Jacobin

On September 23, 2024, President Joe Biden designated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) a major defense partner, a largely rhetorical title previously held only by India. The designation came during a visit by Sheikh Mohamed...

Gilbert Achcar There are both convergences and divergences, to be sure. The convergences are obvious: both the United States and Israel — not Netanyahu’s government alone, but the whole Zionist power elite — want to...

Donald Trump’s war on Iran is very unpopular. As pollster G. Elliot Morris notes, it is the most unpopular a US war has ever been when it started. And “with just 38 percent of Americans...

“I’m not better than you. I’m a 960 SAT guy. You’ve never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech. Maybe the wrong business to be in.” This is California governor and...

After three years of bargaining, the workers at the only unionized Chipotle store in the nation have called it quits on their fight for a first contract. The failure to win a first contract is...

At the close of February 2016, Jeffrey Epstein was, as was often the case, trying to find a way to get together with his good friend, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel. He would be...

Organized labor’s political power has declined dramatically over the past half century. Union density has fallen from more than 30% of the workforce in the 1960s to less than 10% today — and labor’s footprint...

When the euro crisis hit in early 2010, with Greece the first domino to fall, all it took to surmise that Europe had no intention of resolving the euro crisis was one good look at...

In the wake of a full-scale assault on Iran by the United States and Israel, and the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, oil-based theories of imperialism are understandably getting attention. As we approach the...

Palantir, the Donald Trump–connected spy-tech and AI firm, just scored a no-bid government contract potentially worth millions to help the Agriculture Department implement the White House’s divisive return-to-office directive. Under the guise of national security, the...

Tim Kennedy Robust debate and disagreement are healthy benchmarks of a living, breathing democratic institution. But what happens when decision-making is structured such that an internal bloc can function as a de facto veto? When...

There’s only one time in American history to look to if we’re seeking a rapid and lasting revitalization of unions, and that’s the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the mid-1930s. There...