Apple Lost a Tax-Dodging Battle, but It’s Winning the War

Last month, the European Court of Justice issued one of the biggest tax rulings in history, forcing Apple to pay €13 billion to Ireland. But firms like Apple have already teamed up with Irish government officials to devise new ways of avoiding taxes.

Tim Walz’s Talents Are Wasted on This Campaign

At the VP debate, Tim Walz offered lessons for how progressives can communicate their ideas to ordinary Americans. Unfortunately, it’s all in the service of Kamala Harris’s unambitious, corporate-friendly campaign.

US Labor Has a Responsibility to Stop Israel

In an interview, United Electrical Workers president Carl Rosen talks about the union’s call to halt US military support to Israel and why it’s important that the labor movement speak up against US wars.

Wolfs Is Lax, Low-Key Entertainment

In Wolfs, George Clooney and Brad Pitt’s new Apple TV+ buddy action-comedy about a rivalry between two lone-wolf fixers cleaning up a crime scene, you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for: lax, unambitious entertainment for dark times.

At the VP Debate, Neither Candidate Spoke Up for Peace

At last night’s vice presidential debate, Tim Walz spoke eloquently and passionately on abortion rights. But on Israel, Palestine, and Iran, he might as well have been J. D. Vance.

The First East Coast Longshore Strike in Half a Century Is On

After a monthslong impasse between the longshore workers’ union and its employers, 47,000 ILA workers from docks along the East and Gulf coasts have struck. Billions of dollars’ worth of goods won’t move until they return to work.

How “Social Europe” Became the Alibi for a Neoliberal EU

During the 1970s, left parties and unions promoted the idea of a “Social Europe” as a response to the crisis of capitalism. The term later served as a rhetorical distraction from the EU’s ongoing embrace of neoliberal dogma.

The Environmental Costs of Our Fish Sticks

Alaskan pollock is a $2 billion industry supplying chains like McDonald’s with fish sticks and other products. The fishing industry’s destruction of marine habitats is compounding the dire effects of climate change on Alaska’s ecosystems.

Jared Kushner Is Building on a NATO Bomb Site in Belgrade

A firm headed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is set to build a luxury hotel atop one of the most famous sites of the NATO bombing of Belgrade. For all its nationalist posturing, Serbia’s government really wants the US tycoon’s money.

The City That Loves Its Housing Crisis

Vancouver, BC, one of North America’s priciest real estate markets, clings to exclusionary zoning. Despite skyrocketing housing costs, new apartment buildings are banned on most of the city’s land. Other cities should learn from Vancouver’s mistakes.

Will the Democrats Stand Up for Veterans?

At tonight’s VP debate, two US military veterans, Tim Walz and J. D. Vance, will face off. Walz has a chance to stand up against the dangerous privatization of Veterans Affairs — which Biden has overseen and Trump and Vance are promising to push further.

The Political Street Fighters of Israeli Football

What a rivalry between a powerhouse’s racist hooligans and an idealistic fan-owned club says about who owns the future of Israeli politics.

The Original Trump Towers

The Trump family fortune is partly built on postwar New York’s Mitchell-Lama affordable housing program.

Jacobin Joins the #Resistance

Jacobin Joins the #Resistance

Apple Lost a Tax-Dodging Battle, but It’s Winning the War

Last month, the European Court of Justice issued one of the biggest tax rulings in history, forcing Apple to pay €13 billion to Ireland. But firms like Apple have already teamed up with Irish government officials to devise new ways of avoiding taxes.

Tim Walz’s Talents Are Wasted on This Campaign

At the VP debate, Tim Walz offered lessons for how progressives can communicate their ideas to ordinary Americans. Unfortunately, it’s all in the service of Kamala Harris’s unambitious, corporate-friendly campaign.

US Labor Has a Responsibility to Stop Israel

In an interview, United Electrical Workers president Carl Rosen talks about the union’s call to halt US military support to Israel and why it’s important that the labor movement speak up against US wars.

Wolfs Is Lax, Low-Key Entertainment

In Wolfs, George Clooney and Brad Pitt’s new Apple TV+ buddy action-comedy about a rivalry between two lone-wolf fixers cleaning up a crime scene, you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for: lax, unambitious entertainment for dark times.

At the VP Debate, Neither Candidate Spoke Up for Peace

At last night’s vice presidential debate, Tim Walz spoke eloquently and passionately on abortion rights. But on Israel, Palestine, and Iran, he might as well have been J. D. Vance.

The First East Coast Longshore Strike in Half a Century Is On

After a monthslong impasse between the longshore workers’ union and its employers, 47,000 ILA workers from docks along the East and Gulf coasts have struck. Billions of dollars’ worth of goods won’t move until they return to work.

How “Social Europe” Became the Alibi for a Neoliberal EU

During the 1970s, left parties and unions promoted the idea of a “Social Europe” as a response to the crisis of capitalism. The term later served as a rhetorical distraction from the EU’s ongoing embrace of neoliberal dogma.

The Environmental Costs of Our Fish Sticks

Alaskan pollock is a $2 billion industry supplying chains like McDonald’s with fish sticks and other products. The fishing industry’s destruction of marine habitats is compounding the dire effects of climate change on Alaska’s ecosystems.

Jared Kushner Is Building on a NATO Bomb Site in Belgrade

A firm headed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is set to build a luxury hotel atop one of the most famous sites of the NATO bombing of Belgrade. For all its nationalist posturing, Serbia’s government really wants the US tycoon’s money.

The City That Loves Its Housing Crisis

Vancouver, BC, one of North America’s priciest real estate markets, clings to exclusionary zoning. Despite skyrocketing housing costs, new apartment buildings are banned on most of the city’s land. Other cities should learn from Vancouver’s mistakes.

Will the Democrats Stand Up for Veterans?

At tonight’s VP debate, two US military veterans, Tim Walz and J. D. Vance, will face off. Walz has a chance to stand up against the dangerous privatization of Veterans Affairs — which Biden has overseen and Trump and Vance are promising to push further.

The Political Street Fighters of Israeli Football

What a rivalry between a powerhouse’s racist hooligans and an idealistic fan-owned club says about who owns the future of Israeli politics.

The Original Trump Towers

The Trump family fortune is partly built on postwar New York’s Mitchell-Lama affordable housing program.

Jacobin Joins the #Resistance

Jacobin Joins the #Resistance