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Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.
The media might not mention it, but this was a good week for America’s growing left-wing movement – with breakthrough wins for elected representatives and successful ballot initiatives across the country.
Donald Trump’s defeat should be celebrated, but it can’t herald a return to establishment politics. To beat the right-wing and confront the challenges we face will require grassroots organising.
In Scotland, Covid-19 saw a wave of redundancies for hospitality workers. But rather than accept their fate, workers organised – and pushed their bosses back.
Right-wingers have opposed the new lockdown on the basis that it’s ‘bad for the economy’ – but that logic only holds if you see corporate profits as more important than human lives.
‘Disclosure,’ a heart-warming documentary about trans representation in mainstream cinema, mixes some radical politics with conservative aesthetics.
On the 80th anniversary of the evacuation from Dunkirk, Ghee Bowman’s history of the Muslim soldiers who took part in the operation challenges the parochial memories of Britain in the Second World War.
Liverpool Walton MP Dan Carden criticises Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension and says the former leader should be “reinstated immediately” so the Labour Party can unite to help working people through the winter crisis.
The crisis Britain faces this winter required an ambitious package of support – from an evictions ban to liveable sick pay and Universal Credit reform. Instead, we got half measures at the last minute.
Briahna Joy Gray, national press secretary for Bernie 2020, sheds light on the campaign’s highs and lows — and gives her view on where the American left should go next.
On this week’s A World to Win, Grace is joined by former Bernie spokesperson Briahna Joy Gray and Jacobin contributing editor Matt Karp to discuss the US election chaos – and what it all means for the Left.
The trade union movement must demand a government response that protects workers during the new lockdown – from nationalising test and trace to full pay for those forced not to work.
Today, thousands of workers in the BT Group begin a campaign of action against compulsory redundancies – their reward from the company for the risks they took as key workers at the Covid-19 frontlines.
The decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn did nothing to further the fight against antisemitism. In fact, it set the cause back – and once again turned Jewish people into a political football.
Nigel Farage’s new anti-lockdown party aims to capitalise on the economic hardship facing millions due to the government’s Covid-19 failures. The Left must speak to these concerns – or risk him gaining ground.
Robert Fisk was a rare voice in journalism who told the truth about the West’s role in the world and challenged its power. His death leaves a void that is unlikely to be filled in today’s media environment.
By refusing financial support for devolved nations and regional mayors – and acting only when Southern England needed help – Boris Johnson has turbo-charged Britain’s process of disintegration.
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.
Hari Kunzru’s novel ‘Red Pill’ depicts the disquieting relationship between a bored liberal academic and a charismatic alt-right edgelord.
For decades, the prestige of the US presidency disguised inequality at home and war abroad. With Donald Trump that esteem disappeared – and it’s unlikely to return anytime soon.
From the rise of multinational corporations to the decline of trade unions, the modern economy has been built to deepen inequality at every turn – and the only way to change it is to empower workers.