Opinion

Ten Predictions for Labor in 2024

Our crystal ball shows splintering coalitions, the rise of a new vanguard, and more.

Hamilton Nolan

Why Leftists Should Read The Man Who Changed Colors

"It is critically important that Leftists and progressives understand the complexity of humans rather than demonizing or idealizing anyone."

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

National Conservatives, Postliberals and the Nietzschean Right: Meet Today’s Terrifying GOP

The New Right is mad, organized and wholly unafraid to wield state power.

Matt McManus

How Colleges Became Recruitment Hubs for the Gen-Z Right

Right-wing Zoomers are outflanking their MAGA elders in enthusiastic embrace of radically anti-democratic, exclusionary and bigoted beliefs.

Ben Lorber

Bernie Sanders Has Finally Called for a Cease-Fire. Sort Of.

Prior to today's letter, the senator had urged for a “humanitarian pause.”

Mindy Isser

This Chanukah Is a Time for Palestine Solidarity, From Fasting to Public Disruption

Remembering that Chanukah means “rededication,” as we light the candles each night, we can rededicate ourselves to solidarity with Palestine for the long haul.

Maya Schenwar

Why Journalists Must Speak out About Gaza

Attacks on journalism and media are dangerous to us all.

Aja Arnold, Rae Garringer, Rebecca Chowdhury, Tina Vásquez, Irene Vázquez, Victoria Bouloubasis, Charmaine Lang, Nour Saudi and Lewis Raven Wallace

The UAW Just Challenged the Entire Labor Movement to Get More Ambitious

The United Auto Workers announced a new campaign to organize 150,000 new members at non-union shops. Every other major union should follow suit.

Hamilton Nolan

Donald Trump Makes a Mockery of Populism

To call Trump a “populist” is to desecrate the memory of the 19th century movement that took on robber barons like him.

Tim Brinkhof

The UAW Strike Points the Way To a Different Vision of Economic Life

From its novel strategy to unprecedented contract wins, the United Auto Workers strike made history. The walkout suggests a broader revival of class struggle and workplace democracy.

Nick French

Israel’s Brutality Is Stoking the Imagination of India's Far Right

As the genocide in Gaza continues, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking notes.

Aparna Gopalan

The Right's Persecution of Palestine Supporters Looks a Lot Like a New Red Scare

Workers have been fired. Students have lost job offers. Activists have been harassed. But you can’t bully a movement into silence.

Nashwa Bawab

Israel’s Violence Will Never Bring “Safety” to Anyone, Including Jews

We need to confront the violence of Israel’s ethnonationalist militarism.

Sarah Lazare and Maya Schenwar

The Rise of the Far Right Is a Global Phenomenon

Facing a planetary wave of far-right authoritarianism, from Italy’s Giorgia Meloni to Argentina’s Javier Milei, the Left must learn to “organize despair.”

Alberto Toscano

The ADL Is Making It Less Safe to Be a Progressive Jew

In our topsy-turvy reality, the organization most associated with fighting antisemitism, the Anti-Defamation League, has cast its lot with antisemites.

Ben Lorber

Celebrated Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha Reportedly Seized in Gaza

One may wonder why Israel would kidnap a poet. The answer, though painful, is simple. In its genocidal war against Palestinians, Israel seeks to erase not only Palestinian lives but also their culture and heritage.

Jehad Abusalim

After a Long Defeat, Labor Is Rising from the Ashes

Stephen Franklin on labor's losses—and explosive resurgence

Stephen Franklin

Biden’s Unflinching Support for Israel’s War on Gaza Is Derailing His Reelection Chances

As the horrifying human toll in Gaza escalates, voters are calling on the president to call for a ceasefire. He ignores them at his own peril.

Peter Certo