Kinds of Kindness Is Teenage Nihilism for the Art House Crowd
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness is a nearly three-hour anthology film about the human capacity for cruelty. It’s exactly as fun as that sounds.
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Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
Biden’s Woes Have Created an Opening for Antiwar Forces
The growing calls for Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race could offer hope for Gaza.
British Workers Are on the Cusp of Winning a Union at Amazon
Thousands of workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Coventry, England, are on the verge of winning union recognition. After facing 18 months of harsh resistance, they are taking the first steps toward holding the $2 trillion company to account in the UK.
Britain’s Tory Party Has Suffered Its Worst-Ever Defeat
The big story of this month’s UK election was a Conservative meltdown, while support for Labour barely rose at all. Along with disastrous missteps by Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, long-term structural factors mean the Tories are in decline.
Grocery Workers Are Suing to Bring Democracy to Their Union
This spring, members looking to reform the United Food and Commercial Workers filed a lawsuit against their union, the fifth-largest in the country. The members hope that the case will result in changes that help democratize the UFCW.
The Right Way to Politicize This
Yes, after the Donald Trump shooting, now is a good time to talk about the need for better gun laws.
Let’s Be Sober About the Limits of Bidenomics
Many on the Left have hailed Joe Biden’s economic policy as historically progressive. But overall, Bidenomics has meant lavishing subsidies on favored sectors of business while failing to really move the needle in the interests of working people.
The Last Thing This Country Needed
Yesterday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump points to a profound sickness in American political life, whose threats don’t discriminate by party or ideology.
SCOTUS Says Cruelty Is a Solution to Homelessness
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that local governments could punish people for sleeping outside even when they lack adequate options for shelter. It’s a cruel decision — one that underlines the need to make housing a human right.
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Bastille Day is the perfect day to convert a friend into a Jacobin. Yearlong print and digital subscriptions are just $7.89 today.
A Week of Israel’s Horrific Massacres in Gaza
The barbarities keep coming in Gaza. This week saw a massacre in Gaza City of at least 60 people, mostly children and women, many of them burned alive — followed by a massacre of over 100 in a “humanitarian safe zone.”
The Democratic Party Is to Blame for the Biden Problem
As the reality of Joe Biden’s inability to competently serve another term becomes clearer, the Democratic Party appears fully unconcerned with a democratic process to replace him.
National Conservatives Are Feeling Optimistic
At the hard-right National Conservatism Conference earlier this week, the gathered reactionaries — many of whom were close to or worked within the Trump administration — clearly felt the wind was at their backs.
Amazon Workers in Coventry, England, May Soon Be Union
A year and a half ago, workers at the Amazon warehouse in Coventry, England, launched the first formal strike against the retail giant in British history. Today the workers finish voting on whether to unionize.
Jane McAlevey, Los Angeles Teachers, and Fighting to Win
The Los Angeles teachers’ union was profoundly influenced by Jane McAlevey, writes former president Alex Caputo-Pearl. If the loving and assertive push was her trademark, then thinking audaciously big was its complement.
The Crackdown on Criticism of Israel in K-12 Schools
Since October 7, the US Department of Education has opened at least 40 investigations into K-12 schools for “discrimination based on shared ancestry,” including alleged antisemitism — many of which appear aimed at stifling criticism of Israel.
Argentina’s Media Workers Just Knocked Back Javier Milei
Argentina’s far-right president, Javier Milei, promised to close press agency Télam and sack its 700 employees. But media workers fought back — and saved the agency from being shuttered.
Anabaptism Was the Revolutionary Face of Reformation Europe
The challenge to the Catholic Church in Europe’s Reformation also stirred up a wave of social revolt by peasants and the urban poor. The Anabaptist movement became a channel for this revolt before it was savagely repressed by a fearful ruling class.
Mélenchon: Macron Is Wrong. France’s Election Had a Winner.
Emmanuel Macron claims that “nobody” won the French election. In an op-ed, Jean-Luc Mélenchon insists that the Left came first — and has the right to govern.
In 1917, Columbia’s Clampdown Remade the Antiwar Movement
When police raided Columbia University in May, commentators drew parallels to the crackdown in 1968. But the school’s hostility to the antiwar movement stretches all the way back to 1917, when its management fired faculty and had students arrested.