Freedom From the Boss
At its best, the labor movement hasn’t just fought for better wages. It’s fought to bring democracy to workplaces marked by despotism.
18 Articles by: Micah Uetricht
Micah Uetricht is an associate editor at Jacobin. He is the author of Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity and a graduate student in sociology at McGill University.
Carlos Rosa’s Political Capital
Recently, Chicago city councillor Carlos Rosa’s socialist politics cost him in the halls of power. He speaks to Jacobin about why he refuses to “throw a movement under the bus.”
Oscar Romero, Presente
Thirty-seven years ago today, Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated while giving mass. His killers have never been brought to justice.
Remember El Mozote
Thirty-five years ago this week, El Salvador’s US-backed soldiers carried out one of the worst massacres in the history of the Americas at El Mozote.
They Don’t Care About Us
The Podesta emails show that Democratic power brokers won’t reward labor’s unwavering loyalty or record contributions.
In the Bag
The implosion of Trump’s campaign should give lesser-evil Clinton supporters space to criticize her policies. Why are they still silent?
A Vital Project
Ahead of the Chicago teachers strike, we’re reprinting Class Action: An Activist Teacher’s Handbook — but only with your help.
Won’t Back Down
With an authorization vote of 96 percent, the Chicago Teachers Union has signaled unequivocally that it’s ready to strike again.
What the CTU Can Do
With a strike authorization vote this week, the Chicago Teachers Union has the chance to show the power of militant action and democratic organizing.
A Matter of Survival
The Hand That Feeds shows the potential and challenges of low-wage worker organizing.
Four More Years
Rahm Emanuel’s win in the Chicago mayoral election doesn’t spell the defeat of the city’s grassroots movements.
Jacobin Radio Chicago, Ep. 2
Will Karen Lewis run against Rahm Emanuel?
Run, Karen, Run
Karen Lewis should be the next mayor of Chicago.
Reviving Labor From Below
The American labor movement won’t be able to revive itself without organizing at its grassroots.
Uncommon CORE
The 2012 Chicago Teachers Union strike would have never come to be without the patient building of a radical formation within the union, the Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators.
Strike for America: The CTU and the Democrats
How Chicago teachers took on neoliberal education reform.
