From JacobinUnemployed and on The Street During the early 1930s, in working-class areas of Sydney and Melbourne, unemployment peaked at more than 30 percent. Because welfare recipients were paid in goods or coupons, rather than money, and few owned homes of their own, the result was a wave of … [Read more...] about Australian Renters Are Organizing To Fight Evictions, Just Like They Did in the 1930s
Social Justice/社会正義
Resisting Amazon Is Not Futile
From JacobinResistance Is Not Futile Technology and the speed of global communications are core elements of Amazon’s financial success, but workers also can harness those advances to benefit the working class. New technology in the hands of workers doesn’t cancel out the disparity between capital … [Read more...] about Resisting Amazon Is Not Futile
Stephen F. Cohen Helped Us Understand the Russian Revolution and Nikolai Bukharin
From JacobinUnearthing the Real Bukharin At age seventeen, Bukharin joined the Bolsheviks during the 1905 Revolution and helped rally Moscow youth groups into a citywide organization. Along with fellow students Valerian Osinsky and Vladimir Smirnov, he spearheaded “theoretical raids” at Moscow … [Read more...] about Stephen F. Cohen Helped Us Understand the Russian Revolution and Nikolai Bukharin
Hours After Brian Kemp Declined to Overturn Georgia's Election Results, Trump Slammed GOP Governor at Lie-Filled Rally
From CommonDreamsPublished on Saturday, December 05, 2020byCommon DreamsHours After Brian Kemp Declined to Overturn Georgia's Election Results, Trump Slammed GOP Governor at Lie-Filled Rally "What I need" one journalist said, "is for lawyers who specialize in little-used federal criminal statutes like Sedition to explain to me why a federal official … [Read more...] about Hours After Brian Kemp Declined to Overturn Georgia's Election Results, Trump Slammed GOP Governor at Lie-Filled Rally
Trump Demands Names of 27 Congressional Republicans Who Acknowledged Biden's Victory
From CommonDreamsPublished on Saturday, December 05, 2020byCommon DreamsTrump Demands Names of 27 Congressional Republicans Who Acknowledged Biden's Victory Two right-wing lawmakers insist Trump won the election, while 220 GOP members of the House and Senate—roughly 88 percent of congressional Republicans—refuse to say either way. "Send me a list," … [Read more...] about Trump Demands Names of 27 Congressional Republicans Who Acknowledged Biden's Victory