Jonathan Soto is running to represent the Bronx in the New York State Assembly and join the growing bench of democratic socialists in Albany. Jacobin spoke to him about why he’s running and his anti-austerity, pro-tenant platform.
Colombia’s leftist president, Gustavo Petro, has plainly declared the war on drugs a bloody failure.
When it comes to easing the burden of homelessness, free sock donations from a “mission-driven” company like Bombas have nothing on public funding and state intervention.
It turns out that the “Internet of Things” is full of automated snoops and spies. Data collection, now integrated into new car designs, is more pervasive than ever and is ushering in a brave new world of surveillance and corporate collusion.
Joe Biden has announced sanctions on Israeli settlers in Palestinian territory. But the sanctions themselves are toothless — a way to signal displeasure with the Israeli government without actually doing anything to change the situation.
Residential occupancy laws, which limit the number of unrelated people who can share a dwelling, enable unjust discrimination and drive up housing costs. A growing number of cities are looking to get rid of them.
It’s been almost two months since the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to stop killing Gazans and destroying their means of subsistence. But Israel continues to flout the order with impunity — aided and abetted by the Biden administration.
In January, Joe Biden temporarily halted approvals for new liquid natural gas exports and processing terminals. Since then, fossil fuel–backed Democrats have scrambled to undo the climate win.
New legislation seeks to end Canada’s status as the only country with public health care that excludes medication coverage. But the NDP’s incrementalism and willingness to play ball with the Liberals may have compromised the program before it gets started.
The 2003 invasion of Iraq has been swept to the margins of collective memory. We must refuse to forget it — and seek to understand what led to it, who benefited, who suffered, and how it transformed the world.
In 1974, Scottish workers refused to fix the fighter jets of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. As the West continues to supply Israel with arms, unionized workers could again refuse to stop the flow of weapons of mass murder.
Proposed labor reforms in Finland have sparked strikes, shutting down everything from ports to kindergartens. The right-wing government refuses to negotiate in its drive to dismantle the Finnish model of collective bargaining.