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· Dec 16
Issue 60 of Jacobin, “Municipal Socialism,” is here!
As Zohran Mamdani takes office, we examine the history of socialism at the local level, from Red Vienna to sewer socialism and more.
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As Zohran Mamdani takes office, we examine the history of socialism at the local level, from Red Vienna to sewer socialism and more.
📪 Annual subscription just $20: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=MUNICIPALSOCIALISM
In Minneapolis, years of robust labor and community organizing set the stage for the fierce pushback against federal immigration agents’ aggressive invasion.
Their experience may soon be relevant to cities elsewhere in the US facing incursions from ICE.
Their experience may soon be relevant to cities elsewhere in the US facing incursions from ICE.
The Minneapolis Strategy for Fighting ICE Is Worth Studying
In Minneapolis, years of robust labor and community organizing set the stage for the fierce pushback against federal immigration agents’ aggressive invasion. Their experience may soon be relevant to cities elsewhere in the US facing incursions from ICE.
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February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
In Minneapolis, years of robust labor and community organizing set the stage for the fierce pushback against federal immigration agents’ aggressive invasion.
Their experience may soon be relevant to cities elsewhere in the US facing incursions from ICE.
Their experience may soon be relevant to cities elsewhere in the US facing incursions from ICE.
Aside from its authoritarian ambitions, the Trump administration shares few of the conditions of Latin America’s past military dictatorships.
But its echoing of fearful rhetoric about an “enemy from within” remains just as dangerous today.
But its echoing of fearful rhetoric about an “enemy from within” remains just as dangerous today.
An ABC of Authoritarianism: Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
Aside from its authoritarian ambitions, the Trump administration shares few of the conditions of Latin America’s past military dictatorships. But its echoing of fearful rhetoric about an “enemy from within” remains just as dangerous today.
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February 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Aside from its authoritarian ambitions, the Trump administration shares few of the conditions of Latin America’s past military dictatorships.
But its echoing of fearful rhetoric about an “enemy from within” remains just as dangerous today.
But its echoing of fearful rhetoric about an “enemy from within” remains just as dangerous today.
The new Dutch government’s program splurges on the military while cutting the welfare state.
With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to pay the costs.
With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to pay the costs.
The Netherlands’ New Era of Militarized Neoliberalism
The new Dutch government’s program splurges on the military while cutting the welfare state. With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to pay the costs.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The new Dutch government’s program splurges on the military while cutting the welfare state.
With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to pay the costs.
With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to pay the costs.
Amid aggressive bank lobbying and Donald Trump’s efforts at deregulation, we may be seeing the return of residential-mortgage-backed securities — one of the financial products that led to millions of foreclosures during the Great Recession.
Trump’s SEC May Tee Up a Repeat of the 2008 Financial Crisis
Amid aggressive bank lobbying and Donald Trump’s efforts at deregulation, we may be seeing the return of residential-mortgage-backed securities — one of the financial products that led to millions of foreclosures during the Great Recession.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Amid aggressive bank lobbying and Donald Trump’s efforts at deregulation, we may be seeing the return of residential-mortgage-backed securities — one of the financial products that led to millions of foreclosures during the Great Recession.
Chris Brooks, former chief of staff to United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, was key to an attempt to transform a once mighty union hobbled by corruption and lethargy.
Here’s what he learned from that process.
Here’s what he learned from that process.
Four Lessons From the UAW’s Turn Toward Class Struggle
Chris Brooks, former chief of staff to United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, was key to an attempt to transform a once mighty union hobbled by corruption and lethargy. Here’s what he learned from that process.
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February 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Chris Brooks, former chief of staff to United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, was key to an attempt to transform a once mighty union hobbled by corruption and lethargy.
Here’s what he learned from that process.
Here’s what he learned from that process.
Historically, Romania has had more emigration than immigration.
Yet nationalist parties are now importing US Republicans’ anti-immigrant talking points, using culture-war rhetoric to distract from bigger economic questions.
Yet nationalist parties are now importing US Republicans’ anti-immigrant talking points, using culture-war rhetoric to distract from bigger economic questions.
Romania’s Far Right Imports Anti-Immigrant Line
Historically, Romania has had more emigration than immigration. Yet nationalist parties are now importing US Republicans’ anti-immigrant talking points, using culture-war rhetoric to distract from bigger economic questions.
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February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Historically, Romania has had more emigration than immigration.
Yet nationalist parties are now importing US Republicans’ anti-immigrant talking points, using culture-war rhetoric to distract from bigger economic questions.
