For Health and Freedom
Civil rights activists knew their struggle was incomplete without winning a just health care system. They're an inspiration for single-payer activists today.
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Do-It-Yourself Class Struggle
One lesson from the West Virginia teachers’ strike is clear: nobody is coming to save us. We’ll have to do it ourselves.
You Get What You Pray For
The ultra-conservative pastor Robert Jeffress preaches white supremacy, misogyny, and homophobia. No wonder Donald Trump loves him.
Organize. Strike. Organize
Capitalism is always in flux. What hasn't changed is the power of the strike.
Half the Way with Mao Zedong
How Students for a Democratic Society went from building a mass movement to embracing the politics of self-destruction.
A Line in the Sand
Bernie Sanders’ Workplace Democracy Act promises a fundamental shift of power toward working people.
Building Worker Power on the Docks
Dock workers in San Francisco and Durban, South Africa, have huge amounts of strategic leverage in the global economy. Both have long used that power not just to fight for better wages, but also to fight imperialism and racism.
When the Old World Unraveled
Before 1968, we felt confident in everything. Afterwards, we knew everything had to change.
Feds Watching
We obtained the FBI's files on Delmer Berg, a Communist and Abraham Lincoln Brigade veteran. They show the bureau's determination to surveil and crush dissent.
A Soldier for Peace
The life of French General Jacques Pâris de Bollardière shows how the strongest voices against war and militarism can come from the military’s own ranks.
John McCain Wasn’t a Hero
John McCain's greatest achievement was convincing the world through charming banter and occasional opposition to his party's agenda that he was anything other than a reactionary, bloodthirsty war hawk.
The Legacy of Black Reconstruction
W. E. B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction in America thrust African Americans into the role of historical actors and showed that the black freedom struggle has always been one for radical democracy.
“I Lifted Up Mine Eyes to Ghana”
W. E. B. Du Bois died on this day in 1963. Few figures were more influential in shaping the struggle against colonialism.
The Movement Against “Modern Day Slavery”
American prisons are barbaric. The national prisoners’ strike is a righteous response to those horrendous conditions.
Defend the Post Office, Defend Black Workers
The United States Postal Service is a crucial institution for black workers in America. That's why Bernie Sanders's strong support for defending and expanding the USPS is a key racial justice issue.
Segregation Is Back — And It’s Profitable
Capitalism has ushered in a new era of racial segregation in the Bay Area. To change course, we need to fight the economic exploitation that’s driving it.
How Class Should Be Central
A strategic focus on uniting the working class doesn’t mean marginalizing the struggle against racism and sexism.
How Flight Attendants Grounded Trump’s Shutdown
Sara Nelson, the flight attendants union leader whose strike threat helped end the government shutdown, speaks to Jacobin. “There are no labor rights without the right to strike.”
A Green New Deal for Housing
A Green New Deal can’t deliver economic or environmental justice without tackling the housing crisis. We should go big and build 10 million beautiful, public, no-carbon homes over the next 10 years.