Nina Turner: My Love Letter to Our Movement
Nina Turner reflects in Jacobin on her recent congressional campaign, the importance of continuing to fight for Medicare for All, and how the Left can still win real change.
19076 Articles by: Karl Leffme
Karl Leffme is a socialist in New York CIty.
Capitalism Can’t Fix the Climate Crisis
Neither corporations nor liberals will stop climate disaster. The Left can.
The Biden Administration Is Embracing Egypt’s Dictator Sisi
Joe Biden promised to end Donald Trump’s “love affair” with tyrants like the Egyptian ruler Sisi. But now he looks set to approve a super-sized military aid package that helps prop up Sisi’s regime.
To Protect Democracy, Defend Public Education
America has never fully realized the promise of either public education or democratic government. That is no coincidence: throughout US history, strong public schools have been inseparable from a strong democracy.
Capitalists Can’t Save Us From Capitalism
From Otto von Bismarck to Joe Biden, capitalist politicians have tried to cure the system’s ills without transforming society. But it takes socialists to really change the world for the better.
The NBA’s Drug Testing Must End
NBA players and other athletes have repeatedly faced bans for their use of recreational drugs. These policies are a racist holdover from the war on drugs. It’s time we scrapped them.
Spain’s Far-Right Vox Is Fighting a Culture War Against the Victims of Francoism
From exhuming Francisco Franco to funding efforts to identify his victims, Spain’s incumbent left-wing government has sought a reckoning with the country’s fascist past. But in the southern Andalusia region, the far-right Vox is driving a nationalist backlash.
Corporations Aren’t Giving Time for Vaccinations to Workers
About half of all bosses aren’t giving workers time to get vaccinated and recover from vaccines. Joe Biden isn’t doing enough to change that.
It Pays to Be Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel has been at the center of nearly every act of Democratic evildoing of the past few decades. He’s being rewarded for that behavior with an ambassadorship to Japan.
Amazon Is Beefing Up Its Already Dystopian Worker Surveillance Machine
Amazon is installing high-tech cameras inside supplier-owned delivery vehicles. Workers say the cameras are a shocking invasion of privacy as well as a safety hazard.
Democratic Budget Obstructionism Is Brought to You by Big Oil and Big Pharma
The Democrats threatening to help Republicans halt a budget package have taken in millions from Big Pharma and fossil fuel industries worried about losing profits if the budget passes.
I Produce Adult Content on OnlyFans. Their Ban on Porn Will Hurt Me.
OnlyFans has announced that in October the site will ban adult content. Sex workers like me who depend on the platform for their livelihoods will be hit the hardest.
After the Afghanistan Disaster, NATO Is Already Planning the Next War
The occupation of Afghanistan was a disaster — but the US’s failure is already being used to justify even longer “humanitarian interventions.” As after Vietnam, military men are using scenes of disorderly departure to prepare the ground for the next war.
Avi Lewis: Ecosocialism Is on the March in Canada
Documentary filmmaker Avi Lewis is running for the NDP in Canada’s upcoming federal election. In an interview with Jacobin, he discusses the cautiously hopeful political moment, his candidacy, and the prospects for a green transformation of the Canadian economy.
Joe Biden Was Right to Pull Out of Afghanistan
The US may not be completely ending its military adventure in Afghanistan, but Joe Biden’s decision to pull out troops is a victory for democracy over national security authoritarianism.
A Striking Nabisco Worker Explains Why She and 300 Coworkers Are on Strike in Chicago
Fed up with what they say are impossible schedules, disrespect, and demands for concessions, Chicago Nabisco workers joined the nationwide strike that already involves Nabisco workers from Portland, Oregon to Richmond, Virginia. We talked to one of them.
The State of Illinois Is Killing My Family
Once the proud land of Lincoln, downstate Illinois — devastated by unemployment, deindustrialization, and an infamously corrupt political class — is quickly becoming a failed state.
Afghanistan’s Corrupt, Abusive Anti-Taliban Forces Need Your Help
A burgeoning anti-Taliban resistance front is begging for help from the West to take back the country. They’re hoping no one looks too closely at their histories of human rights abuse and corruption.
Never Forget: Andrew Cuomo Once Started a Sham Feminist Party
Before disgraced New York governor Andrew Cuomo was outed as a sexist boss, he was an innovator in the faux feminist space, having a fake political party — the Women’s Equality Party — for the sole purpose of destroying his political enemies.
What the Sunrise Movement Can Do Better
The Sunrise Movement deserves enormous credit for putting the Green New Deal on the national political agenda. But the organization seems to have hit a wall as of late. It may be time for Sunrise to pursue a new direction in its tactics.