The Northman Is an Honorable Failure
I wanted to love Robert Eggers’s follow-up to The Witch and The Lighthouse, but maybe a big-budget Viking saga just isn’t the right fit for a wonderful weirdo like him?
19622 Articles by: Abigail Torre
Abigail Torre grew up in Chile and now lives in Berkeley, California where she is cochair of the East Bay chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.
To Save American Universities, We Need to Go On Strike
If political pressure and desperate pleading with administrators could fix the crisis in American academia, it would be fixed already. Instead, transforming the university will require academics to do something we’re notoriously bad at: stop working.
Starbucks Workers Have the Company on Its Back Foot
With unionization taking off at Starbucks, the company is quietly admitting that it’s in a bind: unionization threatens its low-wage model, but union busting hurts its public image as a supposedly progressive company.
For New York’s Resurgent Left, Governor Kathy Hochul Is Proving a Formidable Adversary
New York’s post–Andrew Cuomo governor, Kathy Hochul, has been taking a page from her disgraced predecessor, savvily maneuvering to sideline the state’s resurgent left — even when the main beneficiary turns out to be the GOP.
San Francisco’s Economic Elite Is Gunning for Chesa Boudin
Wealthy San Francisco residents are pouring money into the recall campaign against progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin, who’s being blamed for out-of-control crime. There’s just one problem: the city’s supposed crime wave is a paranoid fantasy.
Congress Is Poised to Give Amazon and Other Corporations Massive New Subsidies
Under the guise of boosting US competitiveness with China, Congress is set to grant another round of massive corporate giveaways. The bill even includes $10 billion for Jeff Bezos’s space venture.
College-Educated Workers Will Continue to Play a Key Part in Labor Organizing
In recent upsurges of working-class organizing among teachers, nurses, Starbucks baristas, and Amazon workers, college-educated workers have played central roles. That won’t change anytime soon.
Valerio Evangelisti Used Literature to Point the Way to Communism
The Italian communist Valerio Evangelisti, who died in April, was a science fiction pioneer. His work showed the power of literature to grasp the horrors of the present and imagine something beyond them.
Canada’s Noxious Conservatives Are Duking It Out for Party Leadership
The position of Canada’s Conservative Party boss is up for grabs. On offer from the three front-runners are right-wing populist libertarianism, Tory nostalgia, and evangelical culture war. Canada’s left should pay attention.
Nina Turner Was Defeated Last Night. But Not All Is Lost.
Nina Turner lost big last night in her Ohio primary election against establishment candidate Shontel Brown. There’s no sugarcoating the defeat — but progressives will live to fight another day.
Overturning Roe v. Wade Shows the Right Has Nothing but Contempt for Democracy
The Right in the US has long been a brazenly antidemocratic force. The latest example is the apparent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade — contrary to the wishes of the vast majority of the population and the individual rights of millions of people.
We Need a Fighting Abortion Rights Movement Now More Than Ever
The likely demise of Roe v. Wade is a crushing blow for abortion rights. And Democrats won’t save us — we need to fight back with a mass movement in the streets that boldly pushes for reproductive justice.
Brooklyn’s Keron Alleyne Wants to Be the Next Socialist in New York’s State Assembly
In Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood, socialist activist Keron Alleyne is vying for a seat in the state assembly — backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and the local radical political dynasty led by former Black Panther Charles Barron.
No, Karl Marx Wasn’t a Hideous Racist
Centrist pundit Andrew Sullivan thinks Karl Marx was “one of the most repellent anti-Semites and racists of the 19th century.” That’s nonsense — Marx’s political project was all about expanding human freedom and fighting oppression in every form.
The End of Roe v. Wade Is the Culmination of Years of Right-Wing Efforts
For decades, the American right has eroded the federal right to an abortion, while Democrats have failed to safeguard it. Democrats must now use their power to fund abortion access and protect basic reproductive freedoms.
Why Is the Danish Far Right Vandalizing Left-Wing Artwork?
In an attempt to win votes, Denmark’s major parties have mainstreamed far-right ideas and stoked a reactionary political climate in the country. The result: right-wing extremists have been emboldened to terrorize minorities and attack cultural symbols of the Left.
Wall Street’s Most Lucrative Secrets May Become Public Information
Newly proposed legislation in New York would require financial firms to show what they are doing with hundreds of billions of dollars of Americans’ retirement savings — currently a huge source of dark money for Wall Street.
PayPal Has Begun Quietly Shuttering Left-Wing Media Accounts
Over the past week, PayPal canceled without explanation the accounts of two prominent independent news outlets. It escaped notice by the mainstream press, which spent the weekend congratulating itself over the freedom to criticize the powerful.
Abortion Bans Are Imminent
A leaked SCOTUS decision draft suggests the court is planning to overturn Roe v. Wade, permitting states to ban abortion. The response from Democrats should be obvious: skirt the Supreme Court and demand federal legislation codifying the right to abortion.
I’m a Member of the Spanish Congress, and the State Spied on My Messages
Albert Botran is a Catalan MP whose communications were spied on by the Spanish state using spyware from Israeli firm NSO Group. He writes for Jacobin on how the scandal shows the enduring grip of antidemocratic forces over the country’s institutions.