Sarah Bond The evidence we have suggests that strikes and collective action were not as regular an occurrence in the ancient world as they are today. I don’t want to promote the idea that every...
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Every country carries out deportations, the end point of a bureaucratic process that determines someone’s eligibility to stay in a country. Sometimes — say, if they’ve committed a terrible crime — that process will play...
Cuban American activist Rosa María Payá was voted into the Organization of American States (OAS)’s Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday despite concerns from an independent panel of her “conflicts of interest” and...
Amazon delivery stations are being outfitted with robots across the country, leading to fewer workers and speedup for the workers that remain. Workers have reacted with defiance at the delivery station where I work. Amazon fulfillment...
The dirty little secret about the Israel First lobby is that it’s not actually as intimidating as it likes to claim. It’s very good at projecting strength, the shadow of a fearsome, roaring beast stretched...
Brad Pitt’s F1 is the big, dumb racing movie America’s been waiting for. If you can stomach the sports movie clichés, you’ll probably have a good time. Brad Pitt and Damson Idris in F1. (Apple...
Jiselle Hanna When we took on this campaign, everybody told us that rank-and-file tickets never succeed. And yes, we’ve learned that the odds really are stacked against you. The incumbents have a lot of advantages....
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the term “essential worker” into widespread use, highlighting the work and workers necessary to keep society functioning. But many workers experienced a gap between how they were talked about and how...
In early June, the close personal relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk unraveled in spectacular fashion. But while Musk may have spun out of Trump’s immediate orbit, it would be optimistic to celebrate his...
Zohran Mamdani ran a brilliant campaign that inspired a huge turnout, especially among young voters. The thirty-three-year-old Mamdani, a state assembly member from Queens and a democratic socialist, defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo in the...
As part of the Long Reads podcast on Jacobin Radio, we’ve produced a miniseries called Red Star Over Palestine: Histories of the Palestinian Left. The six episodes of the series look at the impact of...
Review of Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway (Viking Press, 2024) — What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner...
