University of Michigan Graduate Workers Are on Strike
University of Michigan graduate workers are on strike right now — not only for better protections against coronavirus, but also to defund the police.
19244 Articles by: Christina Groeger
Cristina Groeger is a history professor at Lake Forest College and a member of the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America.
It’s Ecosocialism or Barbarism
Bloodred skies. Entire towns torched. The West Coast wildfires are the latest proof that we have no alternative to a Green New Deal — and that the urgency, in the face of increasingly apocalyptic conditions, is mounting rapidly.
Chile’s Far Right Is Taking Up Arms
After last October’s popular revolt, Chileans are due to vote on a new constitution to replace the current Pinochet-era document. But far-right forces are mobilizing to prevent any change — threatening deadly violence against social movements and indigenous people.
La revolución desarmada
La posibilidad de que los Cordones Industriales reaccionen a las maniobras militares y se lancen al combate en defensa de la revolución representó uno de los mayores temores para los golpistas chilenos. Pero tal respuesta nunca llegó.
Pauli Murray Was a Civil Rights Trailblazer
Organizer, lawyer, professor, priest — Pauli Murray held many titles throughout her life. But as a black lesbian with a burning hatred of oppression, her goal was always the same: to challenge discrimination and topple the brutal hierarchies of US society.
The Revolutionary Life of Salvador Allende’s Daughter Beatriz Allende
Women revolutionaries are routinely obscured by the history books. But a new biography of Beatriz Allende — daughter and close confidante of Salvador Allende, and internationalist militant — helps shine a light on what it meant to be a woman revolutionary in the age of Che Guevara.
The US Immigration System Is an Exercise in Mass Cruelty
A new Netflix series puts the evils of Donald Trump’s ICE on full display. The solution to such blatant cruelty isn’t to return to Barack Obama’s deportation-happy approach, but to finally construct a humane immigration system that isn’t tied to the carceral state.
Un proceso de acumulación popular llamado Allende
Las protestas de los últimos meses en Chile apuntaron rápidamente contra los 30 años de neoliberalismo que oprimen al país. Pero existió también otro blanco del descontento popular: los 500 años de dominación colonial sobre los pueblos indígenas. A cincuenta años del triunfo de la Unidad Popular, el «momento Allende» guarda enseñanzas valiosas para pensar también esa cuestión.
Abrir las grandes alamedas
Los casi mil días de gobierno de la Unidad Popular en Chile son recordados como una «fiesta» por quienes los vivieron. Recuperar esa memoria, nos dice Tomás Moulian, sociólogo y testigo de primera mano de aquellos años, «es fundamental para cumplir la profecía de Salvador Allende y abrir, por fin, las grandes alamedas».
Over and Over and Over Again, History Has Vindicated Edward Snowden
An appeals court recently ruled a mass surveillance program exposed by Edward Snowden was illegal. It’s only the latest example of Washington admitting Snowden had, despite being continuously denounced by pundits and politicians, done the right thing by leaking information about the government’s massive surveillance operations.
New York City’s Teachers Union Doesn’t Remember How to Strike
The United Federation of Teachers, New York City’s teachers union, is a massive local that could wield enormous power through striking. But the union hasn’t struck in nearly half a century — even in the face of a deadly pandemic and unsafe schools reopening. Why does the UFT refuse to use its most powerful tactic?
Bolivian Socialist Presidential Candidate: Last November’s Coup Was About Plundering Bolivia’s Resources
Massive protests last month forced Bolivia’s postcoup government to pledge that elections will take place on October 18. But Luis Arce, presidential candidate for Evo Morales’s MAS party, told Jacobin that democracy is still in danger, with powerful private interests standing to gain from the continuation of the current regime.
Bob Woodward Has Let Himself Become Trump’s Human Shield
Weeks before the election, Donald Trump is now citing Bob Woodward’s self-serving decision to suppress the shocking coronavirus audiotape as proof that he did nothing wrong.
The World That Made Stalin — and the World That Stalin Made
Some aspects of Stalin’s life will always remain a mystery. But a fresh look at the Soviet dictator’s formative years can help us understand the rise and fall of the system he built.
The Health Care Lobby Is Trying To Buy Corporate Immunity From Both Parties
A health care lobby group hired Trump’s former lawyer and gave millions to Democrats — now criminal nursing home and hospital execs may get special protections from COVID lawsuits.
How Local Civil Rights Protests Produced an Increase in War on Poverty Spending
Three social scientists crunched the numbers and found that counties where the Civil Rights Movement was active received almost 50 percent more War on Poverty spending than those counties that didn’t — and the more active the movement, the more funding received. It confirms what the Left has long argued: protests get the goods.
Bob Woodward Made Himself Complicit in Trump’s Coronavirus Crime Against Humanity
To boost book sales, celebrity journalist Bob Woodward concealed a tape of Donald Trump that contained information about the pandemic that may have prevented thousands of deaths. This isn’t hyperbole. This is peak 2020 insanity.
Australian Unions Can Win the Fight Against COVID-19 — And Against Neoliberalism
Australia’s employers and federal government have failed to halt COVID-19, while the country’s public health system and union movement have stepped up. The Australian labor movement now has an historic opportunity to push for an alternative to neoliberalism.
Workers at Minneapolis’s Surly Brewing Company Say the Brewer Is Busting Their Union
Two days after Surly’s beer hall workers went public with a union campaign, management announced it would be closing the location indefinitely. The Minneapolis company says the shutdown was in the works for weeks — a claim workers say is absurd.
Modi Is Making Dissent in India a Crime
Narendra Modi’s government is clamping down on political dissent as part of its Hindu-nationalist project. The Indian authorities have used bogus charges of “terrorism” and “conspiracy” to keep critical intellectuals locked up for years at a time.