In the summer of 2020, mainstream media seemed to reckon with the problems with relying on police sources. Yet in 2024, we again find the media uncritically repeating ludicrous police narratives about pro-Palestine student protests. jacobin.com/2024/05/media-…

Rather than acting as a check on the powerful, media outlets like CNN and MSNBC are allowing police to give their interpretation of student Palestine protests with few challenges, even in cases where police are blatantly lying or distorting the truth. jacobin.com/2024/05/media-…

Economic discontent is as big a theme as national independence in this Sunday’s Catalan elections. jacobin.com/2024/05/catalo…

Seven years since the failed bid for Catalan independence, the national question still haunts Spanish politics. But Sunday’s snap elections in Catalonia are also about its economic model — and its increasing dependence on a low-wage tourist sector. jacobin.com/2024/05/catalo…

Capitalism is often presented as synonymous with peaceful exchange. But the system has always reproduced itself through violence in defense of private property and power.
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On this day in 1894, 4,000 workers at the Pullman Company went on wildcat strike.

In the weeks that followed, more than 150,000 railroad workers across the country joined. The historic Pullman Strike of 1894 produced Labor Day and set Eugene V. Debs on a course of socialism.

“Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here,” Jonathan Blitzer’s book on the brutal history of US border policy, vividly describes the suffering that the US immigration system inflicts on individuals — and the reactionary politics that undergird it.
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The musician and audio engineer Steve Albini, who died this week, defended art from the music industry’s greed. Working with famous bands and indie acts alike, he fought for every musician’s right to realize their unique sound and earn a decent living. jacobin.com/2024/05/steve-…

On taking power, Narendra Modi’s government claimed that it would address a wave of sexual violence and raise the status of Indian women. But things have got worse for women under Modi’s rule, with a culture of misogyny that flows downward from the top.
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On this day in 1941, workers in Belgium launched one of the first strikes in Nazi-ruled Europe. Tens of thousands of strikers risked dire repression to stand up against poverty wages — and showed the working class’s determination to resist occupation.
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Steve Albini was one of the greatest audio engineers of his generation, yet he refused the siloed-off world of the celebrity producer. His loyalty was not to profit but to art, whether it came from a chart-topping band or an upstart unknown. jacobin.com/2024/05/steve-…

Almost 50 years ago, metalworker and economist Harry Braverman published Labor and Monopoly Capitalism. It showed how bosses use technology to disempower workers — but that by taking control of the labor process, workers can free themselves from drudgery.
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In India, the Modi government’s claim to have empowered women does not stand up when measured against the realities of women’s everyday lives and their lack of access to gainful employment.
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Militant parts of the European working class led some of the most powerful revolts against the effects of Nazi occupation during World War II, including the “Strike of the 100,000” in Belgium, which began on this day in 1941.
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Holocaust scholar and pro-Palestine activist Norman Finkelstein expresses his support for the student protests, insisting on the importance of free speech and uniting the majority of Americans around solidarity with Gaza.
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The United States’ relations with Latin America have long been characterized by the worst kinds of chauvinism.
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“Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here,” Jonathan Blitzer’s book on the brutal history of US border policy, vividly describes the suffering that the US immigration system inflicts on individuals — and the reactionary politics that undergird it.
jacobin.com/2024/05/everyo…

The musician and audio engineer Steve Albini, who died this week at age 61, was a champion of art in an industry increasingly motivated by profit. jacobin.com/2024/05/steve-…

The musician and audio engineer Steve Albini, who died this week, defended art from the music industry’s greed. Working with famous bands and indie acts alike, he fought for every artist’s right to realize their unique sound and earn a decent living. jacobin.com/2024/05/steve-…

The Modi era has spelled doom for the large majority of Indian women from the working and lower-middle classes as well as poor peasants and impoverished tribal households.
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