A close ally of Trump, Dominican Republic president Luis Abinader embraced austerity and deported nearly half a million people during his first term as president. With little alternative, Dominicans have reelected him for a second.
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Big insurers and private equity funds are snapping up the companies that provide in-home care for elderly and disabled Americans across the country. Their goal: to wring ever-greater profits from a largely government-funded industry.
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In the growing in-home health care sector, big insurance and private equity firms are buying up agencies and fighting needed reforms at the expense of both patients and workers.
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The story of the decline of streaming is a tale of deregulation and big finance’s monopoly capital model, which comes in hard and, when it leaves, trails devastation.
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Private equity and monopoly capitalists will destroy anything to make a buck, and they’ve turned their sights on TV and film. If you hated cable’s high prices, endless ads, and copycat programming, you’re going to loathe the future of streaming.
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In “There’s Still Tomorrow,” Paola Cortellesi captures the plight of working-class women in postwar Rome, fighting for liberation in a patriarchal, sexist society. Its popularity throughout the country shows it’s a story that is still relevant today. jacobin.com/2024/05/theres…

Paola Cortellesi’s film 'There’s Still Tomorrow' offers a striking portrayal of working-class women fighting gendered violence in late 1940s Italy. jacobin.com/2024/05/theres…

As protests against Israel’s war in Gaza grow, many EU states are continuing to crack down on Palestine solidarity. We spoke with Yanis Varoufakis about the West’s complicity in the war and the prospect of building a different kind of Europe. jacobin.com/2024/05/yanis-…

Faced with Israel’s war in Gaza, several European states have slandered and silenced protesters. Ahead of next weekend’s elections to the European Parliament, Yanis Varoufakis tells Jacobin how a militaristic policy is taking over the EU. jacobin.com/2024/05/yanis-…

Wealth is socially created — redistribution just allows more people to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
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On this day in 1920, a socialist republic was established in Iran’s Gilan province. A century later, the short-lived state stands as a powerful reminder of the Middle East’s radical history.
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Across the US, labor unions are starting to ally with tenant organizers around affordable housing and tenant protection campaigns. The efforts reflect a growing sense of shared interests — and shared corporate enemies.
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The recent violence against Palestine encampments across the University of California system has led to an unprecedented labor response: a strike by UAW Local 4811 over alleged violation of rights to free speech and peaceful protest.
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Efteling is a popular fairy-tale-based theme park in the Netherlands that is now at the center of a heated culture war. The conflict centers on the park’s blatantly racist caricatures — but right-wingers claim Dutch culture itself is under attack.
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American consumers are paying more and more at both grocery stores and fast-food chains. These retailers are disingenuously blaming the price hikes on inflation while they put their massive profits toward stock buybacks and fat dividends.
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Since 1949, the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut has been home to thousands of Palestinians. Visiting the camp last week, Jacobin found its population in dire conditions, with the cutting of Western aid to UNRWA further aggravating its bleak poverty. jacobin.com/2024/06/shatil…

Jeremy Corbyn was recently expelled from the Labour Party when he announced he was running for reelection to Parliament as an independent. He talked to us about his long career as an MP and why he expects to win this July. jacobin.com/2024/06/jeremy…

Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico’s presidential election in a landslide. In her victory speech, she paid homage to the social movements of the past and promised to continue MORENA’s impressive record of social progress. jacobin.com/2024/06/claudi…

Across the US, labor unions and tenants are joining forces to fight for better living conditions.
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The UC system’s unionized graduate workers, postdocs, and researchers are now on strike over the attacks on pro-Palestinian protesters on April 30 and May 1, as well as similar police crackdowns at UC Irvine and UC San Diego.
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