Accounting for Thanksgiving’s Ghosts
What would the United States have looked like had microbes and strength of arms not been on the Plymouth Protestants’ side?
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Here’s What We Could Have If We Slashed the Military Budget
The US military budget sucks up an enormous amount of resources without making the world more peaceful or democratic. Here are a few ways we could better spend that $717 billion.
Setting Kevin Rudd’s Environmental Record Straight
Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd wrote an angry letter to Jacobin last week, defending his work on climate change. Greens MP Adam Bandt begs to differ.
Tech Companies Are Helping Bosses Monitor Everything You Do at Work
Microchips, mobile spyware, and perpetual monitoring are all part of capital’s fantasy of twenty-first-century scientific management — a future in which our movements, impulses, and rhythms are perfectly adapted to the needs of profit-making. We need to fight back and regain our autonomy at work.
The Mélenchon Economy
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s senior economic advisor explains his proposals to grow the economy and carry out an ecological transition.
This Is a Global Pandemic — Let’s Treat It That Way
Media coverage has focused heavily on the impact of COVID-19 in Europe and North America. But countries in the Global South are far more vulnerable to the pandemic and its economic fallout. The Left needs to develop a truly global view of the crisis — and act accordingly.
This Can’t Just Be About a Presidential Campaign. It Has to Be About a Political Revolution.
Whatever happens today in Iowa, we must think beyond one campaign. Our aim is to deliver on what W. E. B. Du Bois championed so many decades ago: breaking capital’s dictatorial power over our society, so all can flourish and all can control the forces that shape their lives.
Brazil on the Brink
Lula's persecution represents a narrowing of Brazilian democracy with far-reaching consequences.
The Teachers Strike Wave in Washington
The start of the school year saw this year's teachers strikes spread to Washington. Teachers across the state defied court injunctions and won large raises — and set the stage for a potential strike in Los Angeles.
Modi Can Be Stopped
It will take worker agitation and a broad front of popular forces to chip away at Modi's power over Indian politics.
The Fire This Time
If poverty and racism persist, it won’t be long before there’s another Michael Brown, Eric Garner, or Trayvon Martin.
Bernie’s Political Revolution Requires Radical Democratic Reform
The political revolution needs mass protest mobilization. But to be completed, it will also require a radical reconstruction of the United States’ undemocratic political institutions.
Ask Labor Jane: How Can We Organize Worried Immigrant Workers?
Jane McAlevey argues that bosses will always try to divide native-born and immigrant workers — that’s what they do. Our response, in union drives and politics as a whole, has to be unconditional solidarity.
A Second Chance
Colombia's new peace deal won't deliver justice, but its failure would be catastrophic.
Evicting the Underclass
China’s campaign to expel migrant workers from Beijing is designed to wring more profit from urban land and reserve the city for elites.
Bill Gates, Crypto-Socialist?
Bill Gates is right: the private sector is stifling innovation in green energy. But that's not the only place capitalism is holding us back.
The Shopping Mall’s Socialist Pre-History
The inventor of the American suburban shopping mall was a socialist. Could his creation have been saved?
Weaponizing Accreditation
University of Puerto Rico students are on strike against austerity — and in retribution, officials might terminate their school's accreditation.
Why Is the American Federation of Teachers Giving Away Educators’ Rights in Puerto Rico?
Unions should fight for both their members and the entire working class. Yet in Puerto Rico, the American Federation of Teachers affiliate is doing neither, partnering with the island’s unaccountable Fiscal Control Board to impose massive cuts to teachers’ retirement funds.
Surprise! We Need Medicare for All
It’s good to see both Democrats and Republicans taking surprise medical bills seriously. But they’re missing the solution under their nose: Medicare for All.