Yet nationalist parties are now importing US Republicans’ anti-immigrant talking points, using culture-war rhetoric to distract from bigger economic questions.
The recent right-wing obsession with Cea Weaver, a longtime tenant organizer appointed to lead the Office to Protect Tenants, reveals how shaken New York City’s real estate elites are by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pro-renter agenda.
Meet Cea Weaver, the Tenant Leader Who Terrifies NYC Landlords
The recent right-wing obsession with Cea Weaver, a longtime tenant organizer appointed to lead the Office to Protect Tenants, reveals how shaken New York City’s real estate elites are by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pro-renter agenda.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The recent right-wing obsession with Cea Weaver, a longtime tenant organizer appointed to lead the Office to Protect Tenants, reveals how shaken New York City’s real estate elites are by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pro-renter agenda.
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Oscar-nominated The Secret Agent examines how authoritarianism corrupts and distorts memory.
Forty years since the end of Brazil’s military dictatorship, the rise of Jair Bolsonaro’s far right is proof.
Forty years since the end of Brazil’s military dictatorship, the rise of Jair Bolsonaro’s far right is proof.
The Flawed Memory of Brazil’s Dictatorship
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Oscar-nominated The Secret Agent examines how authoritarianism corrupts and distorts memory. Forty years since the end of Brazil’s military dictatorship, the rise of Jair Bolsonaro’s far right is proof.
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February 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Oscar-nominated The Secret Agent examines how authoritarianism corrupts and distorts memory.
Forty years since the end of Brazil’s military dictatorship, the rise of Jair Bolsonaro’s far right is proof.
Forty years since the end of Brazil’s military dictatorship, the rise of Jair Bolsonaro’s far right is proof.
Three years after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the railroad, lawyers, and myriad companies involved in a $600 million class action settlement have all been paid — while many residents have yet to receive anything.
Ohio Train Derailment Victims Are Still Waiting for Justice
Three years after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the railroad, lawyers, and myriad companies involved in a $600 million class action settlement have all been paid — while many residents have yet to receive anything.
jacobin.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Three years after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the railroad, lawyers, and myriad companies involved in a $600 million class action settlement have all been paid — while many residents have yet to receive anything.
Democratic socialist and Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley was reelected and elevated to minority leader just days before ICE escalated its raids.
We spoke to her about fighting immigration repression alongside city residents.
We spoke to her about fighting immigration repression alongside city residents.
Minneapolis City Councilor Robin Wonsley on Fighting ICE
Democratic socialist and Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley was reelected and elevated to minority leader just days before ICE escalated its raids. We spoke to her about fighting immigration repression alongside city residents.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Democratic socialist and Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley was reelected and elevated to minority leader just days before ICE escalated its raids.
We spoke to her about fighting immigration repression alongside city residents.
We spoke to her about fighting immigration repression alongside city residents.
Tenants across buildings owned by Pinnacle Group are testing whether collective power can force new arrangements with landlords and the city government under a new pro-tenant mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
What New York Tenants Are Building Beyond the Courtroom
Tenants across buildings owned by Pinnacle Group are testing whether collective power can force new arrangements with landlords and the city government under a new pro-tenant mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Tenants across buildings owned by Pinnacle Group are testing whether collective power can force new arrangements with landlords and the city government under a new pro-tenant mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
Physician Abdul El-Sayed, one of the most prominent advocates of Medicare for All, is now running for US Senate in Michigan.
Jacobin spoke to him about his campaign and the continuing fight for single-payer health care.
Jacobin spoke to him about his campaign and the continuing fight for single-payer health care.
Single-Payer Champion Abdul El-Sayed Is Running for Senate
Physician Abdul El-Sayed, one of the most prominent advocates of Medicare for All, is now running for US Senate in Michigan. Jacobin spoke to him about his campaign and the continuing fight for single-payer health care.
jacobin.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Physician Abdul El-Sayed, one of the most prominent advocates of Medicare for All, is now running for US Senate in Michigan.
Jacobin spoke to him about his campaign and the continuing fight for single-payer health care.
Jacobin spoke to him about his campaign and the continuing fight for single-payer health care.
In the US, union pension funds collectively manage roughly $8 trillion in worker savings.
Sweden’s Meidner Plan suggests how labor can wield that economic power effectively: by using pension funds to establish worker ownership over private companies.
Sweden’s Meidner Plan suggests how labor can wield that economic power effectively: by using pension funds to establish worker ownership over private companies.
