Entre la «etapa prechavista» y la soberanía popular
El socialismo está lejos aún de tocarle la puerta a Colombia. Pero hay algo en lo que Álvaro Uribe Vélez no se equivoca: el uribismo se encuentra en cuidados intensivos.
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Gezi Platform NYC is an alliance of activists that engage in actions to support public protests in Turkey.
A School District Tried to Stifle COVID-19 Organizing by Suspending a Teacher. It Backfired.
San Antonio teacher Luke Amphlett says his administration punished him for organizing against an unsafe school reopening plan. But a campaign led by teachers, students, and community supporters drew on bonds of solidarity developed through years of organizing — and quickly got Amphlett back to work.
Israel’s Iron Wall Still Stands After Nearly a Century
Over the years, the Israeli historian Avi Shlaim and his fellow “New Historians” have punctured a long series of Zionist myths about the country’s past and present. Now, Shlaim — once a supporter of the Oslo “peace process” — is adding the two-state solution itself to that list of dispelled myths.
Un golpe contra el pueblo
Adriana Guzmán traza un balance del gobierno del MAS en Bolivia, su relación con los sectores populares y las condiciones que determinaron su debilidad ante la afrenta derechista. Los sucesos del 10 de noviembre, sostiene, no fueron solo una maniobra contra un presidente: fueron un golpe contra el pueblo.
Why Won’t the US’s Largest Labor Federation Talk About a General Strike?
The barriers to organizing a general strike in the United States in response to the myriad miseries American workers are facing are massive. But we can’t move toward such a strike without at least putting the possibility on the table and discussing it — something the AFL-CIO has shown no interest in doing.
How We Remember Steve Biko
South Africa’s apartheid government murdered Steve Biko 43 years ago this month. But they couldn’t snuff out his political influence — the Black Consciousness leader remains a symbol of defiance against injustice and racial oppression.
Where Is Joe Biden’s Ground Game?
As Joe Biden faces an enthusiasm gap in the polls, raising a very serious possibility of Donald Trump winning reelection, the campaign’s field operation appears to be lagging.
The United States Needs a National Moratorium on Utility Shutoffs
A new report estimates that 76 million households will be vulnerable to utility shutoffs by next month. Congress needs to act now to stop these shutoffs — it’s a matter of life and death.
Una gripezinha
Brasil es, junto a los Estados Unidos, el país más afectado por la pandemia del COVID-19. Y la política negacionista de Jair Bolsonaro respecto al virus está dando lugar a un genocidio.
Respiratory Therapists Are Some of the Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic
Respiratory therapists operate ventilators and perform crucial services in treating the coronavirus. They say they still don’t have the protective equipment they need.
Big Tech Can’t Save Journalism. Democratic Socialism Can.
We need a plan for public funding of the media that can revive the ability to do more in-depth investigative reporting, hold power to account, and prioritize local journalism. Socialists have solutions.
Jeremy Corbyn: What I Learned From Salvador Allende’s Chile
In 1969, the young socialist activist Jeremy Corbyn visited Chile to watch the progress of Salvador Allende’s Popular Unity coalition, before its election victory the following year. Fifty years later, Corbyn spoke to Jacobin about what Chile meant to the international left.
Over 5,000 Health Care Workers Are on Strike in Chicago
After months of inadequate PPE and multiple health care workers dying of COVID-19, more than 5,000 workers from two separate unions are on strike at the University of Illinois-Chicago health system.
How Italy’s Colonial War in Ethiopia Foreshadowed the Barbarism of World War II
The Booker Prize shortlisting of Maaza Mengiste’s The Shadow King is the latest sign of rising interest in Fascist Italy’s colonial war in Ethiopia. The genocidal violence perpetrated against Ethiopians in 1935–6 was soon turned back onto European soil — and united Italian anti-fascists with the Africans resisting colonial aggression.
Post Office Workers Can Be Defenders of Key Public Goods
Melissa Rakestraw, a postal worker in Schaumburg, Illinois, grew up in a tiny rural town and didn’t plan on becoming a radical. But “I guess the short version,” she says, “is, ‘I got a job at the post office and became a socialist.’”
Scott Morrison’s Grudge Against China Is About Capitalist Competition
After riding the coattails of China’s boom for decades, Australian conservatives are now railing against China. They’re not just following a lead from Washington — the Liberal Party’s corporate backers are anxious to maintain Australian dominance in the South Pacific.
The US Agriculture System Is a Disaster for Farmworkers and the Planet
US-style industrial farming has ravaged two of the world’s most fertile regions, California’s Central Valley and the Midwest’s corn belt. But we can build an agriculture system that delivers food in a sustainable way — and empowers farmworkers, too.
Authoritarianism Is on the Rise in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, have been implicated in egregious human rights violations against Tamils in the country, including accusations of crimes against humanity and genocide. Yet rather than being held accountable, the Rajapaksas are actually consolidating their ethno-nationalist agenda.
Nursing Homes That Were Unionized Saw Fewer COVID-19 Deaths
A new study finds that unionized nursing homes had 30 percent lower mortality rates than nonunion homes. Quite literally, unions save lives.
How Mass Incarceration Was Built in the United States — And How We Can Undo It
With an incarceration rate exceeding 700 people for every 100,000, Americans have built a prison monstrosity that has few parallels in history — destroying untold millions of lives and families in just a few decades. We need to study the economic origins of this mass incarceration system in order to dismantle it.