The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

There’s No Other Way To Spin It: Bernie Sanders Pulled Off a Huge Victory in Iowa

Who would have imagined, even a few months ago, that the Iowa caucus results would be so close?

Marc Daalder

Viewpoint

The 5 Worst Excuses for Hillary Clinton’s Vote To Invade Iraq

Clinton supporters want Democratic voters to forgive their candidate's support for the most disastrous foreign policy decision in decades. They shouldn't.

Stephen Zunes

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Bernie Sanders’ Moment of Truth

Bernie's political revolution reaches a decisive moment in the Iowa caucus.

In These Times Editors

Culture

The Lessons of Zapatista Women Activists for Today’s Social Movements

The role of indigenous women in the Zapatista movement is little known.

James Tracy

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LGBTQ Protests Against Israel Are About Justice, Not Anti-Semitism

Israel uses a reductive version of “gay rights” to market itself with a positive, welcoming image—despite its egregious human rights abuses against Palestinians.

Jimmy Pasch

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How Bernie Sanders Put Socialism to Work in Burlington: A Profile from 1983

Sanders sailed to reelection as mayor of Burlington after transforming supposedly conservative issues into left victories, and helping democratize city government. In this 1983 profile, Sanders delves into why he believes “the word ‘socialism’ has value” and “politics is not dissimilar to art.”

David Moberg

Viewpoint

Joan Walsh to Young Bernie Sanders Supporters: Get Off My Lawn

Walsh's anger sounds like a diatribe against a rude, “barely shaving,” teen for not properly respecting his elder.

Matt Bruenig

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Donald Trump and the Aesthetics of Fascism

What a 20th-century Marxist art critic can teach us about a very 21st-century candidate.

Alexander Billet

Rural America

Cattle, Guns, Birds and Boredom: Inside the Oregon Occupation

John Collins