Jacobin
Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture.
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100,000 California State Workers Struck Last Month
State employees with SEIU Local 1000 recently went on a one-day strike across California. It was the first walkout in the history of the union, which represents about 100,000 workers ranging from accountants to custodians to nurses.
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The US Electorate Is Permanently Mobilized and Unable to Move
Voters are epically dissatisfied as we enter into the midterms. But our political economy and social world are not changing in response to that dissatisfaction.
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Captain Picard Was a Socialist, and So Was Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart, who died last week at the age of 86, was a committed socialist from the start. That conviction ran through his greatest role: Jean-Luc Picard, a leader who used reason and compassion rather than force.
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Winning Office Is Not the Same as Winning Power
The Left has made remarkable electoral gains in the past decade. But without a strong labor movement and independent working-class organizations, Vivek Chibber argues, those victories will do little to change the balance of power between labor and capital.
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The EU Fears China’s Power Over Private Capital
Emmanuel Macron celebrated a new EU deal to reduce Chinese car imports as a blow against “unfair competition.” What really troubles European leaders is that China has successfully disciplined its capitalists — something Europe is unwilling to attempt.
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Lord of Bench Is Fighting for Your Right to Sit
Many Manhattan real estate developers have a legal obligation to keep space outside their high-rise buildings open to all — yet refuse. We spoke to Lord of Bench, an activist who is taking them on to reclaim public space for the public.
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Rabid Anti-Communism Still Shapes the Politics of California
Donald Trump likes to brand California’s Democratic establishment as a nest of “far-left communists.” This unhinged rhetoric can still find a ready audience because it resonates with a deep-rooted Californian tradition of lurid, authoritarian red-baiting.
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Public Ownership of Key Economic Sectors Is Popular
A new poll shows significant support for nationalization of health care, railroads, and artificial intelligence among Democratic voters. Public ownership can be part of a winning pitch for addressing the cost-of-living crisis.
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Harold Cruse, the Loneliest Black Radical Intellectual
Harold Cruse’s Crisis of the Negro Intellectual became an instant classic and helped found the field of African American studies. His writing brimmed with erudition and insight, but his fragile ego and personal grudges left him isolated.
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Only Israel’s Palestinians Vote Against Genocide
The “most consequential election in Israel’s history” has not changed the country’s unbearably bleak outlook. But the Palestinian minority has come out in force for solidarity and justice.
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The Iran War Might Soon Get Catastrophically Worse
It looks increasingly likely Donald Trump may try a reckless escalatory bombing campaign against Iran after the midterms. And it looks increasingly likely it will backfire terribly.
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Preparing for MAGA’s Worst on Election Day
Donald Trump and the GOP are wildly unpopular going into the midterms, but they have few scruples about interfering in election results. Leftists should be prepared to operate in a broad front with liberals and others to stop that from happening.
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Dolores Huerta Taught a Generation How to Organize
Rest in power, Dolores Huerta. She faced down growers, organized the fields, won farmworkers protections most states still deny them, and gave the whole Left a rallying cry we’ll be shouting for generations: “Sí, se puede.”
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Minneapolis Refused to Take Trump’s Bait. It Paid Off.
The Trump administration was dealt its first major defeat in Minneapolis. But this wasn’t foreordained — it happened because the city’s anti-ICE movement was disciplined in response and refused to play into Donald Trump’s hands.
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Socialists Need Our Own Foreign Policy Agenda
As socialists expand our footprint in Congress, we will need to articulate a distinctive agenda for US foreign policy — a vision different from both the wanton imperialism of MAGA and the feckless imperialism of mainstream liberals.
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A Palestinian Prisoner on the Nightmare Behind Israeli Bars
Israel imprisoned Khalida Jarrar, a historic leader of the Palestinian left, five times, almost always without charge or trial. She tells Jacobin about how women prisoners copied a library by hand and how Israeli censors never let in Antonio Gramsci.
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A Midterm Rout Will Hurt the GOP, but Trumpism Will Endure
The Republican Party looks headed for losses in November. But Trumpism will outlast the midterms and even Donald Trump’s own presidency. Defeating it will take a left politics that speaks to working people’s economic pain.
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In Italy, Giorgia Meloni Is Hardening Her Calls for Order
Recent protests in northern Italy draw inspiration from France but also reflect grievances over poverty wages and an out-of-touch government. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s only answer is to demonize the protests, ignoring the discontent behind them.
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Livorno Dockworkers Are Trying to Block the Weapons of War
In the Italian port town of Livorno, workers are intent on disrupting the war machine.
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Election Denial Is Now Normal for the Right Everywhere
Refusing to concede and trying to overturn the election result isn’t just limited to Donald Trump anymore. This past week makes clear it’s now the playbook for every right-wing politician who loses an election.