Jacobin

 From JacobinLB At the outset of the coronavirus crisis, a lot of people on the Left said that there could be “no return to business as usual.” Today, Chancellor Angela Merkel is … [Read more...] about In Germany, Trade Unions Are Waking Up To the Climate Crisis

 From JacobinFairness and Restitution The first thing to notice about this objection is that it would apply to any reform that makes people’s lives better in the present. If we passed Medicare for All, no one from that point forward would have to pay for private health insurance premiums, co-pays, … [Read more...] about It’s Not That Complicated. Cancelling Student Debt Is Good.

 From JacobinCultural Foreclosure With so much destroyed by McCarthyism, one cannot help asking, how might the US cultural landscape look today if not for these anti-Communist attacks? In 1970, the New York Times interviewed Tex Ritter, actor, cowboy singer, onetime president and founder of the … [Read more...] about The FBI’s War on Folk Music

 From JacobinA large increase in spending, in an area beset by cuts in recent years. A victory for the prime minister over a typically recalcitrant Treasury. An unexpected announcement — “in the teeth of the pandemic,” as Boris Johnson put it — deemed vital to “keep the … [Read more...] about The Tories Want Cash for Drones and Cuts for Workers

 From Jacobin“What led us to strike is the same thing that led us to unionize: patient safety,” says Beth Redwine, a “mother-baby” nurse who works in the maternity ward at St. Mary Medical Center in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Redwine is one of nearly eight hundred nurses … [Read more...] about Eight Hundred Pennsylvania Nurses Went on Strike This Week. Now They’re Locked Out.