
Mothers Are on the Front Lines of the Nordic Care Crisis
In Sweden today, maternal activism is uniting around a politics of collective care, turning private burdens into claims about public obligation and democratic rights.

In Sweden today, maternal activism is uniting around a politics of collective care, turning private burdens into claims about public obligation and democratic rights.

New York City nurses reached deals and ended their strikes at two hospitals last week. But at NewYork-Presbyterian, New York’s richest hospital, 4,200 nurses are still striking after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed agreement.

It’s good that the federal occupation of Minnesota is ending. But the Trump administration shouldn’t be allowed to pretend it never happened. Justice would require a wave of impeachments, criminal charges, and restitution to the people of the Twin Cities.

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, wants to send Cuba some desperately needed oil. Donald Trump sent the US Navy into the Caribbean to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Thanks to AI, white-collar workers are discovering what blue-collar workers learned a half-century ago: they’re disposable.

Since Donald Trump announced a ceasefire deal with great fanfare, Israel has killed hundreds of Palestinians while continuing to occupy Gaza and block aid. Now Trump and his entourage want to convert the site of genocide into a real estate opportunity.

NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis says socialism, defined by bold public solutions, not managerial caution, can rebuild the party after historic losses. He’s betting it can unite a majority across divided regions and broaden the party’s coalition.

The new oil blockade makes explicit what US policy has long denied: that economic warfare against Cuba targets civilians in the name of “regime change.”

Britain’s Labour prime minister is severely wounded by his disastrous appointment of a Jeffrey Epstein–associated US ambassador and could soon be ousted. But the party needs more than a makeover.

Domestic work in Spain is often a low-paid job done by migrant women. A new study shows that half of them are subject to gender-based violence, harassed by their employers.

Despite his later denial, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wanted to keep a line open to Jeffrey Epstein. Emails between the two suggest that the world of the Big Tech elite is less a back room of evil geniuses than rich dullards discussing goofy ideas.

Like many left-wing groups in the 1970s, the International Socialists hoped to build the class struggle by making a “turn to industry.” The IS’s efforts generated an important legacy in the form of Labor Notes and Teamsters for a Democratic Union.

Unions have the resources to organize Amazon and are already working to do so. Building Amazon “labor tables” in key metro areas — regular meetings where unions agree to coordinate their efforts — will be crucial to advancing organizing efforts further.

In one email to Jeffrey Epstein, former CEO of Barclays Jes Staley explains that the reason the masses aren’t in revolt against the rich is that they’re placated by consumerism and celebrity culture. Unfortunately for them, people aren’t that easy to deceive.

When the Department of Homeland Security was first created, Congress established a civil-rights watchdog office for DHS and its various arms, including ICE. Amid mounting concerns about DHS’s rights violations, Trump has been erasing the oversight office.

From the Americas to the Middle East, the US is deploying the crudest forms of imperial aggression to shore up its power. This is ultimately a sign of weakness rather than strength, as the foundations upon which the US empire rested are crumbling.

Under the Trump administration, the SEC has taken a sledgehammer to enforcement against corporate crimes, with cases dropping to record lows — at the same time that corporate lobbying of the federal government has surged to unprecedented levels.

Mohammed Harbi went from participating in Algeria’s independence struggle to writing some of the most important books about its history. Harbi, who died last month at the age of 92, was a creative Marxist thinker and a champion of democracy in Algeria.

Co-ops are often dismissed as attempts to create islands of socialism. But building democratically controlled tech infrastructure can be part of a wider movement for working-class power.

After Human Rights Watch blocked a report on Israel’s denial of the Palestinian right of return, its Israel-Palestine team resigned. One team member, Omar Shakir, spoke to Jacobin about why rights NGOs fail to confront the issue.