Blue Bottle Coffee Workers in Boston Are Now Unionized
Last month, Blue Bottle Coffee workers at six cafés in the Boston area voted overwhelmingly to unionize. Jacobin spoke with three Blue Bottle workers about their organizing drive.
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Socialists Are Trying to Revive the American Labor Movement
The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, a partnership between socialists and the United Electrical Workers union, is trying to be at the heart of a new mass labor resurgence. Their success could help millions of workers.
The Right Is Hoping the Supreme Court Scraps US Labor Law
With a number of cases now working their way through US courts, the Right is hoping the Supreme Court will scrap central elements of labor law. Unions need to prepare for this outcome, which would create a dramatically different strategic terrain for labor.
The Strike That Didn’t Change New York
The Chicago teachers’ strike was a victory for workers around the country. But how do we move from homegrown resistance to a national movement that could ignite a shift in public policy?
Tea Party Yankees
Today's Republican extremism owes more to the Constitution that established the Union than the secessionists who sundered it. It's Hoover's party — and Madison's — not Calhoun's.
Socialism in One Village
Spain's Marinaleda may not quite be a utopia, but it beats “reality” hands-down.
After the Flood
Margaret Atwood's post-apocalyptic trilogy sees localized resistance to a dystopian future.
Scotland, 9/19
Scotland’s Yes campaign has been a bright spot for the Left. But will independence really challenge neoliberalism?
The New Loan Sharks
The dependence of the poor on payday loans is neither natural nor inevitable. It is the result of neoliberal policies.
Why the Right Loves Privilege Politics
The Right deploys privilege politics to avoid class politics, obscuring where the real power lies in our society.
The Myth of the Progressive Capitalist
The same companies that oppose North Carolina's bathroom bill bankroll the politicians who passed it.
No Salt Added
Obama's labor board failed to protect union salts. Now union busters can go back on the attack.
Here’s How Much Money America’s Biggest Corporations Have Stolen From Their Own Workers
An eye-opening new report has documented billions of dollars of corporate theft from workers. The government is turning a blind eye.
Seattle, “the Soviet of Washington”
Decades before Amazon dominated the city, Seattle was the fiery site of labor unrest, radical action — and the US's only true general strike.
Wow, Another Centrist Maverick
Exciting news: burnt coffee magnate Howard Schultz wants to make an independent run for president. Americans may finally get the common-sense, bipartisan solutions they’ve been yearning for!
Abolish the Billionaire Class
Billionaires are the grotesque products of an exploitative, immoral economic system. We should get rid of them.
How We Won a $15 Minimum Wage and More
It’s been five years since Seattle’s landmark $15 minimum wage law. It not only helped workers — it raised their expectations about what's possible and what they deserve.
The Internet’s Invisible Cleanup Crew
A hidden army of tens of thousands of content moderators is at work every day — in often appalling conditions — to make the internet as we know it habitable. We should hold Silicon Valley responsible.
The Political Utility of Feeling the Bern
The polls are all over the place, but Bernie Sanders has a trick up his sleeve: no other candidate in the Democratic primary boasts such a deeply devoted support base. Come the general election, that deep enthusiasm for Sanders will be crucial for beating Donald Trump.