Miya Tokumitsu is a contributing editor at Jacobin and the author of Do What You Love: And Other Lies About Success and Happiness.
The standoff between Naomi Osaka and the French Open is more than a sports drama — it’s about how much control workers have over their own labor. And we could all learn a thing or two from her gutsy decision to draw a line in the sand.
Silicon Valley’s boosters say it’s an innovative, meritocratic wonderland that rewards brilliant visionaries and just might save the world. That’s nonsense.
“The perfect mother” is a cudgel to cut down the flesh-and-blood variety.
A hundred years ago, the United States adopted daylight savings time in order to extract more profit from labor. How would we organize time differently if we were free from the demands of capitalism?
The demand for fewer working hours is about liberation — both individual and collective.
The dysfunction and harassment Susan Fowler experienced doesn’t just happen at Uber. It pervades our working lives.
As universities replace the lecture with active learning pedagogy, we should remember the benefits of collective listening.
Why Bernie Sanders’s message resonates with Americans overseas.
Passion is the new workplace requirement — and one that should be resisted.
Properly harnessed, industrial production can reduce exploitation and increase leisure time.
“Do what you love” is the mantra for today’s worker. Why should we assert our class interests if, according to DWYL elites like Steve Jobs, there’s no such thing as work?
