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On its 140th anniversary, let us remember the Haymarket Affair martyrs and pay respect to their inspiring legacy of working-class radicalism.jacobin.com/2023/05/haymar…

“Cold War Puerto Rico” by Steve Howell argues that Washington has long treated the island as giant aircraft carrier. The result has been severe: residents face economic strain while lacking many democratic rights and social protections. jacobin.com/2026/05/puerto…

One hundred years ago today, a general strike led by London’s dockworkers brought the city to its knees. Police violence and a conservative union beat the workers in the end, but the episode helped shape Britain’s labor movement. jacobin.com/2026/04/1926-l…

On this day in 1970 Ohio state troopers opened fire on unarmed students protesting the Vietnam war in Kent State University. Four were killed, nine others seriously wounded.

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The Haymarket affair saw a peaceful labor demonstration in Chicago in support of an eight-hour workday bombed and four anarchists put to death on this day in 1886.

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In the latter half of the 20th century, labor leader Tony Mazzocchi fought for a progressive political vision that put working-class concerns front and center. His example continues to be invaluable for labor and the Left today. jacobin.com/2026/05/mazzoc…

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An Iranian American reflects on how the diaspora, grieving for the Iranians caught between domestic repression and imperialist intervention, came to be at war with itself. jacobin.com/2026/05/iran-d…

The Trump administration is forcing Latin American governments into arbitration courts that grant multinationals the extraordinary power to sue states that nationalize resources or even just raise the minimum wage, if perceived to threaten investor profits. jacobin.com/2026/05/trump-…

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Bertolt Brecht predicted it in 1942: American fascism would be democratic in the American fashion. He was right. That's precisely what makes it so hard to stop. jacobin.com/2026/05/democr…

From his anti-nuclear-war activism, to his pioneering efforts to protect worker safety, to his leadership of the 1990s initiative to found a US labor party, Tony Mazzocchi embodied an emancipatory vision for the labor movement. jacobin.com/2026/05/mazzoc…

An Iranian American reflects on how the diaspora, grieving for the Iranians caught between domestic repression and imperialist intervention, came to be at war with itself. jacobin.com/2026/05/iran-d…

The Trump administration is aggressively pushing “investor-state dispute settlement” arbitration in South America, punishing everything from environmental protections to minimum-wage increases with crippling fines levied on states by investors. jacobin.com/2026/05/trump-…

Trump was able to gain power by addressing a structure of feeling — a profound alienation from capitalist modernity. He is the perfect resentment entrepreneur, both as a producer and as a representative. The Left has not yet found an effective, durable response. jacobin.com/2026/05/democr…

In a period of declining union density and a defensive crouch in the face of Donald Trump’s anti-worker assault, union leaders today would do well to draw inspiration from the visionary leadership of Tony Mazzocchi. jacobin.com/2026/05/mazzoc…