Will the Spill Spark a Movement?
A year after the devastating West Virginia chemical spill, residents have organized. But preventing another tragedy will require taking on the energy industry.
19403 Articles by: William G. Martin
William G. Martin teaches at SUNY-Binghamton and is co-author of After Prisons? Freedom, Decarceration, and Justice Disinvestment (2016) and a founding member of Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier; he covers local justice matters at www.justtalk.blog
The Sound of the Police
The point of a strike is to stop production to show the work you do is essential. The NYPD slowdown has proven the opposite.
The Greek Right
With New Democracy just behind Syriza in the polls and an array of even more radical groups mobilized, the Greek right cannot be ignored.
The Prison of the Possible
Doug Henwood on the question of the state, how to stop Hillary Clinton, and why today’s left should embrace its counterculture roots.
A Greek Election Primer
What’s underway in Greece is a historic clash between the exploited and their exploiters.
Lessons from Vermont
What does Vermont’s failed single-payer plan tell us about future reform efforts?
Greening Malthus
The emphasis on family planning as an environmental fix distracts us from more fundamental reforms.
On Charlie Hebdo
The murder of Charlie Hebdo journalists is appalling. But we should fear the coming Islamophobic backlash.
The Paranoid Style in Brazilian Politics
The slow decline of the Brazilian Workers’ Party has emboldened the country’s growing right wing.
Ireland’s Resurgent Left
The Irish anti-austerity movement is changing what’s politically possible on the island.
The False Friends of Kobanê
The significance of the struggle in Kobanê cannot be overstated. But real international solidarity won’t come in the form of military intervention.
“There Was No Question of Anybody Walking Out”
An interview with one of the founders of England’s Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, the subject of the new movie Pride.
Bringing Labor Back
Labor-management partnerships will not revive the union movement.
Punk Rock and Shitty Jobs
Sarah Jaffe explores how the new tools, tactics, and styles of young radicals are changing the Left.
When Rioting is Rational
“Riots” aren’t random occurrences. They’re a reaction to structural oppression.
Beyond Impossible Reform and Improbable Revolution
David Harvey and Leo Panitch on the contradictions of capitalism and how to build movements that go beyond localism.
The 2014 Jacobin Mixtape
The last year in Jacobin, lovingly compiled.
When History Knocks
Naomi Klein rightly blames capitalism for climate change. But she doesn’t go far enough.
Keep Marching On
The recent killing of two New York City police officers can’t be allowed to silence the movement against police brutality.
Smash the Lynch Mob
The labor movement should rally against police violence, whether police unions like it or not.