Frantz Durupt is a journalist at French daily Libération.
Today no one on either side of the political spectrum would present themselves as an enemy of choice. The historian and author of The Age of Choice, Sophia Rosenfeld, spoke to Jacobin about the complex legacy of an idea that helped forge the modern world.
Bowing to the chemical industry lobby, the Environmental Protection Agency has quietly hid data that mapped out the locations of thousands of dangerous chemical facilities across the US.
Steering the country toward another potential financial crisis, the Trump administration has moved to completely gut the federal regulatory agency tasked with reining in financial institutions.
Before his death in 2020, the conservative historian Paul Schroeder turned his attention to American empire. A lifetime spent studying the disastrous lead-up to World War I gave him reason to be horrified at the recklessness of US foreign policy.
The arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has prompted more than a month of protests in Turkey. The demonstrations have rallied many working-class Turks, but they’ve also shown the limited strength of organized labor.
From Charter rulings to back-to-work laws, tools once used to manage Canadian labor disputes are now deployed more aggressively — and more often. Quebec’s Bill 89 is pushing this trend forward, making striking harder, riskier, and easier to repress.
“Price optimization” consultants are helping clients capitalize on Trump’s chaotic tariff rollout by using surveillance pricing tools, while Republican FTC chair Andrew Ferguson is reversing efforts to keep them in check.
Pope Francis brought a limited but desperately needed progressive spirit to the Catholic Church. Under his successor, that spirit is likely to wither.
As he visits the US for the first time, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France Insoumise, writes about the collapse of triumphal capitalist narratives and sets out an alternative vision for humanity that can save us from a dystopian future.
Although he had a conservative reputation in his earlier years, Pope Francis used his role as a world religious leader to campaign against poverty and social oppression, directly challenging the appropriation of Christianity by figures like J. D. Vance.
In a slow month for large-unit elections, the United Steelworkers won a key victory at JSW Steel, which manufactures components for offshore wind turbines. Despite their green, ethical self-portrayal, the union says JSW fought them hard.
Daniel Noboa’s victory in Ecuador’s elections reflects the renewed influence of Trumpism in Latin America, where an authoritarian right has exploited insecurity to consolidate its power.
Trump’s trade war has set off economic chaos around the world. But simply going back to the “good old days” of free trade is no solution.
Last Sunday’s local and regional elections in Finland saw a big defeat for the hard-right Finns Party. Its leader called the gains for left-wing parties a “red wave” — but it’s less clear that this will halt the government’s austerity agenda.
The federal government under Joe Biden prosecuted fewer corporate crime cases than at any point in the last 30 years. Now the Trump administration is set to drop or pause more than 100 enforcement actions against corporate misconduct.
To capture the surging pro-union spirit across the United States, unions must be prepared to support worker-led organizing without attempting to control it, writes former Starbucks rank-and-file organizer Jaz Brisack.
Liberal pundits are urging Democrats not to talk about Trump’s illegal moves to disappear people to a Salvadoran dungeon. Not only is that wrong on principle, it doesn’t make political sense.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which began 82 years ago today, is now universally hailed as a bold act of Jewish resistance against the Nazis. But at the time, many Poles watched — or cheered — as the ghetto burned. The parallels with Gaza are hard to ignore.
Pierre Poilievre talks like a class warrior, but his policies serve the C-suite. A new book digs into the ideology and elite backing behind his faux-populist, anti-government movement.
James Madison argued that politicians’ ambition would lead them to uphold the separation of powers. Today congressmembers’ ambition seems to lead them to do the exact opposite: submitting to Trump and completely bargaining away their own power.