A Plea for Culinary Modernism
The obsession with eating natural and artisanal is ahistorical. We should demand more high-quality industrial food.
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Games Without Wages
The video game industry has long relied on the unpaid labor of "modders." Is it ready to finally pay up?
Capitalism Set the Fires in the Amazon Rainforest
The deforestation that led to the fires that recently raged across the Amazon is driven by the imperatives of capitalism. To halt the fires, we have to fight those imperatives.
Ask Labor Jane: “I Quit My Job to Dedicate Myself to Organizing. What Now?”
Introducing our new organizing advice column, with labor organizer and strategist Jane McAlevey.
The Long March
Bernie Sanders suffered a setback last night. But local victories point to the resurgence of popular movements.
California Is Burning
The worsening California drought shows how important the fight for ecological justice is.
Scapegoating China
Framing China as an environmental villain only serves to excuse American inaction.
What You Need to Know about Venezuela
Venezuela is a "national security threat" only because it refuses to be controlled by the US.
How Class Kills
A recent study showing rising mortality rates among middle-aged whites drives home the lethality of class inequality.
Why Capitalism and Feminism Can’t Coexist
Feminism is about fighting for a good life for everyone, regardless of gender, race, or income. We can’t achieve that under capitalism.
“Polarization” Is a Fact — Get Used to It
Pete Buttigieg is just the latest Democrat to denounce “polarization.” But American society is already divided — and anyone claiming we don’t need to pick a side is already siding with the status quo.
We Need More Picket Line Rap Songs Like These
Detroit autoworkers put out excellent rap videos from the GM picket lines supporting the strike. If the working-class movement is going to get stronger, we will need a lot more class-struggle culture like this.
Wobblies Past and Present
Radical historian Staughton Lynd on the lessons we can draw from the demise of the original IWW.
Free and Unequal
Higher education should be free. But we can’t just copy the flawed European model.
GM Strikers Hold the Line
Auto workers are three weeks into their strike against General Motors. One of their key demands: that the company make its temp workers permanent.
The Teacher-Shortage Crisis Is Upon Us
Low pay and classroom-spending cuts are making teaching an unattractive profession. If this doesn’t change, we’re in big trouble. Luckily, teachers, unions, and Bernie Sanders have plans for that.
College Athletes of the World, Unite
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes in Jacobin on the exploitation of college athletes.
The Right to Strike
"Right-to-work" is coming to the public sector. The key to survival is social movement unionism.
Yes to a Socialist Scotland
The British establishment faces potential humiliation today at the ballot box, but millions of Scots feel empowered to build a better society.
The Beauty of the Blacklist
Pete Seeger sacrificed to fight the blacklist. How many of us would have done the same?