The ANC’s Double Bind
After losing its parliamentary majority for the first time, South Africa’s African National Congress is scrambling to form a coalition government. Its options are bleak.
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“Banking-as-a-Service” Firms Can Evaporate Your Life Savings
On the rise in the banking sector, “banking-as-a-service” companies operate outside purview of banking regulators. With lax oversight and heavy industry lobbying, these firms are misleading consumers about the safety of their savings.
Claudia Sheinbaum’s Radical Jewish Heritage
The Right attacked Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum for being a “Jewish foreigner” and communist during her campaign. Her grandfather and his brother, emigrants from Lithuania, were both of these things.
Europe’s Center Is Holding — by Integrating the Far Right
This weekend’s European elections saw a swing to the right, including big gains for anti-immigration parties. In most cases, far-right forces have abandoned calls to leave the EU — but they are increasingly able to set the bloc’s own agenda.
AIPAC’s Billionaire Backers Are Funding Anti-Union Groups Too
The labor movement and the Palestinian solidarity effort have common enemies, and not just on principle. Some of the biggest donors to the pro-Israel electoral machine are also financing the United States’s union-busting infrastructure.
Marine Le Pen’s Party Has Power Within Its Grasp
After his allies scored just 15% in the European elections, last night Emmanuel Macron called a snap election for the French parliament. It’ll pave the way for a new government — and it could raise Marine Le Pen’s party to power for the first time.
The Devil and Dennis Potter
In Dennis Potter’s banned TV play Brimstone and Treacle, the Devil is very real indeed — and it was too much for the BBC to handle.
The Fight Against Caste Oppression Can Unite Indian Workers
The Indian state of Punjab shows us that caste oppression owes far more to material interests than it does to inherited religious ideologies. A movement of Dalit rural workers offers a powerful example of how that oppression can be challenged today.
The Best Way to Secure LGBTQ Rights: Unions
Labor’s ability to improve queer workers’ lives stems from its power to raise standards for all workers.
Marxism, the Land, and the Global Working Class
Solving our global ecological crises today requires understanding how capitalism has transformed humanity’s relationship to the land. Karl Marx’s thought gives us the tools to do just that.
Juneau’s Landslide Crisis Is Looming
As climate change raises deadly landslide risks, cities like Juneau, Alaska, must grapple with informing the public about safety while weighing property value and insurance concerns. These climate-driven challenges are a foretaste of future difficulties.
Why the Center Holds
Within the Democratic Party, institutions created during the New Deal and civil rights era have acted as barriers to insurgents on both the right and left.
The Left Should Stop Spreading Anti-Migration Talking Points
Politicians like Sahra Wagenknecht say the Left should admit that immigration hurts workers’ living standards. This approach abandons the Left’s historic fight to win improvements for all — and it’s based on blatantly false claims about migration.
Greg Philo Showed Us How Broadcast Media Really Works
Greg Philo, who died last month, was a giant in the field of critical media studies. Philo and his colleagues exposed the conservative bias of TV news across a whole range of issues, from workers’ strikes to Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians.
Canadian Health Care Workers Should Stand Up for Palestine
Despite Canada withdrawing funding from UNRWA, the country’s doctors have not criticized Israel’s actions strongly. As health care workers, they have a moral responsibility to defend the right to health care — they should do so now.
Israel’s Horrific Attack on a Refugee School in Gaza
This week, Israel bombed an UNRWA-affiliated school in a central Gaza refugee camp where thousands of Palestinians were sheltering. The attack killed dozens of civilians, mostly children — just one among several civilian massacres in the past 48 hours.
Biden Only Takes Risks When Furthering Right-Wing Policies
The US is facing a wide range of crises that are hurting average Americans and that demand bold action from the executive branch. Yet Joe Biden is only willing to take such action when capitulating to the Right on issues like immigration.
Germany’s Anti-Palestine Witch Hunt Is Targeting Jews Too
In Germany, tabloid Bild is leading a campaign to name and shame pro-Palestine activists. H. P. Loveshaft, a Jewish drag king and protester who faced a wave of abuse after a Bild hit piece, tells Jacobin how his identity has been weaponized against him.
Keir Starmer Will Make Britain Even More of a US Lapdog
As Keir Starmer’s Labour Party coasts toward power, its foreign policy discussion is all about being an outrider for Washington. As geopolitical conflict heats up, it wants to make Britain the US’s most implacable ally on the European continent.
Amazon Labor Union Looks Set to Affiliate With the Teamsters
This week, the Amazon Labor Union and the Teamsters announced an agreement to affiliate. If ratified, the agreement would charter a new New York City local, Amazon Labor Union No. 1, International Brotherhood of Teamsters.