Fruit Does Not Pack Itself: A Look Into Migrant Women’s Labor

A migrant woman worker shares her experience of the conditions that capitalism creates for women on both sides of the border—and why unity of the working class is imperative.

Don’t Give to Charity

There are now more charities and nonprofit organizations than ever before, with bigger budgets and more sophisticated fundraising methods. But charities have failed to meaningfully combat poverty, oppression and environmental destruction — precisely because they are integrated into a system which perpetuates these problems.

Universal Basic Income: A Capitalist Fix to the Evils of Capitalism?

Supporters of Universal Basic Income (UBI) either entertain illusions in a top-down palliative measure for the miseries of capitalism or look for an impossible shortcut for organizing the working class.

Nationalization or Buyout: What Should be Done with the Fossil Fuel Companies?

Writing in Jacobin, Peter Gowan argues that the government should buy a "controlling stake" in the fossil fuel companies. Does this offer a true solution for the economic and ecological crises?

No, Europe is not Socialist

The story of a Texas teenager who moves to Berlin looking for a socialist paradise – and discovers that socialism means fighting to break the power of the capitalists.

Forgetting Grenfell: the Neoliberal Narrative

The Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017 was arguably one of the greatest tragedies to befall the British working class this century. Grenfell Tower momentarily stripped capitalism of its disguises, leaving it naked and exposed for the world to see.

Under Capitalism, 42 People Hold Half of the Entire World’s Wealth

A recent Oxfam report declares that 42 people now have more wealth than the poorest 3.7 billion people on earth combined. This alarming statistic demonstrates the extent to which capitalism perpetuates inequality in the interest of the very few.

We Are Not the 99% – We’re More Like the 70%

"We are the 99 percent!" is a slogan that originated in the Occupy movement in 2011 and inspired people around the world. These four short words express our disgust at the inequality inherent in the global capitalist system. But do they represent a strategy for change?

The Fight for Free Time and the Fight Against Capitalism

History has shown that the struggle for free time has always been a major site of battle between bosses and workers.