The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Sex, Violence and Unions

Workers in porn and wrestling face similar obstacles to effective labor organizing—and may need to work together.

Jetta Rae

Rural America

Scalawags, Rednecks, Mudsills and Swamp People: 400 Years on America’s Fringe

John Collins

Feature

Betraying Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP and Israel Occupation

Appointees by Hillary Clinton and Debbie Wasserman-Schulz resoundingly rejected proposals put forth by Bernie Sanders surrogates.

Lauren McCauley

Feature

Michel Foucault, Neoliberalism and the Failures of the Left

Rather than criticizing and working against the rise of a free market-oriented liberalism, sociologist Daniel Zamora argues that Foucault was actually somewhat sympathetic to it.

Daniel Zamora and Dave Zeglen

Labor

South Korean Independent Labor Leader Faces 8 Years in Jail for Union Protests

Yi San

Viewpoint

After Brexit, European Left Calls for ‘Massive Political Opposition’

What Europe needs more than ever to avoid a slide into a xenophobic, deflationary, 1930s-like abyss.

Nadia Prupis

Labor

A Oaxaca Teacher Explains Why Educators in Mexico Are Under Attack

A.S. Dillingham and René González Pizarro

Culture

Capitalism’s Favorite Show

Undercover Boss is a mirage.

Michael Terry

Labor

Maestros de Chicago Protestan en Solidaridad con los Educadores Oaxaqueños

Parker Asmann