Mentoring for Mobilization
A continued lack of engagement with new members will quicken the death of teachers’ union locals across the country.
19186 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
Palestine’s Capitalists
A powerful group of Palestinian capitalists are profiting off occupation.
The Spirit of Stuart Hall
Remembering the power of Stuart Hall’s being and thought.
The Rent Is Too Damn High
On Greg Mankiw and the enormous cost of letting finance rule.
Where Would the Tea Party Be Without Feminism?
Nancy Mace, Tea Party candidate and feminist movement beneficiary.
Jacobin Radio Philadelphia, Ep. 2
We’re happy to present our second episode of Jacobin Radio Philadelphia.
A Response to Nicholas Kristof
I didn’t realize the only way to serve the public was to be a consigliere.
After Chattanooga
Examining the roots of the United Auto Workers’ defeat at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant.
Tennessee Car Sick Blues
The UAW needs to examine its history and remember where power comes from — rank-and-file workers.
Death and Taxes
Socialism is not a flight from the human condition; it’s a direct and unsentimental confrontation with that condition.
Faculty on Strike
The UIC faculty is committed to educating working-class students. And the point of the faculty’s strike on Tuesday is to help fulfill that mission.
Class Action: An Activist Teacher’s Handbook
After numerous delays, Class Action: An Activist Teacher’s Handbook is finally ready.
Work It
Simply saying we should improve the quality and reduce the duration of work doesn’t allow us to ask whether that work needs to exist at all.
Steve Kindred, Irrepressible Radical
Steve Kindred (1944–2014).
Legoland Lost
The Lego Movie’s emphasis on creative and spontaneous play clashes with what the toys have become.
Stuart Hall (1932–2014)
Stuart Hall was, first and foremost, a person driven by political commitment.
“We’re All Staying”
Hamburg is experiencing a broad While racism rages through much of Europe, Hamburg is experiencing the opposite: a broad movement for refugee rights combined with a struggle for the right to the city. refugee rights combined with a struggle for the right to the city.
After the Flood
Margaret Atwood’s post-apocalyptic trilogy sees localized resistance to a dystopian future.
The Labor of Social Media
The battles over whether communities on Twitter are good or bad, toxic or supportive, obscure the labor that sustains all social networks.
Jewfros in Palestine
Many of Israel’s defenders hold entirely reasonable positions — so long as they forget that there are actual Palestinians living there.