Instead of working ourselves to the bone so the rich may play, we can work together to create marvels for ourselves.

On September 8th 2022, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, more commonly known by her royal title of Queen Elizabeth II, passed away. She was 96 and had lived a long life defined by the heights of privilege and wielded immense power, even if largely ceremonial. In the recent days after her passing, much has been made of…

Several months ago, the Fed stopped talking about a “soft landing” –slower growth but no recession. Just to confuse the issue, Powell is now talking about a growth recession. What’s that? Normally recession means no growth or negative growth. How about using honest labels?

Barbara Ehrenreich died on September 1, 2022 at age 81. Coming from working-class roots, she was celebrated as an author, most notably for her 2001 Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, which dealt with the working lives of low-wage women workers. Working at these jobs herself to understand them better, she wrote…

Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections Linda Burnham, Max Elbaum, and Maria Poblet, eds. OR Books, 2022 If you want a timely and persuasive antidote to the conventional narrative predicting the inevitable loss of Democratic congressional majorities in November, read this book. In it you’ll find 23 essays and interviews summarizing the experience…

Throughout her career Ehrenreich talked about income inequality, sexism, and the forces that keep working people down.

When Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union in 1985, he understood that the authoritarian repressive state and overly centralized planning system were responsible for the mulitplying economic and social problems afflicting the country. He believed that the solution lay in the trilogy of glasnost (openness), democratization, and economic reform, which he argued…

Whether you’re watching in your own home or (better yet) sponsoring a showing with a discussion, labor films are a great way to reconnect with the passion and purpose of the labor movement. Nearly a decade ago, DL polled our then-editors, the Democratic Left board, DSA Fund board, and members of the National Political Committee…

Milt Tambor, founder of Atlanta DSA, died suddenly on August 23. Ever since he recruited me to help start the chapter in 2006, he was a close friend, mentor, confidante, and inspiration. I am both deeply sad and proud to have been asked to share this tribute with the readers of Democratic Left. If Milt…