In Defense of the Ferguson Riots
The protesters in Ferguson aren’t irrational or apolitical. They are calling attention to their basic, unmet needs.
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Burn the Constitution Once Again
The Constitution didn’t stop Trump — it made his reign possible.
NYSUT’s Teachable Moment
New York State United Teachers members have an opportunity to create a broad educational justice movement — if they can move their union away from politics as usual.
Power to Which People?
Progressives should be less concerned about how people are protesting and more concerned about who is mobilizing and what they’re fighting for.
Free Press Has No Place in Bukele’s El Salvador
El Salvador’s authoritarian president Nayib Bukele is expected to win reelection on Sunday in defiance of the country’s constitution. His crackdown on press freedom has already sent El Salvador’s leading independent news outlet into exile.
The Future of the Cuban Revolution
Since Raúl Castro assumed power in 2006 promising reforms, Cuban politics has seen the slow emergence of new tendencies and debates. The prospects for the country's left, however, remain uncertain.
Chavismo From Below
Why some Venezuelan socialists have broken with President Nicolás Maduro.
Ed Broadbent Was a Socialist Because He Believed in Democracy
Canadian socialist Ed Broadbent died last month at the age of 87. Jacobin’s Luke Savage, a friend and coauthor of Broadbent’s most recent book, reflects on Broadbent’s impactful career, his ideas, and his enduring legacy within the socialist left.
One, Two, Many Chicago Teachers’ Strikes
How an uncompromising spirit lead the CTU to victory.
The Schizophrenic State
The American government’s response to the 2007–8 financial crisis reveals an increasing tension between its domestic and global responsibilities.
How Union Reformers Took Over the Vermont AFL-CIO
In 2019, local union members of the Vermont AFL-CIO elected officers to top positions in an attempt to make the federation more progressive, democratic, and effective. Their record is impressive.
Managing Bolivian Capitalism
Evo Morales’s administration has scored some successes, but it has failed to deliver on its more radical promises.
Forced Migration and Detention Are the Real Immigration Crisis
While Republicans cry “invasion” and Democrats placate them with hard-line border policy, immigrants languish in prisons or die in dangerous passage. A rational approach to immigration must both address the causes of displacement and protect those who migrate.
War Isn’t Working for American Workers
While Pentagon budgets have steadily increased in recent years, the arms industry has become more consolidated, more automated, and less labor-intensive. The warfare state is not an effective economic development strategy for working people.
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele Committed Blatant Election Fraud
This month, incumbent Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele seemed poised to easily win reelection and sweep the legislature with his New Ideas party. But when his legislative supermajority appeared in doubt, Bukele and his supporters resorted to outright fraud.
When Revenge Goes Wrong
Instead of a captivating revenge film, The Revenant quickly becomes an overwrought mess.
Colombia’s Left Government Is Pursuing Ambitious Labor Reform
Colombia’s left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, is fighting for a comprehensive labor reform package that will protect workers and restore unions after decades of violence and suppression. Conservative forces are intent on stopping the reform in its tracks.
Don’t Disrupt the Disruptors
Union workers – especially union workers on strike – really piss the Bay Area technorati off.
Back to the Fragments
A socialist-feminist classic appeared just as Thatcherism began pulverizing the Left. Today, should it be read as historical document or a blueprint for action?
Tea Party Yankees
Today's Republican extremism owes more to the Constitution that established the Union than the secessionists who sundered it. It's Hoover's party — and Madison's — not Calhoun's.