Why Did the Western Left Ignore Occupy Nigeria?
With millions of participants flooding the streets of Nigerian cities and towns, it was the largest Occupy movement in the world. Yet ten years later, little has been written about Occupy Nigeria.
Winter 2026
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Talking in Circles
Ten years on, Occupy’s demands have shaken off their aura of eccentricity. But there’s far less hope about the utopian possibilities of enabling everyone to speak at once.
Higher Education for the 99 Percent
The radical agenda set by the debtors’ campaigns that emerged from Occupy Wall Street have slowly reshaped Democratic Party politics.
The Debts That Bind
Strike Debt’s insistence that debtors “owe each other everything and owe Wall Street nothing” remains a potent rebuke to a financial system dependent on the narrative of individual responsibility and personal fault.
Know Your Enemy: Twenty Years of Terror, with Spencer Ackerman
National security reporter Spencer Ackerman explains how the War on Terror laid the groundwork for Trump.
Lessons from the Public Power Campaign
This summer, two popular bills to democratize New York’s energy system died in the state legislature. A revived campaign will need both sympathetic legislators and the direct action tactics of social movements.
Belarus’s Season of Discontent
By focusing on what distinguishes the Belarusian model from its post-Soviet counterparts, we can better understand the sources of opposition to the Lukashenko government today.
A Mother Alone
Jon Henry’s photography offers the hope that remembrance can spark political change.
The Art of Obstruction
A new art project uses the legal system of mineral rights as a means to block oil and gas extraction.
Solutions for Democratic Decay
A clear understanding of democracy’s first principles makes it easier to assess threats to the system.
Arguments on the Left: U.S. History
Three short essays from Michael Kazin, Nikhil Pal Singh, and Barbara Ransby.
The Status of Refugees
Seventy years after the UN Refugee Convention, the United States should refresh its commitment to displaced people.
Arguments on the Left: The Family
Five short essays from Sarah Jones, Dorothy Sue Cobble, Sophie Lewis, Bethany Moreton, and Dorothy Roberts.
The Rise of the Elite Anti-Intellectual
For decades, “common sense” has been a convenient framing for conservative ideas. The label hides a more complicated picture.
What Was the Fascism Debate?
The clash over whether the Trump era represented the rebirth of fascism represents a disagreement about the role of language and history in shaping contemporary political agendas.
