Jake Ephros is a teacher at Saint Peter’s University and Hudson County Community College, a former union organizer with 1199SEIU, and a democratic socialist candidate for Jersey City Council in Ward D.
Jake Ephros is hoping to add to the groundswell of municipal socialism across the US by winning a seat on city council in Jersey City, New Jersey, this November. Jacobin talked to him about his campaign.
For decades, Jersey City was ruled by a cartoonishly sleazy party boss and his pro-corporate political machine. Today, it’s governed by a slicker version of the same. But now socialists and progressives are challenging their power.