Yi San is a freelance writer based in New York.
Strikes are essential for workers, which is why Cynthia Nixon pushed to legalize them for New York public-sector workers. That stance threatened bosses’ interests — which is why Andrew Cuomo, Bill de Blasio, and even some union leaders pushed to keep them illegal.
Labour’s conference showed a party confident in its answers to Britain’s economic woes. The Tory equivalent has exposed a government bereft of ideas.
John McCain doesn’t deserve our praise. But his sense of “honor” resonated with many, even those who abhorred his politics. We can’t ignore it.
Complicated eligibility requirements are meant to undermine social programs. Arkansas just proved how well they work with its new Medicaid rules.
Socialists today don’t have to reinvent the wheel — we can learn from the successes and failures of past American radicals, including the New Communist Movement.
The infuriating saga of UPMC, Pittsburgh’s abusive, profit-hungry hospital giant, is a cautionary tale. The lesson? Private economic power must be subjected to democratic control.
An accurate telling of the Israel-Palestine conflict would tell of Israel violently colonizing Palestine with US support. Instead, media outlets present fables in which both sides are equally to blame.
The push for “creativity” at work and in society is about serving capital’s needs.
Bangladeshi authorities have jailed the internationally renowned photographer Shahidul Alam — the latest move by the nation’s elites to repress those who speak up for social justice and democratic rights.
Set in contemporary Russia, Keith Gessen’s new novel captures the cost of modern life.
Larry Krasner is Philadelphia’s radical district attorney. His latest reforms stop short of ending civil forfeiture, but they could open the door for more transformative possibilities.
The guys like Brett Kavanaugh who run the show have no special qualities or insights that should oblige us to put up with their bullshit. They would hate for us to realize that.
When the state offers unions a seat at the table, it can make their members politically passive. Is the trade-off worth it?
The primary election in New York provided socialists with some hints about how they might split the Democratic Party’s working-class base from its elite leadership.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon told Monday night’s Jacobin rally that the threat to the planet demands new forms of popular mobilization.
It’s not just the sexual assault allegations. Brett Kavanaugh’s contempt for women is a defining characteristic of his ideology — and the political movement that groomed him.
Jacobin’s Bhaskar Sunkara talks to Fernando Haddad, the Lula-backed, Workers Party candidate for president about the Brazilian elite’s contempt for democracy and whether his party can return to power.
Former Chicago police officer Jon Burge tortured black men and got away with it for almost two decades. But his atrocities also spurred a movement — one that scored a major victory against the racist criminal justice system.
Turkey’s assault on Afrin crushed a beacon of democracy in Syria. But even when Western media did mention what was happening, it presented the victims as “terrorists.”
The 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville teachers strikes pitted teachers and parents against each other. But they didn’t have to. Teachers and parents today can avoid those past mistakes and create coalitions against racism and austerity.