Pete Buttigieg on Bernie Sanders
When Pete Buttigieg was a high school senior, he wrote a prizewinning essay praising Bernie Sanders. Here, we republish the essay in full.
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To Fall in Love, Click Here
Inside the love triangle between you, your soul mate, and capitalism.
“We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager”
On this day in 1976, a group of Asian immigrants in London began a strike that would define an era.
The Gray Lady and the UBI
The New York Times is wrong — the Finnish public hasn't turned against the jobless.
How Amazon Busts Unions, in Its Own Words
Internal documents disclosed in a British Columbia labor case give us an incredibly detailed look into how exactly Amazon carries out its union-busting operations.
“Our Teachers Want to Be Part of a Movement”
St Paul teachers could soon go on strike for the first time in seventy-two years. And they’re using the Super Bowl to highlight injustices in the Twin Cities.
The 2015 Jacobin Mixtape
A year of smooth jazz and revolutionary exhortations.
Remaking Labour
MP Jon Trickett on studying under Ralph Miliband and how Labour can become a million-member party.
When the Serfs Rebelled
In 1839, a small pocket of feudalism still existed in New York State. Then tenant farmers got organized.
Sweatshops Aren’t Going to Last Forever
Brands like Gap and H&M have long been able to shop around for outsourced suppliers, driving sweatshop conditions in newly industrializing countries. But their rising dependence on large, centralized suppliers is undermining the bases of the sweatshop model — and increasing workers’ power to fight for improvements.
Arts for the Many
Successive UK governments have been slashing arts funding for decades. Labour is promising to reinvest.
Things Are Only Going to Get Worse for Developers
The landmark tenant protections won in New York last week are more than just good policy. They lay the basis for a statewide movement for universal rent control.
Friendly Fyre
We’re fascinated by the grand scam that was the Fyre Festival not because such blatant ripoffs never happen under capitalism, but because for once the wealthy were getting screwed along with workers.
Greece: The Noose Tightens
There are only three options remaining for the Syriza government.
In Defense of the Lecture
As universities replace the lecture with active learning pedagogy, we should remember the benefits of collective listening.
The Argentine Challenge
With the Right rising and Kirchnerism floundering, only fierce resistance will prevent further austerity.
Travesty in the Twin Cities
Lackluster union leadership doomed the most significant nurses' strike in recent US history.
Benedict Anderson (1936–2015)
Benedict Anderson was a brilliant scholar whose work was animated by a deep commitment to human emancipation.
North Carolina Nurses’ Union Victory Is One for the History Books
Earlier this month, nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina voted to unionize. Taking place in one of the most anti-union states in the country, and challenging a bitterly anti-labor employer, the campaign is a monumental victory for labor.
Why Socialists Should Care About Felon Voting Laws
Universal suffrage has been a central objective for socialists from the start. We still have plenty of work left to do.