The Kids Still Love Bernie
Despite the hostility of the pundits, Bernie Sanders still has the most donors, the biggest reach, and the most young people supporting him.
19075 Articles by: Jonathan Sas
Jonathan Sas has worked in senior policy and political roles in government, think tanks, and the labor movement. He is an honorary witness to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. His writing has appeared in the Toronto Star, National Post, the Tyee, and Maisonneuve.
It’s Time to Abandon Carbon Pricing
Carbon pricing programs like cap and trade carry enormous political costs and few environmental benefits. We should abandon them — and instead pursue transformative climate policies that deliver immediate material gains to workers.
Behind Modi’s Blackout in Kashmir
A Jacobin contributor in Kashmir interviewed dozens of ordinary Kashmiris in the midst of Modi’s brutal communications clampdown on the region. Despite the Indian government’s best efforts, Kashmiris’ demands for self-determination cannot stay invisible forever.
“It’s About Giving People Real Economic Freedom”
Cathy Kunkel is an energy analyst, environmental and community activist, and member of the Democratic Socialists of America running for Congress in West Virginia’s second district. She explains her history of organizing and argues that “red-state” voters will get on board with an agenda that includes Medicare for All and a just transition for fossil fuel workers.
You Can’t Save the Planet by Yourself
Buying more environmentally friendly products gives us the sense that we’re doing something about climate crisis. But the call to shop more ethically is having a pitiful effect on CO2 emissions — and may even stop us from questioning the priorities our economy is organized around.
Chicago Teachers Weigh a Strike
Chicago teachers begin a three-day strike authorization vote today, the latest in their contract battle against Mayor Lori Lightfoot and education austerity. The strike, potentially joined this time by SEIU Local 73 school staff members, could be just as important as their 2012 victory against Rahm Emanuel.
An Uprising in West Papua
After suffering under colonial oppression from Indonesia for decades, West Papuans recently rose up. Their struggle for independence deserves our solidarity.
A Letter From Lula to the Labour Party
Imprisoned former Brazilian president Lula sends a message of solidarity to the Labour Party — and warns of the danger of the rising far right across the world.
The Labour Party Will Transform Britain
The Labour Party just set out its most radical plan yet ahead of the looming general election. It’s the most ambitious proposal in British politics in decades.
Our People in Palestine Need Real Resistance Leaders to Get Free
Palestinians in Israel are not the kingmakers of Zionist politics. The Joint List leadership should uphold their just national cause and actively organize against their social exclusion. They shouldn’t support coalition governments that oppose it.
Labour Wants to Free Us From the Market
The Labour Party announced today that in the next election, it will fight for Universal Basic Services, making public services free at the point of use and universally accessible. It’s a landmark in the fight to curb the influence of the market over our lives.
Justin Trudeau Is Joe Biden With Abs
The Canadian professional middle class will not punish Justin Trudeau for his transgressions.
What the US Sanctions Against Venezuela Have Wrought
The United States’s sanctions against Venezuela continue to punish ordinary Venezuelans while deepening the country’s political crisis. They need to end.
The Day After Macri’s Downfall
Argentina’s recent elections have set the country’s right on the path to defeat. But that won’t immediately put the working class back in the driver’s seat — much greater mobilization is needed for that.
The Arabs Who Can Beat Bibi
Israel’s second general election of the year has demonstrated more clearly than ever that the most important oppositional force in the country is its Palestinian minority.
Labor Has Only One Candidate: Bernie Sanders
At the Philadelphia Workers’ Presidential Summit, Joe Biden disappointed while Elizabeth Warren didn’t even bother to show. Only Bernie Sanders has the plan and the record to help bring the labor movement back.
“They Made That Money off Our Blood, Sweat, and Tears”
After 2009, GM used its $10.3 billion bailout to slash labor costs and undercut the union. Now, it’s cut off health care for tens of thousands of striking workers. But GM’s greed is only pushing strikers to fight harder than ever.
John Bolton Is Gone. The Threat of War Is Not.
John Bolton has exited the Trump White House. But his bellicose, bloodthirsty worldview is still the basic operating system of the Trump administration — and still threatens to lead us into war.
Between Washington and Beijing
The conventional wisdom about the Hong Kong protests is wrong. The threat to Hong Kong’s already-weak democracy comes not only from China’s authoritarian state capitalism but the West’s neoliberalism.
Why America’s Teachers’ Unions Must Endorse Bernie Sanders
No other presidential candidate has anywhere near as strong a platform on public education as Bernie Sanders. That’s why America’s teachers’ unions should endorse him for president.