Richard Aoki was well-known as a lifelong Bay Area radical, playing key roles in the Socialist Workers Party, Berkeley ethnic studies strike, and Black Panther Party. He was also an FBI informant.
Philanthropy is how the global elite cast themselves as do-gooders — the people destroying the world are posing as its saviors.
Defenders of capitalism say that socialism will squelch minority rights. But the only minority groups we seek to unseat are those who trample the rights of others.
On August 10, a Seattle-area airport worker stole a plane and crashed it, killing himself. Because his working conditions were so miserable, his former coworker says in an interview, the act wasn’t a complete shock.
New polling shows that socialists’ demands like Medicare for All and free college tuition are overwhelmingly popular. We can’t stop now.
Jeremy Corbyn argues that by empowering media workers, putting the public in control, and taking on unaccountable billionaires, the British press can be vibrant, democratic, and sustainable.
We don’t put coins in street lamps or pay by the minute in public parks. Here’s why we can make subway and bus fares a thing of the past.
A nationwide, 19-day prison strike is honoring the history of prisoner rebellion while demanding humane conditions now.
Burnout, cynicism, and endless insurance red tape. As America’s private health care system crumbles, doctors are waking up to the need for Medicare for All.
Romania has the world’s second-highest emigration rates. Those emigrants are now taking to the streets and fighting to change the conditions that drove them out.
John Rawls is remembered as one of the twentieth century’s preeminent liberal philosophers. But by the end of his life, he was sharply critical of capitalism.
The FBI has long tried to destroy socialist organizations, but its actions aren’t limited to surveillance. In the sixties and seventies, informants were key — even at the top levels of left groups.
In the United States, women face the prospect of becoming mothers without necessary social protections. Many decide it’s not worth the risk.
Instead of challenging the pressures that capitalism puts on child-rearing, liberals surrender to it.
Help keep Jacobin alive for generations to come.
Picket lines once made the best playgrounds around.
Meet the Silicon Valley “disruptors” who want to teach your kids.
If we want to offer children a better future, we need to get the criminal justice system out of their lives.
