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Meagan Day is a staff writer at Jacobin.
In 1978, Bob Marley fought a campaign for peace after years of political violence in his homeland. For the reggae icon, it wasn’t just about ending the killings – it was about building a better Jamaica.
In the post-war era, Caribbean independence coincided with the rise of the West Indies cricket team – making matches against England political affairs which pitted former coloniser against the colonised.
A new study shows that exploitative working conditions have severe impacts on mental health – and makes the case for empowering workers through unions and workplace democracy.
While workers in the United States endure one of the deepest economic crises on record, the country’s billionaires have increased their wealth by $1 trillion since March – it’s a story of modern capitalism.
Donald Trump is setting the table to dispute today’s election results, even ones that make clear he’s lost. If that happens, strongly-worded statements won’t be enough – only protests can challenge him.
The behaviour of police across the United States in the past week has made clear that they are not trying to restore order – instead, they are punishing protestors for questioning their authority.
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns made mass working-class politics possible again in America – the challenge now is to ensure that socialism becomes a permanent feature of the political landscape.
The establishment is trying its best to hide it but Bernie Sanders won the Iowa caucus – and now, he has a serious chance of winning the Democratic nomination.
We might still be waiting on the results of the Iowa caucuses – but the effects of Bernie’s ground game, particularly in mobilising working-class immigrants to turn out for him, are clear to see.
In today’s Iowa caucuses, Democrats have the opportunity to choose a candidate whose record of defending popular programmes like Social Security and Medicaid hits Donald Trump where he’s weak.
On both sides of the Atlantic socialists are united in a common struggle: for healthcare to be a human right, not a commodity.
A new report lays bare the ‘climate crimes’ committed by the super-rich against the planet. Socialism is the only solution to their largesse.
How about this for a demand? Work for six years and you get a whole paid year off to do what you want.
The rise of Bernie Sanders has brought socialist politics back to a mass audience in America for the first time in a generation or more.