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

What Does ‘The Communist Manifesto’ Have to Offer 150 Years After Its Publication?

At the dawn of the twentieth century, there were workers who were ready to die with The Communist Manifesto. At the dawn of the twenty-first, there may be even more who are ready to live with it.

Marshall Berman

When Leftists Become Conservatives

It sure is a bracing feeling for the chair-bound intellectual to imagine himself the drivetrain in the engine of history.

Rick Perlstein

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages

The substance and tone of Nation articles on Marxism have tended to shift with the larger political, cultural and economic tides.

Katrina vanden Heuvel