Remembering Michael Jamal Brooks
Michael sought to make the world rather than be made by it.
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Remembering Our Friend and Comrade Michael Brooks
We lost an irreplaceable part of the Jacobin family today. Let’s honor the life and legacy of Michael Brooks.
Canada Has a Trust Problem. Spoiler: It’s Because of Class Conflict.
A recently released public opinion poll points to low and dropping trust in Canada across areas of concern. But trust doesn’t just disappear — low trust is the inevitable result of capitalist depredation leaving working people in a constant state of struggle.
Sheryl Sandberg’s Trickle-Down Feminism Stands Exposed
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg has been exposed as a corporate thug. But that was implicit in her lean-in philosophy all along.
For Chobani’s Fair Trade Certification to Live Up to Its Promises, We’ll Need Organized Labor
Greek yogurt juggernaut Chobani touts its fair trade certification as proof that it treats its workers well. But fair trade certification glosses over the fundamentally unequal and exploitative power dynamics of bosses over workers, at Chobani and workplaces everywhere.
The World Still Needs Our Democratic Socialist Vision
Against all odds, for ten years Jacobin has survived, and thrived, as a forum for critique and debate, as a resource for people trying to make sense of the world around them. But we’ve only been able to do it with your help.
Why Don’t We Call Corporate Handouts “Corruption”?
The Biden White House purports to be worried about corruption — just not the kind now dominating American politics, in which every new policy includes gigantic giveaways to corporations.
2020 Will See an Elite Crack-Up of Epic Proportions
If the establishment got this nervous about Donald Trump in 2016, then imagine how much they'll meltdown with the rise of democratic-socialist Bernie Sanders in 2020.
Today Is a Day to Celebrate Union Victory and Emancipation
April 9, the day that the American Civil War ended in 1865, should be a national holiday celebrating the defeat of the Confederacy, the end of slavery, and the triumph of liberty.
Going the Last Mile
Trump's specious attacks on Amazon missed the real issue: the giant retailer is exploiting USPS workers to fill in the gaps of its own union-busting model.
In the 1970s, Migrants From Turkey Built a Thriving Socialist Movement in Melbourne
When migrants from Turkey arrived in Melbourne in the 1970s and ’80s, they brought socialist traditions with them. The result was a range of thriving cultural associations that organized strikes, education, mutual aid, events, and solidarity campaigns.
It’s Time to Throw Off Our Digital Chains
As data-mining companies and government decision-making edge ever closer, it is not just our digital privacy that’s at risk, but our very capacity to organize in solidarity.
What’s Next for Podemos?
Podemos MP Manolo Monereo discusses the party’s origins, its first crisis, and what it would mean for it to govern.
The Counterculture’s Come-to-Jesus Moment
How a corruption of New Left ideology became fodder for the religious right.
Where Despots Rule
The American workplace is marked more by hierarchy and domination than democracy and freedom.
A Class Struggle Spirit Is Returning to the Labor Movement
In the past year, we’ve seen large, militant strikes by autoworkers, Hollywood writers, and others. It’s a promising sign that, after decades of weakness, the US labor movement is ready to take the fight to the boss.
Canada’s New Centrist Party Is the World’s Most Pointless Political Party
In Canada, a business class brain trust is launching a new centrist party for the upcoming election. With workers suffering multiple crises in housing and household debt, Canada needs a new centrist party like it needs a hole in the head.
Crypto Bros Are Trying to Buy an Island in the Pacific
Crypto millionaires are attempting to buy an island in the Southwest Pacific. It’s the latest in a long line of schemes by libertarians asserting the rights of private capital above all else.
Between Judges and Generals
The ouster of Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif is yet another example of the judiciary's selectiveness and the military's undue influence.
Boeing’s Profit Seeking Puts Passengers in Danger
Earlier this month, a gaping hole opened in the side of a Boeing airplane with hundreds of passengers on board. If Boeing had prioritized safety upgrades over lavish executive salaries and stock buybacks, this disaster might not have happened.