Why the Starbucks Union Drive Matters for All Workers
Starbucks workers are channeling the frustration shared by millions of food service workers into a unionization drive. It’s the most exciting new organizing campaign in the United States.
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Whose Violence?
In the US and around the world today, political violence is the hallmark of the Right, not the Left.
Unionizing the “Cultural Apparatus”
Don’t mourn the professional-managerial class — organize it.
The Filibuster Is Killing Democracy
Under the rules of the filibuster, a majority vote in the US Senate is far from enough to pass a law. It’s time to finally ditch this antiquated rule.
“Stopping Things Getting Worse Isn’t Enough”
This Saturday, Mattea Meyer and Cédric Wermuth are set to become the new copresidents of Switzerland’s Social Democratic Party. They told Jacobin why they think they can pull their party to the left — and stand up for those who aren’t benefiting from their country’s great wealth.
Will Democrats Try Cutting Social Security and Medicare After a Disastrous Midterms?
If Democrats lose the midterm elections, as it seems like they might, there’s a very good chance they’ll follow up by trying to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits. It’s the same thing Barack Obama did twelve years ago.
No Union Democracy, No Union Revitalization
Union democracy shouldn’t be seen as an abstract good separate from more important strategic considerations about rebuilding labor. Without democratizing labor, we can’t rebuild labor.
Joe Biden Is Not Protecting Workers From the Pandemic
Joe Biden promised to safeguard workers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, that hasn’t happened.
The Democrats Are Climate Deniers
If the Democrats really believed the science on climate change, they'd be offering far more radical proposals. We have to make them.
Listening to Trump
What did millions of voters see in Trump? His speeches hold the answer.
“The Billionaires Are Nervous. And They Should Be Nervous.”
Alexa Avilés is a community organizer in South Brooklyn, member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and candidate for New York City Council. In an interview, she discusses her history of education organizing, recent billionaire-funded scaremongering attacks against her, and why she’s running for office as part of a citywide socialist slate.
Biden Is Inching Toward War With Iran. Congress Is AWOL.
Under Donald Trump, Congress moved swiftly to block a president from starting a war with Iran. As Joe Biden allows the country to be dragged into such a war, criticism is nearly nonexistent.
Learning to Fight
Teachers everywhere are fighting against austerity.
There Is No Way Forward Without Organized Workers
Corporate leaders, reactionary Republicans, and neoliberal Democrats have told Americans to keep lowering their expectations — a better world isn’t possible. They’re wrong. But we’ll only be able to win that improved world by mobilizing workers.
The Biden Administration Is Letting Big Pharma Profiteer Off a Cancer Drug
Under existing law, Joe Biden and his health secretary have the power to lower the price of medicines developed with taxpayer funds. They’re refusing to do so for the $180,000-a-year cancer drug Xtandi — after a furious lobbying campaign by Big Pharma.
We Need a $15 Minimum Wage, Not Excuses
Dozens of congresspeople are pressing Vice President Kamala Harris to ignore the Senate parliamentarian and fulfill her $15 minimum wage promise. The Biden administration has no one to blame but themselves for inaction.
Wall Street Turbulence Is Hitting Low-Income Retail Investors
Even as pain, fear, and tariffs dictate economic outlooks, the huge companies losing billions in market capitalization can expect to recover. The millions of lower-income Americans with investment accounts tied to these same firms may not be so lucky.
Biden Could Act to End a Social Security Tax Break for the Rich
Joe Biden has repeatedly pushed to cut Social Security in the past. But a proposal to end the payroll tax exemption for the rich would bolster the crucial government service and even has Joe Manchin’s support. The president has no excuse not to support it.
In the Lead-Up to Iraq, Antiwar Dissent Was Silenced. Not This Time.
The last time the US government marched to war in the Middle East, there was an all-out attack on anti-war voices in the media and in local communities across the country. Let’s make sure the Bush-era crackdown on dissent doesn’t happen again.
This Year, the Afghanistan War Turns 20 — and There’s Still No End in Sight
The forgotten war in Afghanistan, a senseless waste of money and lives, will soon turn 20, and there is no sign that Joe Biden is serious about ending it. When it comes to US militarism, the much-heralded leftward shift in American politics has so far had little effect.