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Socialism

Are Crazed Commies Running American Corporations?

If we agree that economic justice is a defining issue for socialism, then complaining that CEOs and business owners have made an abrupt left-turn is patently ludicrous.
Carl Rhodes ·
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Want Socialism? Try the US Military

Mike Lofgren ·

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Top 10 Signs of Looming Fascism

Gary Engler ·

Anti-War activists gathered on the 18th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, at the Manhattan Bridge Plaza on March 19, 2021 holding banners and signs facing the late afternoon Friday rush hour traffic to oppose the United States' endless cycle of war and militarism. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

A Permanent Structure of Peace

Robert C. Koehler ·

As we connect the dots between racism, capitalism, and the climate crisis, it is crucial that we understand our different positions in the social formation we live in. (Photo: Chris-Yakimov-via-Flickr)

Racism, Capitalism, and the Climate Crisis

Cynthia Kaufman ·

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) introduces Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at a rally on Sunday, March 8, 2020 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

In the United States, Democratic Socialism Can Win

The DSA's legislative proposals—rent control, free college and reproductive rights—are classic socialist issues, updated for the 21st century.

Joshua Kluever ·

Raúl Castro announced on April 16, 2021 that he will step down from his post as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

End of an Era as Raúl Castro Steps Down as Cuba's Leader

The longtime first secretary's resignation means Cuba will be led by someone whose name is not Castro for the first time in over 60 years. 

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Fulfilling Jesus' mandate could not be achieved by mere charity, Vida Dutton Scudder insisted, pushing back against some congregations' go-to response to poverty. Instead, she worked for a full restructuring of society around socialist principles. (Image: Vida Dutton Scudder, Circa 1890, Unknown Photographer, Public Domain, retrieved from Wiki­media Commons)

Celebrating Women Leaders of the Religious Socialism Movement

The movement to connect the socialist cause with religious beliefs in the human right to shelter, healthcare, and necessities owes a great debt to many women.

Fran Quigley ·

Junior Ceqara and Alexa Albare share a blanket to keep warm while standing in line to enter Fiesta supermarket on February 16, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather, power outages and traffic accidents to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

From Covid To Mass Power Outages, the Texas Republican Party Has Created a Failed State

The Republican Party does not believe in government. They believe in coddling the very rich.

Juan Cole ·

Nathan J. Robinson is editor-in-chief of Current Affairs magazine, book author, and, until recently, a political columnist for The Guardian newspaper. (Photo: Current Affairs)

The Guardian Reveals Its True Face by Sacking Progressive Columnist Nathan Robinson for Criticizing US Military Aid To Israel

We need to understand that old corporate media like the Guardian are not an ally to the left, they are the enemy.

Jonathan Cook ·

While Dems failed to get an antiwar candidate nominated in 1968, the movement was alive and influential within the party. In 1972, McGovern (pictured above) was nominated. His landslide loss empowered the nation’s pro-war interests to marginalize progressives for the next half-century. (Photo by Ron Pownall/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Restoring the Soul of America

It’s time for Democrats to matter: to become a party that stands for something again, to be more than simply safe, bipartisan Republicans-lite, whose MO is to offer voters the lesser evil candidate on Election Day.

Robert C. Koehler ·

An umbrella keeps the rain off of a statue of Jesus Christ during the Via Crusis, or 'Way of the Cross,' during which about 200 Catholics walked through the Dupont Circle neighborhood to mark Good Friday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Christians as Dangerous Good Samaritans

Honest Christians must unapologetically assert that Jesus’s message is totally at odds with society's dominant culture. 

Gary Olson ·

Resist Trumpism sign. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Trump Will Be Evicted, but Trumpism Lives On

The Democratic Party’s future must be built around class-based issues in order to reach working people.

Roger Bybee ·

Argentina's national football team coach and former football star Diego Armando Maradona (C) greets the young artist who painted and presented him with a portrait of revolutionary Che Guevara, as Maradona's girlfriend Veronica (R) looks on during the laying of the foundation stone for the Indian Football School at Maheshtala, on the outskirts of Kolkata on December 6, 2008

Diego Maradona (1960-2020): Some Bittersweet Reflections

Thomas Palley ·

Bolivia's former president Evo Morales waves in Villazón, Bolivia on November 9, 2020 upon returning to his country from exile in Argentina, where he had sought refuge after a right-wing coup one year ago. (Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)

'Historic Day': Jubilation as Evo Morales Returns to Bolivia One Year After Military Coup

Twelve months after being driven into exile by right-wing forces, socialist former president Evo Morales was "received by the very social movements who defeated the coup and restored democracy."

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·