Jacobin

 From JacobinMechanization and Black Lung in Appalachia “Black lung” is an umbrella term for lung diseases that afflict coal miners. Its very use is a testament to the importance of workers’ experience in shaping medical knowledge. But the link between coal mining and too often deadly respiratory … [Read more...] about Coal Miners’ Struggle Against Black Lung Is a Climate Justice Issue

 From JacobinCorporate Globalization Coming Home to Roost Eight months into the pandemic, frontline workers are still not getting the protective equipment they need. According to a report by National Nurses United, 87 percent of nurses have had to reuse PPE at some point, and 27 percent reported … [Read more...] about The Pandemic Has Exposed the Free Market’s Fundamental Flaws. We Need a Democratically Planned Economy.

 From JacobinYesterday, the EHRC report into Labour’s antisemitism controversy was released. Contrary to the doomsday predictions on both sides — that it would label the party institutionally antisemitic or personally indict Jeremy Corbyn and his team — it was a sober and … [Read more...] about Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party Suspension Is About Crushing the Left

 From JacobinThe Illusion of Equality Before the Law The almost complete absence of ideological clashes in Bulgaria’s party landscape partly owes to the broad political consensus, emerging after the fall of socialism in the 1990s, that the state’s responsibility is to ensure equality before the … [Read more...] about Anti-Corruption Protests Show the Hollowness of Bulgaria’s Democracy

 From JacobinThe tech industry has always had bosses and workers, of course, but until a few years ago, most coverage of the sector suggested otherwise. Silicon Valley was the epicenter of libertarianism, we were informed. A techno-utopianism powered a twenty-first-century … [Read more...] about <cite>Voices From the Valley</cite> Is a Snapshot of the Tech Industry, as Told By Workers Themselves