A newly released memo from the banking giant Wells Fargo outlines a predatory scheme to dismantle the USPS: sell off profitable parts, slash union jobs, and raise prices by up to 140 percent.
Labor Must Take a Stand for Free Speech
It is strategically and morally necessary for labor unions to fight Trump’s attacks on freedom of speech, writes painters’ union president Jimmy Williams Jr. That means standing up for Mahmoud Khalil.
McCarthyism in the Ivory Tower
Whether the target was communists in the 1950s or pro-Palestine activists today, university administrators have always worked to keep academia in line.
The Momentous Class Struggle of the German Peasants’ War
This year marks the 500th anniversary of the German Peasants’ War, the largest European uprising before the French Revolution, in which peasants seized upon the radical implications of Martin Luther’s theology to challenge a hierarchical social order.
Silencing Rima Hassan
The pending deportation of Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil has also had echoes in France. Both establishment and far-right politicians are calling for Rima Hassan, a French Palestinian member of the European Parliament, to be stripped of her citizenship.
The sudden collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long rule after December’s lightning rebel offensive has left a sense of cautious hope among Syria’s youth. Our reporter traveled to Damascus to document their hopes and fears.
Trump’s Nominated Social Security Head Knows How to Cut
If you’re hoping Social Security will avoid devastating cuts with the confirmation of Donald Trump’s nominee for Social Security Administration head, Frank Bisignano, we have some bad news about his track record.
Israel’s Killing Machine Whirs Back Into Motion
Since Tuesday, Israeli forces have killed over 600 Palestinians and wounded more than 10,000 others, and Israeli politicians are crystal clear in their articulation of their plan to complete their ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
A Marxist Theory of DOGE
Elon Musk is wrecking the government. If he read Marxist state theory, he’d at least understand how it works.
How Useful Is “Worker-to-Worker Unionism”?
In his new book, labor scholar Eric Blanc offers illuminating case studies of recent union victories. But it’s not clear that “worker-to-worker unionism” amounts to a widely applicable “emergent model” of unionism that can save the labor movement.
A Jacobin investigation reveals how Iraq’s southern marshes, the birthplace of early civilization, face ruin from environmental and political mismanagement. As the water disappears, so too does a 5,000-year-old culture.
Rebuilding the Left in one of France’s Poorest Cities
Roubaix used to be home to France’s textile industry — but doesn’t have the same battalions of factory labor as it once did. For France Insoumise, the challenge is to rebuild the Left’s roots in working-class communities.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter From an ICE Detention Center
Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration for speaking out about the atrocities in Gaza, dictated a letter to the public from his detention cell in Louisiana. Jacobin publishes the letter here in full.
Rising GDP Lifts Only the Boats of the Wealthy Few
Since the early 1980s, Canada’s economy has expanded significantly, with GDP per capita rising by 70% in real terms. But while the wealthiest Canadians’ incomes have increased fivefold, those of the bottom half have risen just 1.5 times.
Bernie Is Right: 60% of Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck
Bernie Sanders says it over and over again: 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Centrist critics swear this is false. Once we sort through the noise, we see Bernie is right on the money.