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How the war is changing thinking on the international left

Nearly 2,900 of over 3,800 eligible voters at MIT turned up to vote this week, with 66% putting their support behind unionization. They will be affiliated with the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE).

A Thought Experiment on the Military-Industrial Complex

Starbucks is firing worker activists as it seeks to blunt the momentum of the union drive sweeping the company. Jacobin spoke to Laila Dalton, who was fired just weeks after the NLRB issued a complaint against Starbucks for retaliating against her.

When almost all of Gaza’s water is not fit for human consumption because of a deliberate Israeli strategy, one can understand why Palestinians continue to fight back as if their lives are dependent on it; because they are.

The CDC is beholden to corporations and has lost our trust. We’re epidemiologists, nurses and physicians, artists and biologists. We have come together with a common anger at the US government’s handling of Covid

Media and the organizing wave, women and war coverage, and much more

Landmark Labor Movement documentary “The Wobblies” makes its return to theaters over 30 years after first premiering at the New York Film Festival in 1979, and IndieWire has the exclusive new trailer here.

What’s the point of a Democratic Party if it isn’t going to protect the interests of working people?

Why Russia Fumbled in Ukraine, China Lost Its Way, and America Should Exercise Restraint