US Labor Unions Can Take a Page From Sweden’s Meidner Plan
In the US, union pension funds collectively manage roughly $8 trillion in worker savings. Sweden’s Meidner Plan suggests how labor can wield that economic power effectively: by using pension funds to establish worker ownership over private companies.
jacobin.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
In the US, union pension funds collectively manage roughly $8 trillion in worker savings.
Sweden’s Meidner Plan suggests how labor can wield that economic power effectively: by using pension funds to establish worker ownership over private companies.
Sweden’s Meidner Plan suggests how labor can wield that economic power effectively: by using pension funds to establish worker ownership over private companies.
A new book by the journalist Yi-Ling Liu documents the rise and fall of emancipatory politics on China’s internet and offers insights into the limitations of struggling for change online.
How China’s Counterculture Went Online
A new book by the journalist Yi-Ling Liu documents the rise and fall of emancipatory politics on China’s internet and offers insights into the limitations of struggling for change online.
jacobin.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A new book by the journalist Yi-Ling Liu documents the rise and fall of emancipatory politics on China’s internet and offers insights into the limitations of struggling for change online.
General strikes are the most powerful tool in the working class’s arsenal. Recent mass actions in Minnesota against ICE terror were strong steps toward such a strike, but much more organizing is needed.
Here’s how we can do it.
Here’s how we can do it.
How to Organize a Real General Strike in the US
General strikes are the most powerful tool in the working class’s arsenal. Recent mass actions in Minnesota against ICE terror were strong steps toward such a strike, but much more organizing is needed. Here’s how we can do it.
jacobin.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
General strikes are the most powerful tool in the working class’s arsenal. Recent mass actions in Minnesota against ICE terror were strong steps toward such a strike, but much more organizing is needed.
Here’s how we can do it.
Here’s how we can do it.
Britain’s new left-wing force Your Party has got off to a troubled start.
But faced with the historic decline of working-class organization, it’s vital that it makes good on its promise to rebuild grassroots power.
But faced with the historic decline of working-class organization, it’s vital that it makes good on its promise to rebuild grassroots power.
Your Party Can Realign the British Left
Britain’s new left-wing force Your Party has got off to a troubled start. But faced with the historic decline of working-class organization, it’s vital that it makes good on its promise to rebuild grassroots power.
jacobin.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Britain’s new left-wing force Your Party has got off to a troubled start.
But faced with the historic decline of working-class organization, it’s vital that it makes good on its promise to rebuild grassroots power.
But faced with the historic decline of working-class organization, it’s vital that it makes good on its promise to rebuild grassroots power.
In Europe, labor unions and socialist parties marched together and won massive reforms.
In the United States, they were divided. Vivek Chibber explains how that split still shapes US politics today.
In the United States, they were divided. Vivek Chibber explains how that split still shapes US politics today.
Why America Never Got a Labor Party
In Europe, labor unions and socialist parties marched together and won massive reforms. In the United States, they were divided. Vivek Chibber explains how that split still shapes US politics today.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM
In Europe, labor unions and socialist parties marched together and won massive reforms.
In the United States, they were divided. Vivek Chibber explains how that split still shapes US politics today.
In the United States, they were divided. Vivek Chibber explains how that split still shapes US politics today.
California’s private insurers are abandoning homeowners and dodging payouts while padding executives’ pockets.
A public disaster insurance system would cover everyone automatically, spread risk fairly, and invest in disaster prevention.
A public disaster insurance system would cover everyone automatically, spread risk fairly, and invest in disaster prevention.
We Need Natural Disaster Insurance for All
California’s private insurers are abandoning homeowners and dodging payouts while padding executives’ pockets. A public disaster insurance system would cover everyone automatically, spread risk fairly, and invest in disaster prevention.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
California’s private insurers are abandoning homeowners and dodging payouts while padding executives’ pockets.
A public disaster insurance system would cover everyone automatically, spread risk fairly, and invest in disaster prevention.
A public disaster insurance system would cover everyone automatically, spread risk fairly, and invest in disaster prevention.
Women in the West Bank face daily harassment by Israeli settlers and troops.
While Israel often paints itself as more forward-thinking on women’s rights, its occupation crushes Palestinian women’s autonomy and exposes them to violence.
While Israel often paints itself as more forward-thinking on women’s rights, its occupation crushes Palestinian women’s autonomy and exposes them to violence.
Israel’s West Bank Occupation Is a Danger to Women
Women in the West Bank face daily harassment by Israeli settlers and troops. While Israel often paints itself as more forward-thinking on women’s rights, its occupation crushes Palestinian women’s autonomy and exposes them to violence.
jacobin.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Women in the West Bank face daily harassment by Israeli settlers and troops.
