The Right to Strike
"Right-to-work" is coming to the public sector. The key to survival is social movement unionism.
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Education, Inc.
A Jacobin investigation finds widespread corruption at one of the nation’s largest charter school networks.
The 2014 Jacobin Mixtape
The last year in Jacobin, lovingly compiled.
Will the Spill Spark a Movement?
A year after the devastating West Virginia chemical spill, residents have organized. But preventing another tragedy will require taking on the energy industry.
When Taking Power Isn’t Enough
Reformers took power in the British Columbia teachers union in the late '90s. Their tenure has much to teach US unionists.
We Don’t Want Mark Zuckerberg’s Charity
Every dollar in Mark Zuckerberg's private charity is a dollar wrested from public coffers — and democratic control.
Big Problems, Fake Solutions
The Black Lives Matter movement is calling for fundamental change. But all elites are offering is tepid reform.
Austerity’s Billy Club
The Bay Area's transit system shows that austerity and police violence go hand in hand.
Beyond the “Madman”
A Marxist pilot on the Germanwings plane crash.
Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015)
Eduardo Galeano was a man of letters who lived a life of resistance.
Challenging the Industrial Narrative
Railroad workers are increasingly rejecting the old "jobs versus environment" story.
Time Is Political
The fight to control the working day remains one of our most important labor struggles.
Saviors From on High
Twenty years ago, the New Voice reformers came to power in the AFL-CIO. Their failure shows a revived labor movement can only come from below.
How Boston Kicked Out the Olympics
Activists defeated the Boston Olympics bid by doing what its proponents refused to: going to the people.
The Making of the American Police State
How did we end up with millions behind bars and police armed like soldiers?
A United Front
A strong alliance between Fight for 15 and Black Lives Matter would propel both movements forward.
It’s All About a Salary
The new biopic Straight Outta Compton is more mixtape than manifesto.
Dismantling the Low-Wage Economy
It's about more than fast-food workers. Fight for 15 is taking on an economic model built off poverty wages.
“I Am Skeptical That Capitalism Has a Future”
Cory Doctorow on the surveillance state, Edward Snowden, and the core values of a utopian society.
The Dynamics of Retreat
The same politics that underpinned the welfare state brought about its collapse.