A growing number of unions have taken a stand against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Yet US labor law throws up major obstacles to unions using their leverage to press political demands, including the demand for a cease-fire.
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The imprisoned journalist received a rare legal win when the UK High Court ruled he can appeal his extradition to the US. Yet the fight for Assange’s freedom — and the future of global press freedom — is far from over. jacobin.com/2024/05/assang…

After receiving millions in campaign donations from the defense industry, members of the House committee overseeing Pentagon spending added provisions to an upcoming bill that would allow contractors more leeway in charging the Defense Department.
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At the City University of New York, academic workers have been fighting for a new union contract for over a year. They are resisting austerity and further corporatization of the university, pushed by politicians and university administrators alike. jacobin.com/2024/05/cuny-a…

Last week, the United Auto Workers faced a setback in its organizing drive with a union election loss at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama. An autoworker at the factory reflects on why the union lost and what it might do differently next time. jacobin.com/2024/05/uaw-al…

The Irish establishment has built one of the world’s most successful tax havens. This economic model has produced spectacular headline figures for GDP growth, but most Irish workers aren’t seeing the benefits in terms of wages and living standards. jacobin.com/2024/05/irelan…

For unions, it has been difficult figuring out how to maximize pressure on elites who enthusiastically support Israel’s genocide in Gaza, given that US labor law intentionally restricts the ability of unions to use workplace actions for political ends.
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Julian Assange just won his first legal victory in four years: the right to appeal his extradition to the US. But the court could still rule against him — and global press freedom still hangs in the balance. jacobin.com/2024/05/assang…

Academic workers at CUNY are struggling against a top-down, corporatized, and politically sanitized vision of the university, in favor of one that serves the interests of working-class New Yorkers. jacobin.com/2024/05/cuny-a…

Provisions on defense contractor costs in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act make good on a wish list of changes that many military companies have been lobbying on for years.
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The small handful of ultrawealthy winners are firmly ensconced in their positions of privilege in power. Yet so many of them seem haunted by the possibility that maybe they don’t deserve it.
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Stifled by one of the worst anti-union campaigns in the auto industry in decades, the UAW union drive at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama lost its election last week. Reflecting on the loss, a worker-organizer considers the lessons for the next attempt. jacobin.com/2024/05/uaw-al…

Tax haven Ireland certainly delivers the goods for the Irish elites and a minority of well-paid workers. For the majority, however, it can only supply average wages, poor public services, inflated prices, and dysfunctional housing. jacobin.com/2024/05/irelan…

US labor law discourages unions from acting on issues bigger than the workplace, like expressing solidarity with Palestine. But if the last few years have taught us anything, it is that labor can find a way for this kind of political action.
jacobin.com/2024/05/us-lab…

A growing number of unions have taken a stand against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Yet US labor law throws up major obstacles to unions using their leverage to press political demands, including the demand for a cease-fire.
jacobin.com/2024/05/us-lab…

Supporters of Julian Assange are right to celebrate his legal victory on Monday. Assange’s defense will have another chance to fight his extradition to the US — and anyone who cares about press freedom should be rooting for them to prevail. jacobin.com/2024/05/assang…

The imprisoned journalist received a rare legal win when the UK High Court ruled he can appeal his extradition to the US. Yet the fight for Assange’s freedom — and the future of global press freedom — is far from over. jacobin.com/2024/05/assang…

Austerity measures imposed on CUNY by the city and state government are threatening the university’s standards and its accessibility to less affluent students — and forcing academic workers to work in increasingly precarious conditions for worse pay. jacobin.com/2024/05/cuny-a…

We at Jacobin wrote about this Georgia socialist's campaign back in December and he just beat the Lockheed Martin Democrat! jacobin.com/2023/12/social…

A year after military contractors were caught dramatically overcharging the Pentagon, lawmakers who’ve been showered with military industry campaign donations are pushing a bill to make it even easier for those companies to rip off the Defense Department.
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