What David Dinkins Taught Us
Whatever his failings, the late New York mayor David Dinkins's historic stature and contributions to the common good gave him a unique place in the democratic socialist movement.
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Republicans and Industrial Policy After Trump
Some right-wing populists are making a bid to outflank the Democrats on industrial policy as part of their attempt to make the Republicans into a “workers’ party.” The best way to defeat them is to make the Green New Deal the centerpiece of progressive twenty-first-century industrial policy.
The Moral Core of Socialism Is Our Responsibility to Each Other
To avoid runaway climate change, we need to transform our societies' economic priorities. But the Green New Deal can't succeed unless it enjoys working people's active support — and starts out from their existing moral assumptions.
The Left in Purgatory
Socialists in the United States are stuck. How do we become masters of our own fate?
Charles Koch Is Trying to Gut the EPA’s Power to Limit Carbon Emissions
Dark money groups funded by the fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch are lobbying Supreme Court justices to block the Environmental Protection Agency from limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
Elites Want to “Save” American Democracy by Signing Its Death Warrant
Once again, pundits have begun beating the drums for a presidential ticket split between a Democrat and a Republican in 2024. It’s a return to the elitist thinking that was still dominant in 2016 — and a recipe for disaster in the fight against the Right.
To Force Climate Action, We Need More Than Just Protests
Two years ago, the Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion both captured media attention through bold direct action. Since then, Sunrise has combined protest with political work challenging fossil-fuel interests. XR and other groups tepid about electoral politics should do the same.
Joe Biden’s Cabinet Is on Loan From Corporate America
As Joe Biden staffs his incoming administration, battle lines have been drawn between progressives and centrists. But the real winner has been corporate America, whose lobbyists and consultants have been getting the bulk of the plum jobs.
The Political Isn’t Personal
In a world where the political is personal, we signal our political goodness — and hunt for political badness.
We Need Public Housing, Not Affordable Housing
Homeownership is out of reach for millions in Canada and the US. One well-meaning response to this crisis has been to call for more affordable housing. But we should be demanding more social housing instead.
Jeremy Corbyn: Why I’m Launching a Project for Peace and Justice
Today, Jeremy Corbyn is launching a global Project for Peace and Justice to take forward the causes he championed as Labour leader. He told Jacobin about his hopes for the initiative — and why he refuses to be cowed by the attacks he has endured.
The Stimulus Bill Subsidizes Defense Contractors While Denying Direct Payments to Workers
The stimulus bill currently under consideration in Congress does not include direct payments to the millions of workers struggling to survive. That’s an outrage — and, as a further slap in the face, the legislation subsidizes defense contractors.
We Can’t Survive on $600. The New Relief Bill Is Not a Victory.
Democrats refused to seize a rare opportunity to outmaneuver Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell. They settled for a COVID relief bill that skimps on benefits, provides tax breaks to the rich, and pulls us toward austerity extremism.
We Don’t Need a Culture War. We Need a Class War.
“Polarization” isn’t intrinsically good or bad, but the kind we have now is a roadblock to progress. We need to find ways to depolarize along culture war lines and repolarize along class war lines.
Students at Columbia and the University of Manchester Are Rejecting Austerity in Higher Ed
Across the world, universities have seen rising tuition costs, bloated administrations, and worsening conditions for students in recent decades. By organizing a rent strike at the University of Manchester and a tuition strike at Columbia, undergraduates at the two schools are drawing a line in the sand against higher-ed austerity.
Columbia University’s Tuition Strike Is Only the Beginning
Three thousand students at Columbia University have pledged to begin a tuition strike next semester if administrators do not concede to their demands. The strike is part of the nationwide student movement to end university austerity, resist rising student debt, and democratize the university.
Barack Obama Has Nothing to Say About Central America
In his recently released memoir A Promised Land, Barack Obama has neatly removed Central America from his narrative of the first years of his presidency. Perhaps he thought no one would notice.
Disney’s Affordable Housing Plan Is Self-Interest, Not Socialism
Conservatives are convinced that Disney is trying to implement a radical left agenda. But even with its altruistic-seeming new housing development for workers, the company is just looking out for the bottom line.
Peter Mertens: This Pandemic Shows How Elites Have Forgotten Us
With 18,000 dead out of a population smaller than Ohio's, Belgium has suffered the world's worst rate of coronavirus deaths. Belgian Workers' Party leader Peter Mertens told Jacobin how the population has been abandoned by the country's elites — and why things didn't have to be this way.
Noam Chomsky: Fight the Class Struggle or Get it in the Neck
As Noam Chomsky puts it in a recent interview, “unless working people take part in the class struggle, they're going to get it in the neck.”