From JacobinA report on food-service workers’ experiences during the pandemic, released today, reveals how coronavirus has multiplied the problems servers face on the job. The report, conducted by One Fair Wage, a nonprofit that advocates for the end of the subminimum … [Read more...] about Restaurant Work Is Always Brutal. Under the Pandemic, It’s Hell.
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“This Is a Revolution, Sir”
From JacobinGeneral strikes in the era of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi have an oddly repetitive quality to them. First, the major national-level trade unions — save for the one aligned with Modi’s far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — call for a one- or two-day … [Read more...] about “This Is a Revolution, Sir”
The CIA’s Secret Global War Against the Left
From JacobinWorld War Three The middle of the twentieth century saw a flourishing of people’s movements in Latin America that threatened to upend the rigid hierarchies of the hemisphere: feminist and workers’ movements, movements for indigenous rights, peasant-led movements for agrarian … [Read more...] about The CIA’s Secret Global War Against the Left
Joe Biden’s Neera Tanden Pick Is Even Worse Than You Thought
From JacobinPresident-elect Joe Biden will reportedly nominate a White House budget director who has been one of the country’s most prominent critics of US Sen. Bernie Sanders and who has previously backed Social Security cuts. Biden — who has repeatedly pushed for Social … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s Neera Tanden Pick Is Even Worse Than You Thought
Amazon Is Facing an Unprecedented Union Vote in the Right-to-Work South
From JacobinLast week, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, notified the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) of their desire to hold a union election. The 1,500-person bargaining unit would cover “all hourly full-time and regular part-time fulfillment center … [Read more...] about Amazon Is Facing an Unprecedented Union Vote in the Right-to-Work South