While Israel often paints itself as more forward-thinking on women’s rights, its occupation crushes Palestinian women’s autonomy and exposes them to violence.
While Israel often paints itself as more forward-thinking on women’s rights, its occupation crushes Palestinian women’s autonomy and exposes them to violence.
The Russian state has forced many antiwar leftists into exile, cutting them off from ordinary Russians.
But activists are well aware that change in Russia must come from within, mobilizing ordinary people around their own interests.
But activists are well aware that change in Russia must come from within, mobilizing ordinary people around their own interests.
In Search of Russia’s Lost Opposition
The Russian state has forced many antiwar leftists into exile, cutting them off from ordinary Russians. But activists are well aware that change in Russia must come from within, mobilizing ordinary people around their own interests.
jacobin.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
The Russian state has forced many antiwar leftists into exile, cutting them off from ordinary Russians.
But activists are well aware that change in Russia must come from within, mobilizing ordinary people around their own interests.
But activists are well aware that change in Russia must come from within, mobilizing ordinary people around their own interests.
The recent release of more Epstein files only provide more evidence about just how close former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein were to each other, despite Barak’s protestations to the contrary.
Ehud Barak Had a Very Close Friendship With Jeffrey Epstein
The recent release of more Epstein files only provide more evidence about just how close former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein were to each other, despite Barak’s protestations to the contrary.
jacobin.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
The recent release of more Epstein files only provide more evidence about just how close former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein were to each other, despite Barak’s protestations to the contrary.
Poor health outcomes are often treated as an unfortunate by-product of individual bad decisions.
This moralizing approach ignores the role poverty plays in determining who gets ill and who can afford to get well.
This moralizing approach ignores the role poverty plays in determining who gets ill and who can afford to get well.
Our Obsession With Personal Responsibility Is Making Us Sick
Poor health outcomes are often treated as an unfortunate by-product of individual bad decisions. This moralizing approach ignores the role poverty plays in determining who gets ill and who can afford to get well.
jacobin.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Poor health outcomes are often treated as an unfortunate by-product of individual bad decisions.
This moralizing approach ignores the role poverty plays in determining who gets ill and who can afford to get well.
This moralizing approach ignores the role poverty plays in determining who gets ill and who can afford to get well.
Socialist New York State Assembly member and nurse Phara Souffrant Forrest on why New York City nurses are right to be on strike demanding safer staffing levels, a modest pay increase, and new safety measures on the job.
Phara Souffrant Forrest: Why I Support NYC’s Striking Nurses
Socialist New York State Assembly member and nurse Phara Souffrant Forrest on why New York City nurses are right to be on strike demanding safer staffing levels, a modest pay increase, and new safety measures on the job.
jacobin.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Socialist New York State Assembly member and nurse Phara Souffrant Forrest on why New York City nurses are right to be on strike demanding safer staffing levels, a modest pay increase, and new safety measures on the job.
After over 500 days of bargaining, the United Auto Workers have reached a first contract with Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee — a major breakthrough for unions in the South that lays the ground for further inroads at other employers across the region.
The UAW Volkswagen Contract Is a Win for Unions in the South
After over 500 days of bargaining, the United Auto Workers have reached a first contract with Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee — a major breakthrough for unions in the South that lays the ground for further inroads at other employers across the region.
jacobin.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
After over 500 days of bargaining, the United Auto Workers have reached a first contract with Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee — a major breakthrough for unions in the South that lays the ground for further inroads at other employers across the region.
Tory and Labour governments in Britain have provided every conceivable form of support for Israel’s genocidal project in Gaza.
Peter Oborne, an independent-minded conservative journalist, has now provided us with a definitive record of their complicity.
Peter Oborne, an independent-minded conservative journalist, has now provided us with a definitive record of their complicity.
Britain’s Rulers Have Been Partners in the Gaza Genocide
Tory and Labour governments in Britain have provided every conceivable form of support for Israel’s genocidal project in Gaza. Peter Oborne, an independent-minded conservative journalist, has now provided us with a definitive record of their complicity.
jacobin.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Tory and Labour governments in Britain have provided every conceivable form of support for Israel’s genocidal project in Gaza.
Peter Oborne, an independent-minded conservative journalist, has now provided us with a definitive record of their complicity.
Peter Oborne, an independent-minded conservative journalist, has now provided us with a definitive record of their complicity.