Working-Class Power

Mutual aid builds the collective people power we need to take on the state.

Vicko Alvarez

Desperate Times Call for Mutual Aid

But it's not a substitute for organizing.

Marianela D’Aprile

Rev. William Barber: The Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage Is a Fight for Racial Justice

Democrats need to stop playing games and use their majorities to pass a $15 minimum wage right now—we can’t wait any longer.

Rev. William Barber

Devastation and Uprising: 2020 in 10 Numbers

The pandemic has disproportionately impacted communities of color and amplified wealth inequality. But Americans have also demonstrated their incredible resilience.

In These Times Editors

With Minimum Wage Victory in Reach, The Fight for $15 Vows Bigger Things to Come

Leaders are setting their sights on a national collective bargaining agreement.

Hamilton Nolan

The Little Known, Racist History of the 911 Emergency Call System

The 911 system we have today was created in response to the 1967 civil rights protests.

Katrina Feldkamp and S. Rebecca Neusteter

We Should Cause Trouble, Not Make Nice With Biden

History suggests that it’s not making friends, but making the administration’s life difficult, that gets results for the Left.

Branko Marcetic