In Denmark, the Center Did Not Hold
Tuesday’s Danish election punished the Social Democrats as well as their center-right government partners. The result again showed voters’ distaste for managerial coalitions spanning the neoliberal center ground.
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Forty Years Ago, a Million People Descended on New York’s Central Park to Demand Peace
Forty years ago this week, Michael Myerson was one of the organizers for the largest rally in American history against nuclear weapons. The real highlight for him, though, was getting to tell Mayor Ed Koch to go f — himself.
Greece’s Golden Dawn Aren’t Just Nazis — They’re Violent Mafiosi, Too
After a trial lasting over five years, tomorrow will see the verdict on murder and racketeering charges against 68 members of neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. A lawyer representing some of the victims explains why Golden Dawn is a mafia organization — and why justice demands a guilty verdict.
Down Might Be Worse Than Out
The Right's strategy for undermining unions may be a shade more subtle than we think.
“NatalCon” and the Contradictions of the Pronatalist Right
Last month’s gathering of pronatalists in Austin, Texas, revealed a right-wing milieu riven by internal contradictions — and without a plausible plan to significantly increase birth rates.
Sara Nelson: Let’s Show Bosses They’re Lucky to Have Our Work
For 50 years, bosses have extorted concessions from workers while saying we’re “lucky to have jobs.” Now, Association of Flight Attendants president Sara Nelson writes in Jacobin, workers need to make bosses understand they’re lucky to have our work.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Problem in the Age of AI
AI is understood to be an unstoppable force, but it is still wholly dependent on human labor to function. Whether these technologies liberate or create misery will depend on who controls their development and deployment.
Fareed Zakaria Has No Idea How the Nordic Model Works
Just about everything Fareed Zakaria says about Bernie Sanders, the Nordics, and social democracy is incorrect. He’s faked his way through another column on something he knows nothing about.
The War on Terror Enabled Donald Trump’s Authoritarianism
Preemptive war without congressional approval and unchecked executive power were normalized during the “war on terror.” Trump is following the path set by Bush and Obama but pushing it to dangerous extremes, writes CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou.
I’m on Strike at Rutgers to Fight the Uberification of Higher Education
I’m a lecturer at Rutgers University, and yesterday, I joined my fellow academic workers in striking for the first time in the university’s 250-year history. Our fight against precarious working conditions affects the entire working class.
The Surgeon General and the Wellness-Industrial Complex
Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Casey Means, has been cast as everything from guru to sellout. But behind the fanfare lies something more familiar: a health-tech entrepreneur selling wearables and wellness with antiestablishment rhetoric.
Ireland’s Working Class Is Still the Key Force for Social Change
Irish politics has been shifting toward greater class polarization in recent years, defying academic predictions about the death of class. The modern working class has taken a new shape, but it still has the potential to mobilize for radical change.
Brad Lander Is Demanding an AIPAC-Free Congressional Race
Former NYC Comptroller Brad Lander is demanding Rep. Dan Goldman sign a “People’s Pledge” ahead of the congressional primary pitting the two against each other to limit the influence of lobbying groups like AIPAC on campaign funding and advertising.
The Postal Banking Solution
The post office can offer financial services that private banks won’t. In fact, it's done it before.
Seize the Charities
Private charity will never cure capitalism's ills. Only working-class organizations can do that.
In Italy, Punjabi Farmworkers Are Treated as Expendable
After decades working the fields in Italy, Balvir Kumar “Birra” was still paid barely five euros an hour. Killed in an accident last month, his story shows how little value Italy’s vast food industry puts on its workers’ lives.
The Soviet Crisis Was Predictable. Its Outcome Was Not.
The Soviet collapse in 1991 was so sudden and comprehensive that it came to seem inevitable. New work by historians of the USSR asks whether the system’s crisis could have ended in reform of its structures rather than disintegration.
Congress Has Failed to Extend Unemployment Benefits. We Need Them Desperately, and Much More.
The federal relief measures Congress passed this spring were already inadequate. Now they’ve lapsed and millions are facing financial ruin. Here’s a breakdown of what those bills actually did, who benefited, and what we need to do now.
Emmanuel Macron Has Boosted France’s Corporate Welfare State
French capitalism has been underperforming for decades, but its companies still expect to receive generous state support without giving much in return. Emmanuel Macron has carried this policy of corporate welfare to new heights.
Anti-Imperialists Today Must Push for Full-Scale Nuclear Disarmament
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revealed the new reality of great-power conflict, underwritten by nuclear weapons. Our task is to reject aligning with one of the great powers and to instead push for across-the-board nuclear disarmament.