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According to Polls, Americans Like Socialism a Lot

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
A crop of recent polls shows that socialism’s appeal is surprisingly broad. They also reflect a transformed US political landscape that is ripe for a socialist politician to capitalize on — if they’re willing to step up.

This Week in People’s History, Sep 30-Oct 6, 2026

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Photo of statue commemorating 1851 act of resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law in Syracuse, NY
‘When Human Government Destroys Human Rights, It Ceases to be a Government, and Becomes a Foul and Blasting Conspiracy; and Is Entitled to No Respect Whatever’ – Frederick Douglass

Mark Carney Is Taking Aim at Canada’s Labor Movement

Adam D. K. King Jacobin
Mark Carney wants to make Canada a destination for global investment. His new omnibus bill casts the right to strike as an obstacle to the “national interest” — and organized labor as a barrier to national strength rather than its foundation.

Who Killed Asylum?

Levi Vonk and Billy Pavord Jacobin
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the US government, across Republican and Democratic administrations alike, has been slowly dismantling what was once the most generous asylum system in the world.