Paying Dues
Ending dues check-off will not reverse the labor movement’s bureaucratization and conservatism.
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This Isn’t Work, It’s Exploitation
Italian workers occupy an ever-lower place in the European division of labor.
New York’s Mayoral Race Has Frustrated the Left — But the Tide May Soon Turn
Polling places open tomorrow in New York City as the race to succeed mayor Bill de Blasio effectively comes to an end. The campaign has been endlessly frustrating for the city's left — but its chances in other upcoming races look quite good.
Emmanuel Macron Is Creating a Liberalism Without Civil Liberties
On Tuesday, France's National Assembly passed a bill effectively banning citizens from posting videos of police officers. Emmanuel Macron is trampling on historic press freedoms in order to prove himself as a "law-and-order" president — an authoritarian turn which makes a mockery of his claimed defense of liberal values.
France’s Change of Prime Minister Won’t Revive Emmanuel Macron’s Government
Emmanuel Macron has appointed 34-year-old Gabriel Attal as France’s new prime minister. The bid to give his government a new progressive face suffers one big problem: French people haven’t forgotten its deeply anti-social record.
Arizona Versus the Privatizers
Arizona has long been ground zero for school privatization. Striking educators now have a chance to turn back the tide.
The Outcome in Arizona
After six days of striking, Arizona educators are returning to work. Jacobin spoke with three strike leaders to assess the settlement.
Why Oakland’s Striking Teachers Won
Though educators did not achieve all their demands, Oakland’s teachers strike transformed the city, won important gains, and empowered educators to take on the billionaire education privatizers.
The GOP’s Groyper Fringe Became Its Future
The rise of Nick Fuentes and the GOP’s radicalization reflects decades of intellectual groundwork and the material decline that pushed a generation toward conspiracy-laden populism.
Democrats Did Their Best Bernie Impression in the Midterms
Put their 2026 midterms side by side with previous campaigns, and it’s clear: Democrats won in red states by sounding less like Democrats and more like Bernie Sanders.
The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Universities
When Britain’s Labour Party introduced tuition fees in 1998, they did so ostensibly to fund the expansion of higher education. But underlying this decision was the confused idea that social mobility could be an alternative to economic redistribution.
How the Ruling Class Remade New Orleans
The language of social justice has been used to sell intensified neoliberalism in post-Katrina New Orleans.
The Left Must Seize This Moment, or Others Will
The COVID-19 pandemic will transform our world. Massive state intervention is essential to head off an unprecedented slump. We must come out of this crisis with a better society.
It’s Time for Salting to Make a Comeback
At Starbucks, Amazon, UPS, and many other workplaces, there are enormous opportunities for radicals to organize on shop floors. If you want to rebuild the labor movement, get a job and start organizing with your coworkers.
Roman Rosdolsky Breathed New Life Into Marx’s Capital
Ukrainian Marxist Roman Rosdolsky survived the Nazi concentration camps and went on to write one of the most important books about the making of Karl Marx’s Capital, paving the way for a revival of Marxist economic theory from the 1960s.
What Social Democracy Delivers
Ted Cruz is wrong. Workers in more social-democratic countries are richer and freer than in the US.
The Ideals of the Jewish Labor Bund Have Outlived Nazi Genocide
In tsarist Russia and interwar Poland, the Jewish Bund developed a socialist alternative to Zionism while fighting against antisemitic oppression. The neglected international history of their movement is a vital resource for our own time.
Keir Starmer Will Make Britain Even More of a US Lapdog
As Keir Starmer’s Labour Party coasts toward power, its foreign policy discussion is all about being an outrider for Washington. As geopolitical conflict heats up, it wants to make Britain the US’s most implacable ally on the European continent.
W. E. B. Du Bois Was the Father of Pan-African Socialism
The author of Black Reconstruction was also one of the pioneers of Pan-African socialism. Working with and influencing figures like George Padmore, C. L. R. James, and Kwame Nkrumah, Du Bois sowed the seeds of global revolt against racism and capitalism.
Labor Must Take on Capital
Unions must expand beyond narrow bargaining to challenge those who hold wealth and power at the highest levels.