Retooling the UAW
Even if the UAW had won in Tennessee, another conversation is needed about the kind of organization the union has become.
19673 Articles by: Enver Motala
Enver Motala is an associate of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT) at the University of Johannesburg and of the Centre for Integrated Post-School Education and Training at the Nelson Mandela University.
Chokwe Lumumba: A Revolutionary to the End
Chokwe Lumumba (1947–2014).
Unionize College Football
The Northwestern University football team’s struggle to form a union raises the question of what it means to be a worker.
The Work of Public Work
Going beyond the boundaries of the Ivory Tower is a good thing. But public engagement is still work.
Is Venezuela Burning?
Only a deepening of the Bolivarian Revolution can save it.
Arresting the Carceral State
Educators must work to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
Lessons from Chattanooga
Workers need a functioning, relevant Left with feet both inside and outside unions.
Mentoring for Mobilization
A continued lack of engagement with new members will quicken the death of teachers’ union locals across the country.
Palestine’s Capitalists
A powerful group of Palestinian capitalists are profiting off occupation.
The Spirit of Stuart Hall
Remembering the power of Stuart Hall’s being and thought.
The Rent Is Too Damn High
On Greg Mankiw and the enormous cost of letting finance rule.
Where Would the Tea Party Be Without Feminism?
Nancy Mace, Tea Party candidate and feminist movement beneficiary.
Jacobin Radio Philadelphia, Ep. 2
We’re happy to present our second episode of Jacobin Radio Philadelphia.
A Response to Nicholas Kristof
I didn’t realize the only way to serve the public was to be a consigliere.
After Chattanooga
Examining the roots of the United Auto Workers’ defeat at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant.
Tennessee Car Sick Blues
The UAW needs to examine its history and remember where power comes from — rank-and-file workers.
Death and Taxes
Socialism is not a flight from the human condition; it’s a direct and unsentimental confrontation with that condition.
Faculty on Strike
The UIC faculty is committed to educating working-class students. And the point of the faculty’s strike on Tuesday is to help fulfill that mission.
Class Action: An Activist Teacher’s Handbook
After numerous delays, Class Action: An Activist Teacher’s Handbook is finally ready.
Work It
Simply saying we should improve the quality and reduce the duration of work doesn’t allow us to ask whether that work needs to exist at all.