Israelism Is a Powerful Indictment of Pro-Apartheid Indoctrination
A new documentary called Israelism tells the story of young American Jews coming to question the narrative they were taught about “the only democracy in the Middle East.”
19276 Articles by: Tiffany McCoy
Tiffany McCoy is the executive director of House Our Neighbors and one of the managers of the Proposition 1A campaign.
Even NBA Players Like Bruce Brown Are Constrained By Economic Precarity
In a society with almost no social safety net or guarantee of economic stability, even professional athletes like Denver Nuggets guard Bruce Brown are forced to choose between job satisfaction and economic security.
Gender Oppression Isn’t Inherent to Human Nature
Socialist feminists have long argued that gender inequality isn’t a universal rule of human societies. There’s now a mountain of historical evidence to back up that view, showing us that we can abolish social hierarchies if we recognize their man-made origins.
Socialists Are Winning Right-to-Counsel Tenant Protections Across the US
Democratic socialists and allies in Jersey City, New Jersey, just helped pass an ordinance guaranteeing tenants a right to legal representation in eviction cases. It’s the latest in a series of similar victories across the country.
Delaware Wants to Give Corporations the Right to Vote Like People Do
One person, one vote? Well, if corporations are people, it only makes sense that those corporations get the right to vote.
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Built Red Vienna, Then Fought Nazis
Viennese architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky is best known as the designer of the Frankfurt Kitchen, forerunner of modern fitted kitchens. Her work was informed by her communist politics — a cause in whose name she joined the resistance against Nazism.
Joe Biden’s Student Debt Plan Didn’t Have to Be Such a Disaster
If the Supreme Court strikes down Joe Biden’s proposed student debt cancellation plan tomorrow, the president has other, smarter options to relieve student debtors.
In Delaware, Corporations Are Dangerously Close to Acquiring the Right to Vote
In an effort to expand the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which gave corporations personhood and free speech rights, Delaware’s Democratic-controlled legislature is considering a Republican bill that would give corporations the right to vote.
Martin Luther King Understood Solidarity
Jonathan Eig’s new Martin Luther King biography stirs exhilaration and visceral pain at the unexpected triumphs and vicious violence that King and the freedom movement endured. But it largely leaves out a key piece of King’s legacy: his commitment to labor.
Student Activists Are Turning Their Attention to the Labor Movement
Last year, the Young Democratic Socialists of America’s Red Hot Summer program trained hundreds of young people to organize their workplaces and helped launch union drives representing thousands. This year’s program hopes to be even bigger, writes YDSA’s cochair.
Dozens of Socialist Elected Officials Gathered in DC This Weekend
Jacobin helped host a gathering of 80 democratic socialist public officials over the weekend. It gave me a measure of hope about our movement’s future.
The Migrant Shipwreck Near Greece Is a Horrible Tragedy. But It Wasn’t an Accident.
Hundreds are missing, presumed drowned after a shipwreck off Greece, which European officials have called the “worst ever tragedy” in the Mediterranean. Far from a chance event, it’s the latest result of an EU border regime built on thousands of deaths at sea.
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party Wants to Continue Destroying the NHS
If it wins the next general election in the UK, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party could try to fix the damage inflicted on the National Health Service by years of Tory austerity. But Labour seems set on further privatizing the NHS.
McCarthyite Laws Targeting Leftists Are Still on the Books Across the Country
Communists were excluded from an Oklahoma Pride festival recently based on an old McCarthyite state law. The incident is a reminder of how easily the Red Scare’s mechanisms for state repression can be revived in 21st-century America.
For the Love of God, Stop Saying Trump Was an Antiwar President
The only way you can argue that President Donald Trump bucked the hawkish Washington consensus is if you ignore Trump’s entire foreign policy record.
Health Insurers Are Boosting CEO Pay to Astronomical Heights While Their Customers Suffer
Health insurance companies are spending more and more money on stock buybacks — boosting their CEOs’ pay to obscene levels even while insurers’ out-of-pocket requirements are burying 100 million Americans under a mountain of medical debt.
Jacobin-Cosponsored Conference Convenes 80 Elected Officials and Staff in Washington, DC
Jacobin, DSA Fund, and The Nation magazine joined forces to host the highly anticipated “How We Win: The Democratic Socialist Policy Agenda in Office” conference in Washington, DC, last weekend.
Understanding North Korea, Beyond Its Palace Intrigue
Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, looks destined for power in North Korea. But political dynamics in the country are far more complex than Western observers often appreciate.
Canada’s Political Elites Are Climate Criminals in the Pocket of Big Oil
The promises of environmental stewardship from Canada’s political establishment clash with its support for fossil fuel interests. With each mile of country that burns in wildfire, this unwavering support for the oil industry is looking more and more deranged.
The Housing Crisis Is Class War
A new book on the housing crisis in Canada poses the idea that the housing crisis is simply a result of the housing market working in exactly the way it was designed. To break this paradigm, the tenant class must organize and build political power.