What International Solidarity Looks Like
Western solidarity campaigns with Bangladeshi workers can help build worker power and prevent another Rana Plaza.
19429 Articles by: Rob McIntyre
Rob McIntyre is a United Workers Union delegate at the Toll Kmart warehouse in Truganina.
The Logic of Israeli Violence
Israeli violence isn’t senseless — it follows a colonial logic.
Anarchy in the USA
While the first Purge was a pleasurable if somewhat overripe piece of agitprop, The Purge: Anarchy succumbs to full-on rot.
Rebranding Amtrak
Amtrak doesn’t need a writer’s residency program. It needs to deliver affordable, reliable public transportation.
25 Points on Gaza
Some notes on the latest Israeli assault of the Gaza Strip.
The Charter School Profiteers
In Detroit charter schools, mismanagement and opportunistic “education entrepreneurs” thrive.
Brother, Can You Spare Fifteen Dollars?
An interview with 15 Now activists on Kshama Sawant and the struggle for a living wage.
All Power to the Pack Rats
In the sleek Apple future, our “outdated” possessions are turned into symbols of poverty.
The Syriza of Spain
Podemos, Spain’s new leftist party, is challenging austerity and winning public support.
“No Excuses” in New Orleans
It’s been a decade since New Orleans’ post-Katrina charter school experiment began. The results have been devastating.
Building, Not Rebuilding, Public Education
Fighting corporate education reform is less about restoring the old system to its former glory than building a just one for the first time.
The Lies We Tell About Lenin
Lenin and the debates that shaped the Russian Revolution have been misunderstood by friends and foes alike.
When the Union’s the Enemy: An Interview with Cleo Silvers
Cleo Silvers, a former organizer with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, discusses racism in the labor movement.
More Than a Protest Vote
Howie Hawkins’ campaign for governor is part of a renewed vision of electoral activism on the Left.
The Palestinian Resistance and Its Enemies
The propaganda war against Hamas targets the legitimacy of Palestinian resistance itself.
The Pendulum Swings
The Nostalgia Trap interviews Jacobin contributor Laura Tanenbaum on feminism, radicalism, and that Brad Pitt movie with all the punching.
Run, Karen, Run
Karen Lewis should be the next mayor of Chicago.
No War but Ape War
Who doesn’t want to watch armed chimpanzees ride horses?
A Plague on One House
“Both sides” aren’t to blame in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel is.
Burn Before Reading
There are few things more disordered in the world than a Thomas Friedman column.