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The Forgotten History of Mexican American Militancy

Justin Akers Chacón, Arvind Dilawar Jacobin
Too often, the militant, radical history of Mexican American workers is omitted or forgotten. But from resisting racist exclusion to building CIO unions in the 1930s, Mexican American workers have been central to left-wing politics in the U.S.

The Role of the Norwegian Left

Ellen Engelstad, Marie Sneve Martinussen Jacobin
Norway's parliamentary elections on Monday, September 11, 2017 will point the way forward for the country's left.

A New Beginning

Clémentine Autain and David Broder Jacobin
Early results place left-wing candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon third, behind Macron and Le Pen. But his campaign, under the banner of France Insoumise, has succeeded in shifting the debate in France’s presidential election to the Left, forcing discussion of democracy and redistribution into a terrain previously dominated by the Right. What does it mean for France’s left?
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