Socialism in the American Heartland
Since the 1800s, from Eugene Debs to the Milwaukee “sewer socialists,” the US socialist movement has been especially vibrant in the Midwest — and continues to shape American heartland politics today.
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Slavoj Žižek: What Lies Ahead?
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek writes in Jacobin that if we are to confront properly the threat of a catastrophe, we must embrace a new notion of time.
Over the Holidays, Congress Gave the Military an $860 Billion Budgetary Gift
At the end of last year, Joe Biden signed a $1.7 trillion budget bill that gives $1.1 trillion to the Pentagon, police, and prisons, including a whopping $860 billion for the military alone. So much for Build Back Better.
New York Nurses Are on Strike While Medical Executives Are Rolling in Cash
Nurses at two hospitals in New York City are on strike, fighting for wage increases and against chronic understaffing. Meanwhile, executives of these nonprofit institutions are making millions of dollars at the expense of patient care.
American Airlines Flight Attendants Just Won Boarding Pay
Flight attendants typically aren’t paid during boarding time. Earlier this month, after a three-year contract campaign and a credible strike threat, flight attendants at American Airlines became the first to win boarding pay.
Airlines Are Trying to Weaken a New Safety Inspection Rule
The airline industry is lobbying to weaken a new safety rule that would force airlines to address serious flaws in potentially thousands of Boeing planes. They have industry-connected allies in the Trump administration who could help them get their way.
Ordinary Americans Are Being Forced to Subsidize the Military-Industrial Complex
This year, the average American paid $1,087 in taxes just for Pentagon contractors alone. Imagine the kind of society we could construct with just a fraction of the resources we devote to war.
The Rise of Big Tech Is Generating Economic Stagnation
Silicon Valley hype presented the digital economy as a source of dynamic growth as well as a liberating force for workers. In reality, digital technology is facilitating brutal forms of exploitation while productivity and growth are slowing down.
A Gruesome Bill Asks Prisoners to Give Up Organs to Get Out a Few Months Early
Prisoners in Massachusetts may soon be forced to choose between their organs and their freedom: Democratic legislators in the state are proposing a law that would allow prisoners to donate organs or bone marrow in exchange for up to a year off their sentence.
You Aren’t Allowed in These Billionaire Towns
Welcome to the fully privatized city, where the ultrarich can do as they please — no whining from the rabble permitted.
The Internet Archive Provides a Model of Free Knowledge for All
The ongoing legal battle between the Internet Archive, an online library, and the Big Four publishers over licensing and copyright should concern everyone. At stake in the dispute is the possibility of free access to knowledge for all.
Big Pharma Is Obscenely Jacking Up the Prices of Publicly Funded COVID Vaccines
With pharma giant Moderna planning to quintuple the price it charges for its COVID vaccines — developed using taxpayer dollars — the case for nationalizing an out-of-control drug industry has never been stronger.
The Effect of Class Consciousness on Political Preferences
Political preferences are often discussed through a one-size-fits-all middle-class lens. But empirical data shows that class significantly influences voting patterns, with growing class consciousness driving dissatisfaction with established parties.
Public Sector Strikes Are About Aligning Our Society With Its Stated Values
Our society values health care and education in theory, but it constantly undermines them in practice. Public sector workers feel that discrepancy most acutely. They’re striking to force our society to put its money where its mouth is.
Pop of the Fops
From Boy George to Bryan Ferry, the New Romantics were working-class youths who created their own imaginary aristocracy through 1980s pop stardom. Did the mask end up eating the face?
Health Care Worker Unions Are on the Side of Patients
Hospitals portray unions as opposed to the interests of patients. The opposite is true: health care unions have been the strongest advocates for safer conditions and patients who can’t pay debts.
Google Is Jacking Up Its Prices
Google is jacking up the monthly price for its cloud-based software. If all users paid that standard increase, it would mean an additional $7.2 billion in monthly revenue for the company.
We Need Public Broadcasting
The Right has finally managed to gut public broadcasting. Our already anemic access to news, education, and culture has taken a massive blow.
How a French Watch-Factory Occupation Kept Alive the Spirit of May ’68
Fifty years ago, the LIP watch factory in Besançon, France, announced mass layoffs. In response, the staff occupied the plant — launching one of the most famous attempts at worker self-management in French history.
The NLRB Is Testing Out a New Tool to Stop Union Busting
This week, the NLRB handed down its first Cemex order against Station Casinos in Las Vegas, which engaged in heavy-handed union busting before workers lost a vote to unionize. The ruling may force the casino chain to bargain with the union anyway.