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 From JacobinThis week, at their annual conference, the Scottish National Party overwhelmingly backed a reduction to working hours. The motion, which passed by 1,136 votes to 70, called on the Scottish government to launch a review of working practices in Scotland, … [Read more...] about We Need Five Days’ Pay for Four Days’ Work

 From JacobinThe health care industry coalition that aired television ads vilifying Medicare for All during the presidential campaign is gearing up to block a promised public health insurance option — and is already calling on President-elect Joe Biden’s top health nominee … [Read more...] about The Establishment Is Gearing Up Against Even a Public Option

 From JacobinDefeat Ibárruri was infuriated by the fall of Málaga in February 1937 — a defeat for which she held incompetent Socialist prime minister Francisco Largo Caballero largely responsible. She played an important role in the campaign to remove him, through both her speeches and private … [Read more...] about La Pasionaria, Heroine of the Spanish Civil War

 From JacobinGiving Peace a Chance Of course, Lennon will always be remembered as part of the ’60s. He wrote and recorded “Give Peace a Chance”; on November 15, 1969, as they gathered at the Washington Monument to oppose the Vietnam War, half a million people sang Lennon’s song, while Nixon sat … [Read more...] about John Lennon and the Politics of the New Left

 From JacobinA Jobs-Led Strategy The recent progress with unions in New York on the issue of climate change is the fruit of years of patient and constructive organizing work. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, unions in the state got together to develop a serious plan to address climate change that … [Read more...] about New York’s Building Trades Unions Are Showing the Way Forward on Green Jobs