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Physician Abdul El-Sayed, one of the most prominent advocates of Medicare for All, is now running for US Senate in Michigan. Jacobin spoke to him about his campaign and the continuing fight for single-payer health care.

The net is tightening

As the musical version of the notoriously gory book returns to the stage, its tale of 80s yuppie nihilism feels more relevant than ever in the era of Andrew Tate, Trump and tech bros

Spanish political leaders know that the economy relies on undocumented migrants and their labor. Rather than step up expulsions, Pedro Sánchez’s government has announced plans to regularize over 500,000 migrants’ status.

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Gotta Go Down and Join the Union (1976), Lynchings on Long Island (1946), Autherine Lucy Didn’t Know the Meaning of ‘Quit’ (1956), Baby Doc Throws In the Towel (1986), Tell the Crowd How You Really Feel! (1911), Free and Fearless (1941)

The administration took aim at the Twin Cities because of the George Floyd uprising, a sense of disciplining the population. Unions which want to be fighters for the working class have to be a part of this fight.

A strike is one of the best forms of muscle we have, but pulling off any strike is hard, let alone a general one. Our task now is to build up our muscles for non-cooperation.

Ecuador remains trapped in a geopolitical paradox, needing investment in education, science, and technology to escape the “middle-income trap.” Recent leaders have chosen maximizing short term rents through the extraction of oil and minerals.

Within six months of starting a GLP-1 medication, households reduce grocery spending by an average of 5.3%. Among higher-income households, the drop is more than 8%. Spending at fast-food restaurants and coffee shops fell at about 8%