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Despite his later denial, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wanted to keep a line open to Jeffrey Epstein. Emails between the two suggest that the world of the Big Tech elite is less a back room of evil geniuses than rich dullards discussing goofy ideas.
Like many left-wing groups in the 1970s, the International Socialists hoped to build the class struggle by making a “turn to industry.” The IS’s efforts generated an important legacy in the form of Labor Notes and Teamsters for a Democratic Union.
Unions have the resources to organize Amazon and are already working to do so. Building Amazon “labor tables” in key metro areas — regular meetings where unions agree to coordinate their efforts — will be crucial to advancing organizing efforts further.
In one email to Jeffrey Epstein, former CEO of Barclays Jes Staley explains that the reason the masses aren’t in revolt against the rich is that they’re placated by consumerism and celebrity culture. Unfortunately for them, people aren’t that easy to deceive.
When the Department of Homeland Security was first created, Congress established a civil-rights watchdog office for DHS and its various arms, including ICE. Amid mounting concerns about DHS’s rights violations, Trump has been erasing the oversight office.
From the Americas to the Middle East, the US is deploying the crudest forms of imperial aggression to shore up its power. This is ultimately a sign of weakness rather than strength, as the foundations upon which the US empire rested are crumbling.
Under the Trump administration, the SEC has taken a sledgehammer to enforcement against corporate crimes, with cases dropping to record lows — at the same time that corporate lobbying of the federal government has surged to unprecedented levels.
Mohammed Harbi went from participating in Algeria’s independence struggle to writing some of the most important books about its history. Harbi, who died last month at the age of 92, was a creative Marxist thinker and a champion of democracy in Algeria.
Co-ops are often dismissed as attempts to create islands of socialism. But building democratically controlled tech infrastructure can be part of a wider movement for working-class power.
After Human Rights Watch blocked a report on Israel’s denial of the Palestinian right of return, its Israel-Palestine team resigned. One team member, Omar Shakir, spoke to Jacobin about why rights NGOs fail to confront the issue.
Lucrative deals selling empty warehouses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine are being quietly facilitated by a handful of powerful real estate brokers.
Just as workers can withhold labor to halt production, tenants can withhold rent to challenge corporate landlords. In Los Angeles, a coalition of tenants and debtors is proving that housing is a site of real economic power.