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Confronting Capitalism: Why the US Never Got a Labor Party

While European labor movements established foundations for their welfare states in the late 19th century, it was not until the New Deal that the US began instituting policies like unemployment insurance and old-age pensions. But although working-class struggle was also key to thi ...  Show more

Jacobin Radio: Iran’s Protest Movement w/ Yassamine Mather and Kevan Harris

Over the past several weeks, Iran has experienced its most serious wave of protests since the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising of 2022. What began as an economic protest quickly turned political, with chants calling for an end to the Islamic Republic — and the most brutal response o ...  Show more

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