Lessons from Gramsci
The Italian theorist continues to offer important insights for organizers in the socialist lineage.
Winter 2025
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Bananas for Socialism
In any socialist future worth living in, an abundance of diverse foods would replace the tyranny of monoculture.
Plastic People
There has long been a gap between stereotypical ideas of women’s empowerment and gendered reality. Barbie explores these contradictions in miniature.
Apocalypse Chow
Introducing a new food column by Arun Gupta.
The Damaged Soul of The Mother and the Whore
Jean Eustache’s famous elegy for a left-wing generation is, at its heart, reactionary.
Money Power
If we want to move toward a world that meets everyone’s needs, we will need to get serious about the role of money on the left.
Barcelona’s Experiment in Radical Government
The activists who took over City Hall have made lasting gains while also confronting the limits of their power in office.
Ultra Violence
Rachel Maddow’s podcast tells the story of American Nazis in the 1940s. But the era’s real and lasting authoritarian danger came from the spectacular growth of a national security state.
A Crucial Test for Lula
The Landless Workers’ Movement aims to remind the Brazilian president that its needs remain—and that they are not necessarily compatible with the desires of agribusiness.
The Language of Democracy
In Plain Style, Christopher Lasch showed that we can render even the most iconoclastic demands in common speech.
A War With No End in Sight
More Russians have died in Ukraine than in all wars the country has fought since 1945 combined. But escalating repression and a culture of helpless disengagement have kept support for the war high.
The Economy of Influence
A conversation with Emily Hund, the author of The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media.
Will Be Wild
The only verdict on Trump and the MAGA movement that finally matters will be delivered through politics.
Can Movements Stop Politicians From Selling Out?
Grassroots groups can help elected officials resist the pressures of mainstream political culture.
The Compassion of Nellie Bly
Bly’s 1887 masterpiece Ten Days in a Mad-House reminds us that the ultimate test for public safety programs for the mentally ill is their impact on the most vulnerable.
