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Chan Kin-man and the Spirit of Dissent in Hong Kong
Chan was given a sixteen-month sentence in April for his role in the pro-democracy protests that began in 2014. While he remains imprisoned, his successors have taken to the streets.
Could Tiffany Cabán Transform the Queens Criminal Justice System?
The career public defender hopes to join a wave of progressive district attorneys pushing a bold agenda of criminal-legal reform.
The Far-Right Roots of “Straight Pride”
The announced parade is the latest right-wing effort to seize the pathos of victimhood from the actually marginalized. Organizers around Boston have shown the greater strength that lies in solidarity.
Little Luck for the Left in Central and Eastern Europe
Right-wing parties, nationalists, populists, and Euroskeptics gained seats in last month’s European elections, especially in Hungary and Poland. The left, in contrast, suffered numerous defeats.
An Interview with Jean-Claude Michéa
A conversation with the French writer and intellectual profiled in our spring issue.
Irreconcilable Lefts: An Interview with Kévin Boucaud-Victoire
In our last issue, Michael C. Behrent examined Jean-Claude Michéa’s “subterranean influence on a new generation of anti-capitalist radicals in France.” Here, he talks with Kévin Boucaud-Victoire, a young member of the Michéa-influenced French left.
Modern Warfare’s Secrets
What do the crimes of a Navy SEAL tell us about U.S. military culture?
A Housing Economy for the Many
Housing is a fundamental necessity, but a growing number of people are unable to afford the cost of living in major cities. To deal with the crisis, we need to roll back the financialization of housing.
The Fight for Rent Control
In the early twentieth century, immigrant tenant organizers made rent control laws a reality. Today, with new coalitions gathering strength and progressive lawmakers elected in Albany, working-class New Yorkers have a chance to once again strike a blow for housing justice.
A Better Housing Policy Is Possible
Momentum is growing behind an approach to development that can balance the need for more housing with stability and affordability for low-income communities.
The Roots of the French Far Right’s Rise
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is reaping the fruits of a long history of anti-European sentiment.
The Center Falters in Germany
The decline of the historically dominant center-right and center-left parties in Germany and in the recent EU elections sets the stage for greater conflict over how to deal with Europe’s multiple crises.
The European Far Right’s Environmental Turn
As climate change becomes a central concern for voters across the continent, right-wing parties are beginning to incorporate green politics into their ethno-nationalist vision.
Fracture and Polarization in the EU
With just six out of twenty-eight EU member states having nominally left-wing governments, the left needs to consolidate and build coalitions both nationally and at the European level.
