From JacobinUnity Against Disposability Some workers at the Smeaton Grange warehouse have been with Coles for more than thirty years and want the opportunity to work at the new warehouse. As one locked-out worker explained: We know the world is going this way with automation . . . but they are … [Read more...] about The Coles Warehouse Lockout Is a Front-Line Struggle in the Battle Over Automation
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Jimmy Dore Is Right About the Urgency of Medicare for All. But AOC Isn’t the Problem.
From JacobinTheories of Change In case the point gets lost in the discussion of the many, many problems with Dore’s idea and with his denunciations of AOC for not signing onto it, it’s worth emphasizing that a point of agreement between all sides in this intra-left debate is that it makes perfect … [Read more...] about Jimmy Dore Is Right About the Urgency of Medicare for All. But AOC Isn’t the Problem.
A New Congressional Budget Office Study Shows That Medicare for All Would Save Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Annually
From JacobinLast week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an estimate of the cost of implementing a single-payer health insurance program in the United States. The CBO’s report is more exhaustive than any other recent study on the subject and concludes that … [Read more...] about A New Congressional Budget Office Study Shows That Medicare for All Would Save Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Annually
From Anti-Politics to Authoritarian Restoration in Brazil
From JacobinFrom Anti-Politics to Restoration The PT’s travails have been widely documented. What appears to be happening is that the party is losing hegemony on the Left. PSOL’s encouraging performance in São Paulo’s mayoral election, with Lula as other leading left-wing figures rallying behind … [Read more...] about From Anti-Politics to Authoritarian Restoration in Brazil
We Don’t Need a Culture War. We Need a Class War.
From JacobinPolarization and the Point of Politics A few weeks ago, Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Lieberman warned in an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times that “polarization raises the stakes of political conflict” and that democracy suffers when “politics becomes a battle of ‘us versus them.’” But … [Read more...] about We Don’t Need a Culture War. We Need a Class War.