Workers Are More Valuable Than CEOs
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed a simple fact: it’s low-wage workers like cleaners, cashiers, and care workers who make our society run — not bankers, landlords, or CEOs.
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The Privatization Agenda Goes Bust
A UK construction giant's failure should be the last nail in the coffin for twenty-five years of privatization dogma.
Socialism Is Love
Just for Valentine's Day, copies of The ABCs of Socialism are $5.
Pandemic Bonds Are a Scam Holding the Global South Hostage
The World Bank’s “pandemic bonds” demonstrate how global capital has an uncanny ability to profit from social ills. So far, investors have earned about $96 million in interest on the pandemic bonds, but developing countries have yet to receive desperately needed money.
You Can’t Be Pro-Euro and Anti-Austerity
The horrendous proposed agreement between Greece and its creditors lays bare the euro's anti-democratic core.
The Lady’s Not for Turning
Want to know why conservatives revere Margaret Thatcher? Watch this clip.
The Independent Group Is a Vapid Exercise in Futility
Britain’s hapless Independent Group, the centrist party spearheaded by anti-Corbyn rebels, shows that politics without purpose leads straight to disaster.
Pandemics Can Mean Strike Waves
In discussions about the last global pandemic, the “Spanish flu,” we never hear about the strike wave that kicked off at the exact same time. But in 1919, one-fifth of American workers walked off the job. We shouldn’t be surprised that labor militancy is spreading during today’s coronavirus pandemic.
There’s Another Side to the Opioid Crisis
Taking pain medication away from patients who desperately need it is no way to fight opioid abuse.
From Reagan to Trump
Donald Trump's brand of reaction is particularly noxious, but it sits comfortably in the Reagan tradition.
What Marx Really Meant
Treating Marx’s original manuscripts like scripture does them a great disservice.
A Warm Welcome to Behind the News
Doug Henwood's Behind the News is one of the best leftist radio shows out there. You can now listen to it on Jacobin Radio.
The Future Is Now
It's time for a united front on the Greek left against austerity and for a rupture with the eurozone.
The Long History of Southern Terror
Wednesday’s shooting in Charleston is part of a long history of white terrorism in the South.
“In 2016, Crazed Bernie Sanders Supporters Went on a Chair-Throwing Rampage in Nevada” and Other Blatant Lies Spread by the Mainstream Media
Remember when Bernie Sanders supporters went berserk and “threw chairs” at the 2016 Nevada Democratic convention? The widely reported incident never happened — but the originator of that myth will be co-moderating tonight’s debate.
Getting Away with Murder in Northern Ireland
Pandering to ultranationalism, Boris Johnson is seeking to make it harder for the families of those murdered by British soldiers in Northern Ireland to pursue justice in the courts. It’s the latest escalation of the Tories’ hard-right turn on the question of how Britain should confront the legacy of the Troubles.
Book-Marx #7
Because there’s a whole 14.6 percent of the internet not consumed with Charlie Sheen . . .
I Like Elizabeth Warren — Here’s Why I Think She Should Drop Out
Bernie Sanders won unequivocally in New Hampshire yesterday. Nevada and South Carolina are around the corner. Elizabeth Warren should drop out and endorse Sanders before Super Tuesday.
Warrencare Doesn’t Deserve to Be Called “Medicare for All”
Warrencare and Petecare are, as proposed, structurally identical. Why do pundits insist on calling Elizabeth Warren’s health care plan “Medicare for All”?