What’s Good for Boeing Workers Is Good for the Public - Jacobin
WEB1 day ago · Negotiations resumed on Tuesday, with a federal mediator present at the bargaining table. Boeing machinists’ average pay has risen 15 percent over the past decade to $75,000. For workers faced with the soaring cost of housing in the Seattle area, that’s a far cry from the family-sustaining wage enjoyed by prior generations at the plant.
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Social Housing Goes to Washington - Jacobin
WEB1 day ago · Social Housing Goes to Washington. With the newly introduced Homes Act, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pushing legislation to create the next generation of decommodified, dignified homes, including public housing and co-ops. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 26, 2021, in Washington, DC.
Andrew Milner - Jacobin
WEB1 day ago · Andrew Milner is professor emeritus of english and comparative literature at Monash University. His books include Re-Imagining Cultural Studies: The Promise of Cultural Materialism (2002) and Cultural Materialism (1993). 09.18.2024.
Katie Rader - Jacobin
WEB2 days ago · Katie Rader is an assistant professor of political science at Christopher Newport University. Her teaching and research interests include American political economy, race, and labor politics. 09.17.2024. Katie Rader.
240 Articles by: Ben Burgis - Jacobin
WEB5 days ago · Page 1 of 12 Next. Ben Burgis is a Jacobin columnist, an adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University, and the host of the YouTube show and podcast Give Them An Argument. He’s the author of several books, most recently Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters.
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WEB4 days ago · Meet the Viral Housing Activist Running for Australian Senate. Jordie van den Lamb, better known by social media handle "purplepingers," has warmed the hearts of renters worldwide with his uncompromisingly deadpan war on landlords. Now he’s taking the fight to their Australian headquarters, Parliament House. 09.08.2024.
About Us - Jacobin
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What You Should Have Read in 2022 - Jacobin
WEBDec 31, 2022 · There’s no sugarcoating it: 2022 was rough. Between spiraling living costs, the war in Ukraine, and the return of fascists to power in Europe, it gave 2020 a run for its money as a year we’d all rather forget. But it’s also been a year of promise, with workers across the United States and the world striking in response to these challenges ...
Inflation - Jacobin
WEBInflation. So long as capitalism is not overthrown by the proletarian revolution, it will continue to live in cycles, swinging up and down. Crises and booms were inherent in capitalism at its very birth; they will accompany it to its grave. But to determine capitalism’s age and its general condition — to establish whether it is still ...