Which Way for Cuba?
As the country prepares for a historic presidential succession, ending the Castros’ nearly sixty-year grip on the highest office, inequality is growing and ordinary Cubans are increasingly disaffected. A report from Havana.
Winter 2026
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The Passions of Max Eastman
One of the “hottest radicals” of the early twentieth century, Max Eastman is now largely left out of the pantheon of the left. Can we still learn from this idiosyncratic editor today?
Belabored Podcast #147: Retailpocalypse Again? With Carrie Gleason
As Toys “R” Us shuts down, we talk with Carrie Gleason of the Fair Workweek Initiative about the future of retail—an industry that employs ten percent of working Americans.
From Identity Politics to Emancipation
Movements that put forth the rights of the marginalized as a universal cause are the only way to move beyond a superficial politics of representation.
A response to Leo Casey.
The Limits of Class
Marxist critiques of identity politics place an inordinate weight on the working class as agent of change—and elide its often contradictory history.
A reply to Shuja Haider.
The Perils of Universalism
The authoritarian offensive has primarily taken the form of attacks on racialized others. We must fight back accordingly.
Demographic Delusions
Leftists have reason to be optimistic, not because demographics will save us, but because a growing number of progressives are rediscovering the value of good old-fashioned organizing.
Britain: Universities on Strike
British university lecturers are in their fourth week of a militant, historic strike—taking a stand not just against austerity, but for a more humane, democratic higher education system.
A Tangle for the Anti-Development Left
Housing debates have long been a mess of ideological contradictions. A far-reaching new bill in California, which would allow for denser construction in areas served by transit, begins to unscramble them.
Age of Emancipation
One of France’s most influential contemporary thinkers, Marcel Gauchet manages to craft a compelling historical account of half a millennium, exploring how we arrived at today’s crisis—and how we might get out.
Belabored Podcast #146: West Virginia Teachers Win
We talk to three West Virginia teachers about why they went on strike, how they won, and how the labor movement can carry their momentum forward.
A New Hope for Mexico?
Andrés Manuel López Obrador is hardly the demagogue of his critics’ imaginations. The more relevant question is: if he becomes Mexico’s next president, will he actually bring the changes the country needs?
The Italian Elections Were a Victory for Trumpism
After Sunday’s vote, it’s official: far-right and anti-establishment parties dominate Italy’s political landscape.
Who Killed Habeas Corpus?
The destruction of habeas corpus—the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment by a state court—may be the most tragic development of the modern legal era.
Paradoxes of UNRWA
Dramatic recent cuts in U.S. funding to UNRWA, which provides essential services to millions of Palestinian refugees, illustrate the tensions embedded in the agency since its founding.
