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Greece’s Tragic Rail Accident Was Caused by Austerity and Privatization

Matthaios Tsimitakis and Mihalis Panayiotakis Jacobin
Last week, two trains collided in central Greece, claiming 57 lives. Unions had long warned that cuts to the now-privatized rail network would cause a severe accident, but neither the government nor the country’s corporate media heeded the calls.

We Aren’t Talking Enough About Wage Theft

Joe Mayall Jacobin
Every year, $50 billion are stolen from American workers by their bosses. The Left and labor should be working tirelessly to pass anti-wage-theft legislation at every level of government.