C.J. Atkins
LATEST ARTICLES BY C.J. Atkins
-
Want to stop Trump? Voting on Nov. 6 is your chance
November 5, 2018The nation at a crossroads. Most consequential election in a generation. Everything is at stake. Sound familiar?
Read more -
Welcome the new NAFTA—Same as the old NAFTA?
October 2, 2018The USMCA is a step forward, but it's still plagued by the same flawed NAFTA model that put corporate profits ahead of public interest.
Read more -
We believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford
September 19, 2018Women shouldn’t have to go through the hoops and character assassination that Dr. Ford is now facing just to have their voices heard.
Read more -
Portuguese Communists chart a ‘patriotic politics of the left’
September 11, 2018Portugal stood up to capitalist austerity—and won.
Read more -
Communists need not apply
August 17, 2018Rooting out employees who are members of the Communist Party was unconstitutional during the Cold War. It still is.
Read more -
Democratic Party factional struggles on hold for midterm elections?
August 3, 2018At the Netroots Nation conference, left-center unity is being showcased, but tensions between the grassroots and the party “establishment” are still evident.
Read more -
Trump-Putin summit: The authoritarian nationalists meet in Helsinki
July 18, 2018There are serious class interests being pursued on an international scale and exclusively focusing on campaign collusion isn’t going to tell us what’s really going on.
Read more -
The new revolution in socialism: LGBTQ rights in Vietnam and Cuba
June 22, 2018Each of these two nations is perhaps moving closer to their aspirations where exploitation and oppression of any kind are relegated to the past.
Read more