Katie Maurice is a Democratic Socialists of America member and labor activist. She was recently elected president of the Vermont…
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A New Album of Old Labor Songs Revives a Forgotten Era of Class Struggle
By Annie Levin Jacobin On the anniversary of songwriter and union organizer Joe Hill’s execution by firing squad, a new…
The Labor Movement Must Learn How to Exploit “Choke Points”
By Peter Cole Jacobin An interview with Peter Olney US labor union density is at historic lows, and multinational corporations…
How a Wisconsin Autoworker Dodged Death Threats to Grow a Fighting, Multiracial Union
An interview with Jon Melrod By Ella Teevan Jacobin Jon Melrod was part of a wave of student radicals who…
Crypto Bros Are Trying to Buy an Island in the Pacific
By Raymond Craib Jacobin April 22nd, 2022 Crypto millionaires are attempting to buy an island in the Southwest Pacific. It’s…
Take Abortion Out of the Court’s Hands
By Jenny Brown Jacobin Abortion rights shouldn’t be at the mercy of the judiciary. We need federal legislation codifying Roe…
The Boy Who Shot a Nazi
By Sasha Lilley Jacobin November 9th, 2021 An interview with Joseph Matthews Eighty-three years ago today, the Nazis unleashed a…
It’s Time for Abortion Rights Activists to Push a Federal Abortion Rights Law
By Jenny Brown Jacobin September 3rd, 2021 The Supreme Court is useless. Now is the perfect time for feminists to…
These Stunning Photos Show How Workers Held Their Own Olympics
By Gabriel Kuhn and Georg Spitaler Translation by Loren Balhorn Jacobin July 23rd, 2021 The 1931 Workers’ Olympiad in Vienna…
Julius Deutsch, an Anti-Fascist Who Organized Workers on the Sports Field
An interview with Gabriel Kuhn Jacobin July 23rd, 2021 Today, corporate control over sports is rampant — and is extending…