The War on Terror’s Reeducation Camps
After 9/11, Western governments launched a domestic "war on terror" to surveil and police Muslims. Now, China is using the same framework to justify reeducation camps and mass repression.
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Local 804 Says No
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters leadership is trying to force a concessionary contract on a quarter-million UPS workers. Now there's pushback.
Obamacare Lives
Trump's moves to “sabotage” Obamacare are hardly a death blow for the health law.
Behind #BernieMadeMeWhite
The creator of the popular hashtag on how the media misrepresents Bernie's base.
The Good King’s Return
Market Basket workers are striking for a “benevolent” boss, but their protest is a reminder of the power of militant workplace action.
Workers and Debtors of the World, Unite!
Under finance capitalism, we can exert power by collectively leveraging not just our labor but also our debts. This May Day, let's think about worker organizing and debtor organizing as part of the same struggle.
When the Left Grew Up
When Jacobin was founded in the aftermath of the financial crisis, the Left wasdominated by academic jargon, sectarian organizations, and samba bands. Ten yearslater, we have a long way to go, but it’s become a lot easier to talk about socialismas a real political force.
Ernst Nolte’s Revenge
Conflations of Bolshevism and Nazism are the order of the day. Ernst Nolte would be pleased.
No More Backroom Deals
A draconian proposal threatened Massachusetts teachers. Here’s how they defeated it.
No, We Don’t Want a “War Economy” to Deal With the Pandemic
Many pundits have likened the massive government interventions in response to COVID-19 to states' resource mobilization during the World Wars. But this “war socialism” has never been the same thing as serving human need — and today it’s being used as a means of propping up private capital.
Michael Bloomberg Isn’t a Smug Technocratic Centrist. He’s Something Far Worse
An admirer of dictators, a lowbrow misogynist, an unfiltered bigot — Michael Bloomberg is the only Democratic contender who might actually be worse than Trump.
Socialists Must Defend Trans Life
The Trump administration is attacking trans people's right to access society as a whole. In response, socialists must make trans emancipation a principle of our movement.
J. B. Pritzker Should Lift Illinois’s Rent Control Ban to Provide Relief for Renters
Illinois cannot act to provide relief for its renters struggling under the coronavirus pandemic because of a 1997 rent control ban pushed by the Right. But this could change if its governor, J. B. Pritzker, used his emergency powers to lift that ban and aid the millions of Illinoisans who can’t pay the rent.
The Personal and the Political
Rolling Stone's controversial article shows why individual narratives have to be wedded to a wider analysis.
The Biden Method
For Joe Biden, the pursuit of compromise is an end in itself. That's what happens when you see politics as a giant boys’ club rather than a site of struggle.
Israel’s Young Settler Vanguard
In the West Bank, at-risk youth are recast as pioneers — funded by Israeli ministries and US tax-deductible charities and deployed to harass, dispossess, and drive Palestinians from their land.
Africa’s Health Care Only Works for the Wealthy
Years of IMF and World Bank reforms have created two-tiered health care systems across Africa. In Kenya, the private sector is out of reach for most, but public health care has been wrecked by budget cuts and the introduction of fees for many services.
Chicago City Council Just Stabbed Tipped Workers in the Back
After a blitz by restaurant industry lobbyists, Chicago’s city council voted last week to maintain the subminimum wage for service workers, keeping them stuck in precarity and poverty wages.
Wolves in Youth’s Clothing
A new crop of young Democratic Party challengers is running on generational politics alone, hoping to capitalize on voters’ hunger for change without running afoul of the centrist establishment.
Keir Starmer Used His Power to Trample on Human Rights
Keir Starmer marketed himself as a human rights lawyer who stood up for the downtrodden. As Britain’s prime minister, he showed nothing but contempt for human rights law, and he now leaves behind a disgraceful record of authoritarian policies.