Jonathan Ellis A history of plunder and struggle in Africa Western analysts criticize Africa for “corruption” and “bad governance,” but there’s a new book to explain who’s really to blame.
Readers’ View Socialists, AOC and the Democratic Party The discussion of socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s primary victory and its meaning for the left continues with more contributions.
Alexei Goldstein The surveillance economy and its discontents The tech industry stands to make billions selling surveillance technology to the government, but some tech workers are rightly horrified.
Geoff Bailey 1968: SDS and the revolt of the campuses The story of Students for a Democratic Society includes some of the high points of the era — and many of the challenges that faced the new left.
Steve Leigh Maru is free to fight another day Protest helped win Seattle immigrant rights activist Maru Mora Villalpando a reprieve from the immediate threat of deportation.
Julien Ball Winners and losers in San Francisco’s election Grassroots campaigns won important victories on ballot initiatives in San Francisco, but it was a different story in the mayor’s race.
Readers’ View What can we do with the Democrats? What should the left learn from socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning upset? Read the first contributions to an SW debate.
Matthew Gordon and Jake Green Nurses are set to strike UVM University of Vermont Medical Center nurses have voted to authorize a strike — and community members are mobilizing in support.
Hakan Yılmaz Is Erdoğan’s grip on power tighter? Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won re-election, but he and his party lost votes this time around. Here are some takeaways.
Reports from around the country The pro-immigrant majority in the streets In defiance of the Trump administration’s cruelty and repression, hundreds of thousands of people sent a message of opposition and solidarity.
