Australian Unions Are in Decline, and Labor Isn’t Helping
The Australian union movement campaigned and donated millions of dollars to reelect Labor Party prime minister Anthony Albanese. The results have been less than inspiring.
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Adrien Beauduin is currently researching a PhD on Polish and Czech politics at the Central European University’s department of gender studies.
When It Comes to Clean Water, Trump Is Betraying MAHA
The Make America Healthy Again movement is rightly concerned with the contamination of our drinking water. To clean it up, we need enhanced corporate regulation and massive public investment to overhaul our water systems. Donald Trump won’t do any of that.
PragerU Wants to Propagandize to Your Kids
Right-wing media outlet PragerU is known for its misleading viral videos that it has long created for teens and adults. The operation is increasingly seeking to reach children, hoping to fill the Sesame Street–sized hole left by the defunding of PBS.
With Trump, the Antisemitism Is Coming From Inside the House
Donald Trump’s crackdown on antisemitism seems to have strangely missed all of his appointees and allies who associate with a range of unabashed anti-Jewish bigots. It almost makes you suspect the White House’s charges of antisemitism are purely cynical.
The Far-Right Protest Vote in Romania
In Romania’s integration into European capitalism, the tough years after the 2008 crisis broke the illusion of continuous progress. The losers of that period are today swinging to far-right parties who tell a story of national victimhood.
We Need More Public Pools
Public pools are a vital resource in the United States. We need more of them.
Donald Trump and the Return of Capitalist Nihilism
The Trump administration is frequently operating outside the logic of capitalist self-interest, powered by an appetite for cruelty and destruction for the sake of cruelty and destruction and an all-consuming resentment.
Colombia Against the Fossil Fuel Age
Colombia’s energy transition is not just playing out in policy papers — it’s unfolding in oil fields, coal towns, and courtrooms. Jacobin spoke with engineers, unionists, and President Petro himself about trying to realize a post-extractivist economy.
Spotify Pushes Musicians to Become “Content Creators”
Many musicians don’t like what Spotify stands for, yet increasingly depend on it for earnings. Measures to support artists’ incomes could free music from the grip of the streaming giants.
The Fifth Circuit Ruled That the NLRB Is Unconstitutional
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with SpaceX earlier this week, ruling that the National Labor Relations Board’s current structure is unconstitutional. The decision will keep the agency hamstrung until the case makes its way to the Supreme Court.
The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand
Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, sometimes we leftists seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics — it’s just wasting precious time.
The Right’s Arguments Against “Free Stuff” Don’t Make Sense
The Right loves to claim that socialists want a bunch of “free stuff.” On some level, they’re right. We do. But so do they.
Colorado May Bar Consumers From Suing AI Businesses
In Colorado, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is spearheading state legislation that would prohibit consumers from suing businesses whose AI potentially violates consumer protection laws.
Andrew Cuomo, Somehow, Wants to Weaken Affordable Housing
Proposing a housing policy that will accelerate New York’s housing crisis just to troll Zohran Mamdani is an odd look for Andrew Cuomo, who ran for mayor on seriousness and experience. But badly losing a primary will do that kind of thing to a man.
In Colombia, Álvaro Uribe’s Conviction Is a Flash Point
Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe was convicted this month of bribing witnesses, making him the first head of state in modern Colombia to face a criminal conviction. The case is roiling the country’s political landscape.
Zohran Mamdani Is Part of Municipal Socialism’s Long History
If he wins the New York City mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani will not be in totally uncharted territory. A long line of municipal-level socialists in the United States and around the world have been in his position before.
The Frustrations and Resentment of Working-Class Russians
The lack of popular rebellion in Russia is often cast in terms of mass depoliticization. Yet working-class Russians do express political attitudes, often voicing a familiar frustration that the future has been taken from them.
The Defeat of European Socialism Was Far From Inevitable
Contrary to popular belief, the 1970s was a period in which the European left was at its strongest. Unions were powerful, and socialists felt confident that the changing economy could benefit them. So why was the Left defeated a decade later?
Flight Attendants Won’t Let Air Canada Profit From Unpaid Labor
Air Canada’s flight attendants have defied Ottawa’s back-to-work order, striking for pay they’ve never received for pre- and post-flight duties, from safety checks to restocking. The action exposes decades of unpaid work baked into airline operations.
Big Money Is Still Warping US Politics
Though the issue has been put on the back burner in recent years, the influence of big money is still wreaking havoc on US politics. Zohran Mamdani’s grassroots-powered, publicly funded campaign for New York City mayor suggests a way out of this morass.