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Fighting Words
No, “liberal” and “progressive” aren’t synonyms. They have completely different histories—and the differences matter.
by
Sean Wilentz
via
Democracy Journal
on
March 20, 2018
Black and Red
The history of Black Socialism in America.
by
Tanna Tucker
,
Nestor Castillo
via
The Nib
on
February 14, 2018
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The NFL: America’s Socialist Utopia
The Super Bowl might be a capitalist bonanza — but its creation was the ultimate socialist act.
by
Jesse Berrett
via
Made By History
on
February 2, 2018
The World the Cold War Built
A new book says the conflict began in the late 19th century and subsumed even World War II as our defining event.
by
Leon Hadar
via
The American Conservative
on
January 31, 2018
John Dewey's Experiment in Democratic Socialism
Despite his reputation as a liberal, Dewey's staunch commitment to democracy put him on a collision course with capitalism.
by
Alexander Livingston
,
Ed Quish
via
Jacobin
on
January 8, 2018
How Trump Is Making Us Rethink American Exceptionalism
This past year has shown that the U.S. is far from immune to the forces shaping the rest of the world.
by
Joshua Zeitz
via
Politico Magazine
on
January 7, 2018
Rexford Guy Tugwell and the Case for Big Urbanism
New York City’s first planning commissioner lost a bigger battle against Robert Moses than the fight Jane Jacobs won.
by
Garrett Dash Nelson
via
Places Journal
on
January 1, 2018
Street Fighting Woman
A new biography of Lucy Parsons makes it clear that the activist deserves attention apart from her more well-known husband.
by
Eric Foner
via
New York Review of Books
on
December 21, 2017
The Cold War and the Welfare State
If you look hard enough, you can almost find ideological consistency in the Republicans’ breathtaking tax bill.
by
Nils Gilman
via
The American Interest
on
December 4, 2017
The Ballot and the Break
Minnesota’s Farmer-Labor Party, the most successful labor party in US history, is rich in lessons for challenging the two-party system.
by
Eric Blanc
via
Jacobin
on
December 4, 2017
Our Cold War World
How the contest between capitalism and communism shaped world politics—and defines today’s inequalities.
by
Patrick Iber
via
The New Republic
on
October 30, 2017
Marx in the United States
A conversation with the author of a forthcoming book about the twists and turns of Marx's legacy in America.
by
Andrew Hartman
,
Magnus Møller Ziegler
,
Tobias Dias
via
U.S. Intellectual History Blog
on
October 4, 2017
Repressing Radicalism
The Espionage Act turns 100 today. It helped destroy the Socialist Party of America and quashes free speech to this day.
by
Chip Gibbons
via
Jacobin
on
June 15, 2017
The Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day
From the beginning, International Women's Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism.
by
Cintia Frencia
,
Daniel Gaido
via
Jacobin
on
March 8, 2017
Why Did White Workers Leave the Democratic Party?
Historian Judith Stein debunks liberal myths about racism, the New Deal, and why the Democrats moved right.
by
Judith Stein
,
Connor Kilpatrick
via
Jacobin
on
September 6, 2016
Words Are the Weapons, the Weapons Must Go
A new book recovers long-suppressed alternative politics.
by
Patrick Iber
via
Los Angeles Review of Books
on
April 28, 2016
How a Revolutionary Was Born
Carl Skoglund's early life as a militant worker in Sweden prepared him for leadership in the 1934 Teamster Strikes.
by
Joe Allen
via
Jacobin
on
December 21, 2015
Killing Reconstruction
During Reconstruction, elites used racist appeals to silence calls for redistribution and worker empowerment.
by
Heather Cox Richardson
via
Jacobin
on
August 19, 2015
Struggle and Progress
On the abolitionists, Reconstruction, and winning “freedom” from the Right.
by
Eric Foner
via
Jacobin
on
August 17, 2015
Woody Guthrie: Folk Hero
Guthrie challenged the commercial aesthetic of the pre-rock era through a performance style that was almost combatively anti-musical.
by
David Hajdu
via
The New Yorker
on
March 21, 2004
Champions of Apathy
The first neoliberals distrusted Christianity. Their heirs have tried to revise it.
by
Henry Snow
via
Commonweal
on
January 27, 2026
Phillip Bonosky’s Fight for the Working Class
Born in the Mon Valley, Bonosky transformed from a devout Catholic into a committed Communist writer, chronicling the struggles of working-class immigrants.
by
Richard Gazarik
via
Pittsburgh Review of Books
on
December 9, 2025
Fifty Years Ago, the US Staged a Coup in Australia
In 1975, Australia’s PM Whitlam was dismissed by Governor-General Kerr in a US-influenced, Cold War–era soft coup.
by
Guy Rundle
via
Jacobin
on
November 12, 2025
Walter Lippmann’s Phantom Publics
Arguably no American journalist wielded as much influence as Walter Lippmann did in the 20th century. But what did he do with that power?
by
Gerald Howard
via
The Nation
on
October 15, 2025
How Mamdani’s Predecessors Built Democratic Socialism
A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin’s Freedom Budget is the key to understanding the appeal of the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor.
by
Harold Meyerson
via
The American Prospect
on
October 2, 2025
Repeal the 20th Century: Pre-MAGA
To understand the intellectual coordinates of Trumpism we must look in unconventional places.
by
William Davies
via
London Review of Books
on
September 17, 2025
Frank Meyer’s Path from Devoted Communist to Promoter of Conservative ‘Fusionism’
A detailed, exhausting, and ultimately too-gentle treatment of the midcentury writer and editor, Frank Meyer.
by
Joshua Tait
via
The Bulwark
on
August 26, 2025
We Never Left Upton Sinclair’s Jungle
In 1905, Upton Sinclair documented the horrors in America’s slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants. In 2025, Donald Trump is making them worse.
by
Chance Phillips
via
Current Affairs
on
August 7, 2025
Beyond Markets: A Conversation with Quinn Slobodian
How the New Right emerged from neoliberalism’s inner split.
by
Quinn Slobodian
,
James Duesterberg
via
The Point
on
August 5, 2025
The Marxism of Mike Davis
On the life, influences, and “sophisticated yet lucid brand of Marxism” of the late, great writer.
by
Nelson Lichtenstein
via
Jacobin
on
July 31, 2025
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