Ozzy Osbourne’s working-class roots were central to the invention of heavy metal. But the world that birthed Black Sabbath is gone — and the conditions created by Britain’s postwar welfare state are long out of reach for today’s musicians.

The history of anti-communist purges in New York’s hotel workers’ union provides a lesson in how socialists can both gain and lose influence within the labor movement.

I should get credit for not attending Jeff Bezo's wedding even though I wasn't invited.

As capitalism took shape in the United States during the late 19th century, there was nothing metaphorical about the idea of class war.

For American workers facing the merciless brutality of employers and the state, it was simply a fact of life.

Labor unions take power from the ultrawealthy and give it back to workers.

And union organizing has flourished under Republican presidents in the past, despite their hostility.

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Since the 17th century, our understanding of choice has undergone profound transformations.

In the neoliberal era, an especially individualistic, market-oriented idea of freedom has come to dominate more and more of our existence.

As he visits the US for the first time, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France Insoumise, writes about the collapse of triumphal capitalist narratives and sets out an alternative vision for humanity that can save us from a dystopian future.

Hayao Miyazaki called generative AI an “insult to life itself.”

While AI companies plagiarize his life’s work, it’s a time to remember Miyazaki’s roots in the Japanese communist movement and his message of solidarity against capitalism and war.