John Rawls, as we saw last time on Then & Now, came to the following conclusions about what a just society should like. He said that:

‘‘All social values—liberty and opportunity, income and wealth, and the bases of self-respect—are to be distributed equally…

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Having principles is not an indulgence. It’s essential if we’re going to be better than the right.

Historian Gerald Horne discusses the life and legacy of Paul Robeson, who committed himself to the liberation of oppressed people across the globe.

Creating a vibrant left ecosystem doesn’t just mean building stronger labor and tenant unions — it means building cultural institutions that prize democracy over privatization and embed themselves in everyday working-class life.

G20 governments have allocated at least US$151 billion to fossil fuels since the pandemic started, largely overlooking renewables

The new strengthened neighborhood watchmen can further monitor and suppress Erdogan's political opponents under the pretext of public security and combating crimes.

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A new generation of brain scanners promise to upgrade your mind’s operating system and optimize your neural circuits. Results may vary.

Most discussions on inequality, whether between nations globally or within nations, take place around income.  Data and papers on inequality of income are profuse, particularly on the rise in most …

There was nothing J. Edgar Hoover feared more than a charismatic black radical who could inspire the oppressed to fight back. And that’s why, according to a compelling new series, the FBI had its fingerprints all over Malcolm X’s murder.

Rebel Steps is a leftist podcast about taking political action guided by the concepts of direct action, solidarity, autonomy and mutual aid.

On Tax Day, here’s a guide to arguing with libertarians about redistribution.

The pandemic has exposed the failures of hierarchical, profit-based healthcare systems — but social ecology offers a model to democratize public health.

Kris Hermes discusses the explosion of corporate and State surveillance that has grown in recent months. Originally posted to Agency. On the night of June 1, amidst mass uprisings against police violence and structural racism, the Federal Bureau of Investigation…

A bimonthly podcast hosted by Professor David Harvey that looks at capitalism through a Marxist lens.

A radical blueprint for data democracy.

Strangely enough, Japan’s ruling elites initially viewed the Russian Revolution favorably — until radical ideas started spreading to their colonies.

The former Labour leader was the victim of a carefully planned and brutally executed political assassination