Property May Not Be Theft, but It’s Not NOT Theft

As nationwide protests destroy buildings, monuments, and police stations, it’s time to get the facts straight.

R.H. Lossin

Fighting Capitalism With Capitalism

What if employee-owned businesses were the key to a healthier, more humane economy?

Nathan Schneider

What a Midwestern Presidential Candidate Learned From Marxist Intellectuals

Pete Buttigieg’s father was a Gramsci scholar—but he taught his son more about ethics than revolution.

Sara Marcus

Erik Olin Wright Inspired the Left to Embrace Real Utopianism

The brilliant scholar taught radicals to think big about solutions—such as universal basic income.

John Nichols

‘Choral Marx’ Sets ‘The Communist Manifesto’ to Music

“We’re singing our way through the contradictions of capital.”  

JW McCormack

Letters From the March 20, 2017, Issue

California dreamin’… How far would the left go?… Weapons of mass action?… Marx, past and future… The people have the power…

Our Readers

Running on Empty

Was the failure to solve the US energy crisis of the 1970s a product of bad government policy, or of voters demanding that their government do the impossible?

Jefferson Decker

The Odd Couple

Through their editorial work on the writings of Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno and Gershom Scholem forged an unlikely friendship.

Peter E. Gordon

Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman

The Nation

Reclaiming Socialism

While honoring the legacy of American communists, 
a new generation of radicals has chosen to organize under 
the “socialist” banner.

Bhaskar Sunkara