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Chicago Educators Are Poised to Strike
The Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU Local 73 are on the verge of a strike. Their demands are focused on improving conditions in classrooms — and they’re willing to walk off the job to make it happen.
Why We Stand With Simone
If Bernie Sanders is to remain true to his break with establishment politics, he should reinstate Simone Zimmerman.
The Connective Party
The task for socialist parties is to actively build the class power of working people.
“Cops Are at War Out There”
A culture of racism, paranoia, and authoritarianism permeates American police departments. Piecemeal reform won't be enough.
Promise on the Belgian Left
The crisis of the political center has given the Workers' Party of Belgium a new lease on life.
Battling Neoliberalism Through Anti-Autocracy in Nicaragua
The anti-autocracy movement in Nicaragua is a reflection of broader popular struggles against neoliberal policies across Central America. It shouldn’t be dismissed or reduced to its most reactionary elements.
Socialize Lab Meat
Meat is killing the planet, but Americans are unlikely to give it up. Lab meat could be our best hope of winning tens of millions of American meat eaters over to a Green New Deal — if that lab meat can be socialized.
Remembering the Battle of Wood Green
Forty-two years ago today, antifascists beat back a violent, far-right mob that had descended on a diverse neighborhood of North London. Among the antifascist organizers was a young Labour councillor named Jeremy Corbyn.
On Solidarity
A left that does not champion the interests of every oppressed group is no left at all.
How Peter Thiel Killed Gawker
Peter Thiel steamrolled Gawker — and laid bare the big-money bias of the American legal system.
Raising Our Expectations
Jane McAlevey challenges the Left to stop lamenting its disappointments in the working class and address our own failures.
Asking the Wrong Questions
No, the British Labour Party didn't lose last month because they were too left-wing.
A Different Kind of State
Leo Panitch on Syriza, party building, and how socialists should approach state power.
“Prisons Are Microcosms of the Broader Society”
As COVID-19 rips through American prisons, incarcerated people have braved violent repression to demand a humane response to their suffering. In an interview with Jacobin, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Heather Ann Thompson explains the current wave of prisoner protest — and what it could signal about the future of American politics.
David Berman and the Re-Enchantment of Life
On his life, work, and existential longing in late capitalism.
The Democratic Establishment Has (Finally) United Against Sanders
It took them awhile, but the Democratic establishment is consolidating around Joe Biden. Now the fight begins.
Horror Show
In the first season of Stranger Things, all possible futures are permeated by the Demogorgon of capital. What new terrors will season two bring?
Tech Workers: Friends or Foes?
Tech workers’ high pay doesn’t mean they’re not workers — and it won’t always protect them from their bosses.
Twenty Years of Defeat
Today, South Africans will likely reelect Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress. But the party of Nelson Mandela is losing ground.