Current Affairs | Culture & Politics (46)

Cornel West’s Presidential Campaign Deserves the Left’s Solidarity

July 08, 2023

What if we stopped despising people who run outside the two-party system and instead took the opportunity to use Cornel West’s run as part of work to build on an independent working-class movement?

by Lily Sánchez

How To Explain Socialism Clearly In a Way That Actually Persuades People

July 07, 2023

Comedian and writer Danny Katch on how socialists can explain their ideas to non-socialists in a way that is intelligible, friendly, and compelling.

by Current Affairs

How Ron DeSantis Turned Covid Denialism Into a Major Political Weapon

July 06, 2023

The Florida governor’s deadly anti-public health politics may just help him outflank Trump, who looks like a moderate in comparison.

by Walker Bragman

If You Support Ukrainian Resistance to Occupation, You Must Also Support Palestinian Resistance to Occupation

July 05, 2023

If the seizure and occupation of territory is wrong when Russia does it, it is wrong when Israel does it. Why does the U.S. support the resistance in one case and the occupiers in the other?

by Nathan J. Robinson

Living on the ‘Planet of the Apes’

July 03, 2023

The 1968 classic has been endlessly parodied, but it has a haunting and timeless message.

by Nathan J. Robinson

We Need To Name and Shame Bad Climate Journalism

July 01, 2023

Human-caused global warming is creating catastrophic weather events. Our media has a responsibility to tell the public why this is happening and who is responsible.

by Nathan J. Robinson

What ‘Economic Freedom’ Would Look Like

June 29, 2023

Economist Mark Paul explains why we need an ‘economic bill of rights’ and why the right-wing libertarian conception of ‘freedom’ is bananas and won’t actually make us free.

by Current Affairs

The Perils of ‘Innovator’ Mindset

June 27, 2023

Five people are dead because Stockton Rush believed in a toxic ideology that sees ‘regulation’ as the enemy of ‘innovation.’

by Nathan J. Robinson

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