Workers Hold the Keys
Despite the threat of automation and the weakness of organized labor, workers still hold the key to winning social change.
19182 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.
Who Owns the Skies?
Trump’s laptop ban is racist and paranoid. It’s also a huge giveaway to American airline monopolies.
The Basement Dweller
The closer you examine Donald Trump’s approval ratings, the more abysmal they look.
The Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Chuck Berry perfected simple but sophisticated working-class art.
A Warm Welcome to Behind the News
Doug Henwood’s Behind the News is one of the best leftist radio shows out there. You can now listen to it on Jacobin Radio.
Instability Comes Home
Here’s what’s behind the turbulence shaking US politics — and why it will likely only get worse.
No Salt Added
Obama’s labor board failed to protect union salts. Now union busters can go back on the attack.
Expanding the Slaveocracy
Historians Eric Foner and Matt Karp on the international ambitions of the US slaveholding class — and the abolitionist movement that brought them down.
Ending the Empathy Gap
Our aim is a society where people are guaranteed the necessities of life not because they’re sympathetic, but because they’re human beings.
Trump’s Lethal Threat
Donald Trump’s administration has already proven deadly for trans youth. It’s up to the Left to fight the new attacks.
The Glory Days Are Over
Trump’s victory signals a deep crisis of neoliberalism.
How to Fight Trumpcare
The GOP’s attacks on our already crippled health-care system are an opportunity for the Left to offer an alternative to neoliberalism.
The Lies of Originalism
Neil Gorsuch’s originalist philosophy isn’t uniquely unbiased or respectful of democracy. It’s a handmaiden of American reaction.
Black Liberation and Left Renewal
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation compels us to respond to Trump by building multiracial solidarity and socialist alternatives.
Defeat in Victory
Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom did worse than expected on Wednesday. But there’s not much else to cheer in Dutch politics.
Rooting for the Monsters
The monsters of Kong: Skull Island are as brilliantly rendered as its politics are muddled and queasy.
Trump’s “Hard Power” Budget
Donald Trump’s budget would make America even more authoritarian and militaristic than it already is.
Ignoring Antisemitism’s Threat
Zionist leaders have been downplaying antisemitic attacks in the US in order to cozy up to Donald Trump.
Ireland’s Other Proclamation
This St. Patrick’s Day we remember the 1867 Fenian uprising — and its radical vision of an Irish Republic.
No Easy Answers, Just Bad History
A Vox writer sets out to prove social-democratic policies aided the far right. He fails.