Making Freedom a Fact
Economic justice has always been at the core of black freedom struggles in the US.
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A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin Have a Model for Today
Bayard Rustin and A. Philip Randolph’s Jobs and Freedom Strategy offers a path forward for a Left that has become increasingly insular, minoritarian, and powerless.
Elon Musk Won’t Protect Free Speech Online
Instead of counting on an allegedly benevolent billionaire like Elon Musk to guard free speech online by buying companies like Twitter, we should just take our digital public square out of rich people’s hands and into public ownership.
Leave John Locke in the Dustbin of History
Some scholars and writers are trying to rehabilitate John Locke. They shouldn't — he was an apologist for slavery, not a champion of freedom.
Religious Freedom Laws Are a Trojan Horse for Homophobia
After the victory for marriage equality in Australia, the Right is back on the offensive with a new swathe of “religious freedom” legislation that promises to turn back the clock on LGBT rights.
Karl Marx Was for the Children
The freedom and flourishing of children were central to Marx’s vision of human emancipation and his critique of capitalism.
Another Professor Punished for Anti-Israel Views
Pro-Israel forces have consistently been on the wrong side of the academic freedom debate.
Rashida Tlaib: “Today I’m Thinking of Nelson Mandela”
Earlier today, Rashida Tlaib delivered a speech on the floor of Congress in support of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel and insisted the US must stop funding the mass slaughter in Gaza. We print the powerful address here in full.
Two Demands: Free Gaza, Free Speech
College administrators have been trying to preemptively shut down the eruption of new protests against the genocide in Gaza. The movement needs to emphasize the urgent importance of protecting free speech.
Winning Socialism Is About Winning Freedom
Bernie Sanders’s speech on socialism made a bold case for real freedom — the freedom to flourish, not just the right to be left alone.
Donald Trump Is Staying the Course
Donald Trump’s inane self-aggrandizement made listening to his State of the Union speech an exercise in endurance. It was also a reminder of how lucky the nation is that Trump’s pathologies prevent him from more ably seizing his historical moment.
University Campuses in India Will Be a Tool in the Hands of Hindu Nationalists
Elite international universities have announced plans to open campuses in India. Yet Narendra Modi’s government has made it clear these won’t be oases of academic freedom — rather, they’ll help Hindu nationalists impose censorship even outside India's borders.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Is About the Future of Free Speech
Despite some recent advances in his case against the Trump administration, Mahmoud Khalil remains confined for opposing genocide in Gaza — an imprisonment that makes a mockery of the First Amendment.
Haiti’s Revolutionary Leader Toussaint Louverture Is a Hero for Our Time
Toussaint Louverture led the greatest slave revolt in history and struck a hammer blow against racist oppression. His extraordinary life and legacy continue to inspire the freedom struggles of today.
This German Civil Servant Was Fired for Criticizing Israel
German right-wing tabloid Bild ran a smear campaign against civil servant Melanie Schweizer because of her solidarity with Palestine — and then she was fired. She told Jacobin what her case says about the reality of free speech in Germany.
What China’s New National Security Laws Mean for the Protest Movement in Hong Kong
China’s new national security laws are a significant escalation against the protest movement in Hong Kong. Rather than act through Hong Kong officials to carry out its will, Beijing has decided to directly restrict the free speech rights of Hong Kong residents.
How Liberalism Betrayed the Enlightenment and Lost Its Soul
In the anti-communist climate of the Cold War, prominent liberal thinkers abandoned the Enlightenment’s ambitions for a society of real freedom and equality. The consequences have badly warped US politics to this day.
The Socialist Journey
Martin Hägglund’s This Life deftly weaves religion, philosophy, and political economy to produce a moving vision of a socialist ethos. But it fails to grapple with the problems that will attend the journey beyond capitalism.
We Need Democratic Media, Not Corporate or State Propaganda
Public broadcasting isn’t the enemy of free speech. Profit-driven media is. Trump’s attack on NPR and PBS distracts from the real path away from censorship and toward viewpoint diversity: a large, democratically controlled, publicly funded media ecosystem.
What Eugene Debs and the Socialist Party Can Teach Us About Freedom
Jeff Bezos wants us to believe that allowing billionaires to wield enormous power makes us all better off. Eugene Debs and the Socialist Party, founded 120 years ago this summer, had a very different vision for society: one of empowered workers and freedom from domination.