Raymond Williams’s Resources for Hope
To be radical requires a theory of how this world, for all its problems, contains and is fostering the beginning of another, very different world.
Winter 2025
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Parties and Movements
A roundtable discussion on the challenges that left-wing political formations face around the world.
Poland After Law and Justice
The defeat of hardline national-Catholic rule was welcomed with euphoria by the big-tent opposition. The outcome for the Polish left is more ambiguous.
AMLO’s Final Act
The Mexican president has built his durable popularity by combining traditionally left- and right-wing policies and positions.
A Surprise Breakthrough in Guatemala
After months of political battle, Bernardo Arévalo has become the president of Guatemala. His winning campaign was built on attacking the corruption of the institutions that tried to keep him from office.
Labour Under New Management
The British Labour Party’s hopes rest on the belief that a combination of green industrial policy and supply-side reform can cure British economic malaise. Is this a fairy tale?
The Perfectionist Tradition
The African American perfectionists offered “faith” instead of “hope”—emphasizing the struggle to realize a vision of justice rather than passive assurance that it would prevail.
A Historic Junction
The Israeli left after October 7.
Marvel World
Marvel Studios has managed to recruit fans into rooting not just for its superheroes, but for the company’s business plan.
A Left That Can Do Both
There is no such thing as “the global left”—but we should still talk about it anyway. Introducing our Winter 2024 special section.
In Defense of Universalism 
The squeamishness of today’s left has turned culture into the political terrain of the right.
Dissent at Seventy
A democratic left is still the best chance that we have of building a more just society.
Sweden Turns Inward
Most politicians now nod in agreement with the right’s calls to reduce immigration, deport the undocumented, restructure criminal policy, and prevent further political integration with the European Union. A new nationalist consensus is forming.
Another Defeat for Turkey’s Opposition
In the run-up to last year’s election, there was some hope that a united front could unseat the president. But political divisions, along with significant state repression, thwarted that effort.
Out of the Ruins
Showing solidarity with the people who live in Israel and in Palestine does not mean shilling for the Israeli government.
