The Gig Economy Fantasy
Stories about a new age of precarity are overblown. Workers have had to deal with economic insecurity since the dawn of capitalism.
19645 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.
A Hunger Strike for Chinatown’s Soul
Tenant organizers in New York’s Chinatown are challenging the city’s pro-landlord policies.
Poets and Scoundrels of the Beautiful Game
As another World Cup begins, there is no better guide to its joys and iniquities than the late Eduardo Galeano — a lifelong fighter for justice and “beggar for good soccer.”
The Jacobin World Cup Jersey
We made 100 football jerseys to celebrate the World Cup and support our work.
Testaments Betrayed
How Yugoslavia’s vibrant Marxist humanists morphed into right-wing nationalists.
The North Korea Summit Through the Looking Glass
As much of the world celebrates a modest step towards peace in Korea, Western pundits seem to be panicking.
Microsoft and the Yeoman Coders
Microsoft’s purchase of Github is the latest chapter in capitalism’s oldest story: the absorption of artisan labor into the circuits of capital.
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Privatization in education has been slow but steady. It’s already crippling many public schools.
Feds Watching
We obtained the FBI’s files on Delmer Berg, a Communist and Abraham Lincoln Brigade veteran. They show the bureau’s determination to surveil and crush dissent.
Here’s How Much Money America’s Biggest Corporations Have Stolen From Their Own Workers
An eye-opening new report has documented billions of dollars of corporate theft from workers. The government is turning a blind eye.
Documenting the Undocumented
A new book of photography captures the many faces of undocumented immigration.
Richard Pipes, Prosecutor of the Russian Revolution
Relentless anticommunism defined the late Richard Pipes as more propagandist than historian.
Anthony Bourdain (1956–2018)
Anthony Bourdain’s genius was not in the kitchen. His genius was in knowing which side he was on.
Death of a Cold War Supervillain
Luis Posada Carriles, an anticommunist militant who popped up throughout Latin America over the past half-century, died recently. He won’t be missed.
The Assault on Veterans’ Health Care
Taking a page from the charter school lobby’s playbook, profiteers and ideologues are trying to dismantle America’s best health care system, the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Left in a Corner
Politically isolated and facing repression, the Russian left is pondering its future.
The Catastrophe of the Rohingya
Rohingyas in Burma are now one of most persecuted peoples in the world. What they’re experiencing can only be called genocide.
The Murder of a Trade Unionist
Soumayla Sacko was killed because he dared to stand up for the migrant workers exploited in the farms and fields of Italy.
The Portuguese Myth
Portugal’s Socialist-led government looks like an exception to the decline of European social democracy. But its record in fighting austerity is less clear.
Bargaining With the Algorithm
Though companies like Deliveroo or Foodora refuse even to recognize them as employees, food delivery riders have taken a lead in organizing workers in the gig economy.