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The Uprising in China
A Chinese activist analyzes the causes of the unprecedented wave of protest and unrest across China.
A Tale of Two Strikes
Joanna Lee-Brown and Izzy Plowright discuss the struggle to build a rank-and-file effort to eclipse business unionism and win a major battle for workers at Columbia University.
The City of Blind Windows
In the second installment of his essay on the rationalization of New York City, historian Andy Battle calls for a Gothic city—a process, a method, and a way of life.
Looting, Dispossessing, Incarcerating
How is the ecological fallout from the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Brazil related to the struggle against prisons?
“Bolsonarismo” after Bolsonaro
Sean Purdy explains how, even after his loss to Lula da Silva in Brazil’s recent Presidential election, a network of far-right elements may seek to continue promoting a “Bolsonarist” agenda in Brazil and how the left must learn from its legacy of antifascist struggle in order to truly defeat them.
Tories Collapse Amidst a Growing Strike Wave
Raymond Morell writes about the latest wave of strikes across the United Kingdom, the failures of Tory austerity, and challenges facing the new movement.
The Crash after the Sugar Rush
In this interview, Michael Roberts discusses both mainstream and Marxist explanations for the current global slump and how the left should be responding to it.
Inside Sisi’s Prisons: Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s Fight for Freedom
Shireen Akram-Boshar interviews Sharif Kouddous about Egyptian political prisoner and hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
The City of Blind Windows
The secret of New York is that it is held together with duct tape and screaming. Is the city so far gone that we can never get it back?
First and Third World Ecosocialisms
David Camfield argues that neither Matt Huber’s First World ecosocialism nor Kai Heron’s Third World ecosocialism are sufficient political responses to the ecological crisis of global capitalism.