We Are All Charlie Chaplin on the Assembly Line
Under capitalism, “efficiency” most often translates into drudgery, discomfort, and alienation. Thank Frederick Winslow Taylor.
402 Article(s) by: Meagan Day
Meagan Day is a senior editor at Jacobin.
Bernie Has Opened the Door for Democratic Socialism
Bernie Sanders has restored the socialist tradition to its rightful place at the heart of national politics for the first time in decades. Now it’s up to us to push it further.
“Without a Union, Nothing Is Really Promised”
In the face of management scare tactics, workers at New York’s landmark Brooklyn Academy of Music are pushing to unionize. They’re joining a wave of cultural workers organizing their workplaces.
I’m Gay and I Want Medicare for All
I support Medicare for All because it’s for everyone — but it’s especially important for gay and transgender people. It should be a central demand of the movement for our liberation.
Surprise! We Need Medicare for All
It’s good to see both Democrats and Republicans taking surprise medical bills seriously. But they’re missing the solution under their nose: Medicare for All.
Homeless People Don’t Need an App, They Need a Fucking House
It’s really not complicated. Homeless people need homes. So we should give them homes.
The Winnipeg General Strike Is Immortal
A century ago this month, immigrant workers and World War I veterans launched the most dramatic labor struggle in Canadian history. Winnipeg’s 1919 general strike is a reminder of our power as workers — and the brutality to which the bosses will resort to protect their profits.
True to Life: An Interview with Martin Hägglund
Martin Hägglund speaks about This Life, his new book about love, grief, wealth, and Karl Marx.
One Year Off, Every Seven Years
How about this for a demand? You work for six years and you get a whole paid year off to do whatever the hell you want.
Socialism: The Movie
Socialism is often portrayed as a foreign ideology that Americans have never embraced. But the forthcoming documentary Socialism: An American Story shows how deeply rooted the socialist tradition is in the US.
Elizabeth Warren Should Have Gone on Fox News
Fox News’s politics won’t be defeated by a few principled liberal politicians engaging in a media blackout.
No, Rashida Tlaib Is Definitely Not Antisemitic
Donald Trump and Republican elected officials are yet again attacking a critic of Israel — this time, Rashida Tlaib. By now, everyone should recognize these attacks as disingenuous attempts to shut down voices on the Left.
“You Don’t Have a Choice. It’s the Moral Thing to Do.”
Brett Payne and Bryan Quinby, hosts of Street Fight Radio, talk about their twisting paths to the Left through punk and libertarianism in suburban Ohio, hating your job and barely making it, and how to prevent angry young white men from going over to the alt right.
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Pick a Fight With the Loan Sharks
Bernie Sanders and AOC are pushing for rules that would put payday lenders out of business — and end Wall Street’s business model of exploiting the poor.
Thankfully, the Democrats Are Playing Hardball With the Left
The Democrats’ congressional campaign arm is trying to blacklist the Left. We welcome their hatred.
Knock It Down
Rachel Lears’ electric new documentary about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three fellow working-class political insurgents is now in theaters. It tells the story of four ordinary people confronting a corrupt Democratic establishment.
Why New York’s Tenement Museum Workers Decided to Unionize
The Tenement Museum tells stories of life and labor on New York’s Lower East Side. But it’s not just garment workers from a century ago who needed unions — the museum workers themselves recently decided they did, too.
Chesa Boudin Wants to Transform San Francisco’s Criminal Justice System
Chesa Boudin is a socialist and the child of revolutionaries. Now he’s running for San Francisco district attorney on a platform of ending cash bail and undoing the war on drugs.
Happy May Day! Workers of the World Are Uniting
Here’s something to celebrate this May Day: History may well look back at our era as the moment the working class finally got back on its feet.
What to Make of Warren’s Policy Blitz
Elizabeth Warren may have smart policies. But Bernie Sanders has mass politics.