Ben Affleck’s Air Is a Deranged Corporate Folktale About a Sneaker
Air’s origin story about the Michael Jordan–endorsed sneaker is far too high on its own supply.
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Rutgers Is Shortchanging Faculty While Pumping Millions Into Hedge Funds
Faculty at Rutgers University are on strike for the first time ever because the school refuses to pay instructors living wages. Meanwhile, the university keeps plowing more of its endowment into poorly performing hedge fund investments.
Rashida Tlaib and the Squad Are Demanding Julian Assange’s Freedom
Lawmakers around the world are again calling on the US to halt its unprecedented prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. For the first time, they are being joined by US congressmembers, led by Rashida Tlaib.
Britain’s Junior Doctors’ Strike Is About Putting an End to Austerity
More than a decade of cuts under the Conservatives has left Britain’s National Health Service dangerously understaffed and underfunded. After years of pay cuts, junior doctors are fighting back to protect patients and the NHS.
The 1873 Colfax Massacre Was a Racist Attack on Black People’s Democratic Rights
The worst episode of Reconstruction Era violence occurred 150 years ago today in northern Louisiana. The 1873 Colfax Massacre saw white supremacists slaughter 150 African Americans, brutally thwarting their hopes for autonomy and self-governance.
Graduate Workers at Stanford University Are Organizing a Union
The higher ed unionization wave may soon reach Stanford University, where graduate student workers are trying to form a union. Jacobin spoke with two worker-organizers about their organizing effort.
Kamala Harris Poured Some Old Wine Into New Bottles on Her Tour of Africa
Media reports presented Kamala Harris’s recent trip to Africa as a historic departure for US policy toward the continent. Beneath the hype, however, the Biden administration is carrying on with the same militarized, self-serving approach as its predecessors.
Jenny Odell’s New Book, Saving Time, Is a Self-Help Manual for the Anxious Middle Class
Dressed in radical language, Jenny Odell’s new book, Saving Time, offers up positive thinking as a solution to exploitation. But the real reason people don’t have enough spare time is that low wages and high rents force them to work constantly.
Brandon Johnson Won in Chicago. Now His Movement Will Have to Beat Capital Strikes.
Brandon Johnson’s mayoral victory is a first step toward transforming the deeply unequal city. If he’s going to undertake radical reform efforts in Chicago, Johnson needs protests and strikes to fend off the inevitable capitalist attacks.
How Saudi Arabia’s Rulers Became Best Friends With Israel
Both junior US allies, Israel and Saudi Arabia have nurtured ever warmer relations in recent years. But Saudi Arabia’s closeness to Israel is also a source of criticism at home, setting it at odds with broad public support for Palestine.
Clarence Thomas Has Long Fought to Kill Laws Requiring Transparency in Political Spending
While receiving lavish gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow and then failing to disclose them, Clarence Thomas pushed to invalidate all disclosure laws, insisting that donors have a right to anonymously influence politics with unlimited amounts of cash.
Class Struggle Against Capitalism Began With Rebellion in the English Countryside
The origins of capitalism lie in the transformation of English agriculture from the 16th century on. The early stages of this process provoked a huge wave of social unrest, starting a tradition of resistance to class domination that still continues today.
Andreu Nin’s Marxism Tackled the Big Questions of Spanish and Catalan Politics
Andreu Nin, leader of the POUM, was murdered by agents of Stalin during the Spanish Civil War. Nin’s legacy speaks to issues still relevant today, from Catalonia’s right to self-determination to the danger of the far right.
Ramadan Mubarak, Comrades
For over a millennium, Muslims have used hunger as a biological reminder of the need for human solidarity during the holiday of Ramadan. That solidarity is key to building the kind of movement that can win a better world for Muslims and everyone else.
I’m on Strike at Rutgers to Fight the Uberification of Higher Education
I’m a lecturer at Rutgers University, and yesterday, I joined my fellow academic workers in striking for the first time in the university’s 250-year history. Our fight against precarious working conditions affects the entire working class.
Clarence Thomas Is the Most Corrupt of an Extremely Corrupt Supreme Court
A bombshell new report reveals just how extensively Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas has allowed billionaire interests to buy him favors. But he’s far from the only one on the powerful court that’s happy to be showered in favors from the ultrarich.
The TikTok Ban Isn’t About National Security. It’s About the Global Dominance of US Tech.
After decades of justifying tech expansion on the basis of free speech, US policymakers threatening to ban Chinese-owned TikTok are now changing their tune. The about-face reveals their real objective: preserving the dominance of American tech capitalists.
Conservative Pundits Are Defending Clarence Thomas and His Megadonor
Right-wing pundits are defending Justice Clarence Thomas and his billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow, claiming that a failure to disclose two decades of luxury trips is no cause for concern. They’ve also all neglected to mention their financial ties to Crow.
AOC: The Biden Administration’s Rightward Turn Is “a Profound Miscalculation”
In an interview, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discusses her call for Clarence Thomas’s impeachment, Joe Biden’s reelection prospects, and the need to dismantle the filibuster.
In Georgia, Geopolitical Jousting Is Crowding Out the Real Issues
In Georgia, rival bills on “foreign agents” sparked mutual accusations of US and Russian interference. With all politics turned into jockeying over the country’s geopolitical position, discussion of its bleak economic record is quietly suppressed.