The Most Suspect Name in News
Sarah Isgur Flores’s whole career is based on shading the truth at the behest of the GOP. Bafflingly, she’ll now be driving CNN’s news coverage.
21023 Article(s) by: Tiffany McCoy
Tiffany McCoy is the executive director of House Our Neighbors and one of the managers of the Proposition 1A campaign.
Oakland Teachers Are Striking Against Billionaire Privatizers
Oakland teachers are on strike today to defeat plans by the superrich to take over and dismantle their public schools.
“This Campaign Is Literally Making Socialists”
Ugo Okere is a 22-year-old Nigerian immigrant and democratic socialist running for Chicago City Council. In an interview, he describes his history as an activist, the smears he’s faced from the incumbent, and why democratic socialism “is about democratic control of every single facet of our life.”
The Anti-Amazon Ground Game
How New York City socialists and their allies combined electoral muscle with front-stoop politicking to keep Amazon’s headquarters out of the city.
The Green New Deal Is the Only Realistic Option
Liberals and conservatives alike love to decry AOC’s Green New Deal as “unrealistic.” But what’s really unrealistic is continuing on the path of denial and incrementalism we’re on now.
How We Answered the Lies
The attacks on Ilhan Omar mirror the bid to paint Jeremy Corbyn as an enemy of Jews. The Labour Party’s recent history tells US socialists how we can resist such smears — while also fighting antisemitism.
Amazon Is Waging Class War
Let’s call Amazon’s cancellation of its New York City headquarters what it was: a capital strike. It’s a demonstration of why we must overcome capitalists’ power over investment.
A Catastrophe Foretold
US intervention in Venezuela wouldn’t just be a catastrophe for that country — it would be a disaster for neighboring Colombia too.
Don’t Call It a Comeback
As 2020 approaches, we indulge in some crass Sunday morning horse-race punditry.
In His Own Words
Here’s Bernie Sanders in his own words — from denunciations of US militarism to his prediction that “within a decade, Mississippi could become one of the most progressive states in the country.”
West Virginia’s Political Strike Wins Big
Within hours of going on strike, West Virginia educators defeated a dangerous education privatization bill. They’ve again reminded us of a simple truth: strikes work.
The Red Menace Is Real
Donald Trump is right: the biggest threat to his administration right now isn’t from liberals. It’s from Bernie Sanders and democratic socialists.
How the NYC Left Took on Amazon and Won
The New York City left won an astonishing victory over Amazon. The triumph holds lessons for leftists everywhere.
Why Organized Labor Must Back Bernie Sanders
In 2016, union leaders admired Bernie Sanders’s long track record of fighting for the working class but considered him “unfeasible.” That’s no longer the case. Organized labor must back Sanders’s 2020 campaign.
You Can Have Brandeis or You Can Have Debs
Elizabeth Warren’s political tradition is the left edge of middle-class liberalism; Bernie Sanders hails from America’s socialist tradition. Don’t confuse the two.
Bernie Is Running, Thank God
Bernie Sanders is running for president again. His message is simple: there’s a class war raging and working people need to win it.
West Virginia Teachers Strike Again
One year after their historic victory, West Virginia educators will be going on strike again tomorrow — this time to stop a pro-privatization, anti-union bill.
“There Has to Be a Place in Society Where It’s Not About Who Your Daddy Is”
At Wright State University in Ohio, faculty recently went on one of the longest strikes in the history of public universities. Jacobin spoke with a strike leader about the assault on public education.
The War on AMLO
The Mexican and international right are united in their efforts to delegitimatize the AMLO presidency.
The Duty to Strike
Health workers have long been wary of job actions that disrupt their patients’ care. But the Irish nurses strike shows how strikes can actually defend public services and win popular support.