Labor’s Crisis Is Not a PR Problem
Union approval is at historic highs, yet density keeps falling. The problem isn’t messaging but the lack of strategy that can turn popularity into power.
20253 Article(s) by: Zola Carr
Zola Carr is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University, working on a dissertation on the development of experimental brain implants for psychiatric disorder.
The Case for America With Some Chinese Characteristics
China and the US are currently locked in a dangerous rivalry, but things don’t have to be this way. We spoke to Dan Wang, the author of a new book which argues the two nations should learn from one another.
This Genocide Belongs to Britain, Too
Not just Israel’s leaders are responsible for the genocide but also all those who support them. The Gaza Tribunal held in London last week heard evidence of direct British government involvement in Israel’s crimes.
The World Is About to Have Trillionaires. Enough Already.
Elon Musk is poised to become the world’s first trillionaire. Still, liberals are hand-wringing about the potential pitfalls of wealth redistribution. In truth, we should have stopped the rise of the economic superelite long ago. Better late than never.
José Martí Inspired Cuba’s Fight for True Independence
José Martí spent much of his short life outside Cuba, preparing a struggle to liberate his country from Spanish colonialism. The ideas and example of Martí would inspire a second struggle against US neocolonial domination after his death.
Universities Are Selling Themselves Off Piece by Piece
American higher ed has become a mesh of corporate contracts and outsourced services. From dining halls to student records, private vendors now run many institutions’ most basic operations — atomizing workers and undermining the university’s public mission.
Volunteer Witnesses Are Key to Defending Immigrant Rights
Donald Trump is trying to criminalize the practice of volunteers accompanying immigrants to their court proceedings. Why? Because it works to prevent rights violations. The best way for citizens to show up for noncitizens is to literally show up.
What We Can Learn From Nordic Socialism
A new book by Danish MP Pelle Dragsted argues that socialists can start building economic democracy even before capitalism is fully overcome.
It’s Time for Emmanuel Macron’s Administration to End
Every few months, French president Emmanuel Macron appoints a new government, without his prime ministers ever winning a real base of support. The fundamental problem is the president himself and a dogmatic austerity agenda, which most French people reject.
Trump’s Military Occupation of Chicago Won’t Bring Safety
Residents of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods need investment in their well-being, not humvees patrolling them like a military occupation, writes Chicago city council member Rossana Rodriguez.
Zohran Mamdani Takes Up Bernie Sanders’s Torch
Bernie Sanders clearly sees the future of his movement in Zohran Mamdani, who is now poised to become the next mayor of New York City. In inheriting Sanders’s movement, Mamdani inherits a daunting set of questions and challenges.
Chicago vs. Trump’s Takeover
Chicago is attempting to model resistance to Donald Trump’s looming authoritarian military occupation of its streets.
Zohran Mamdani: “New York City Is Not for Sale”
At a Brooklyn town hall with Bernie Sanders on Saturday, Zohran Mamdani recounted how Bernie “gave me the language of democratic socialism to describe my politics” and called on supporters to keep organizing after Election Day. We reproduce his speech here.
Proportional Representation Is the Solution to Gerrymandering
Our current system for elections to the House of Representatives systematically enables gerrymandering and helps trap the Left inside the Democratic Party. We need proportional representation.
Norway’s Red Party Offers a Working-Class Alternative
Norway’s radical-left party, Rødt, has recruited thousands of members in recent years and looks set to boost its scores in Monday’s election. Seher Aydar, MP, told Jacobin about how it’s building on discontent with the established parties.
The Politics of the PMC
Vivek Chibber on how we should understand capitalism’s middle strata — and why so many professionals are moving toward anti-capitalist politics.
How National Self-Sufficiency Became a Goal of the Right
What looks like Trump-era economic nationalism has deeper roots. German nationalists of the 1800s and fascist leaders of the 1930s imagined power through autarky — national self-sufficiency — with consequences that stretched from tariffs to conquest.
Britain’s Trade Unions Are Turning on Keir Starmer
The election for general secretary of UNISON, Britain’s biggest trade union, pits a faithful ally of Keir Starmer against a left-wing challenger who was expelled from the Labour Party by his factional minions. It could be Starmer’s next big headache.
Plastic Recycling Is Mostly Fictional. Trump’s EPA Approves.
A proposed solution to the plastic pollution crisis, “chemical recycling,” is at best unproven and more likely disastrous for the environment. The EPA just removed the only regulatory obstacle to its widespread adoption.
If the AI Bubble Pops, It Won’t Be the End
Like past waves of automation, AI isn’t going away. Boom or bust, the fight is over whose interests it will serve.