Sarah Jaffe is the author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt. She is a Type Media Institute reporting fellow and an independent journalist covering labor, economic justice, social movements, politics, gender, and pop culture. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, the Atlantic, and many other publications. She is the co-host, with Michelle Chen, of Dissent magazine’s Belabored podcast.
Sarah Jaffe
In the U.K. election’s final days, the feeling on the ground is very different from the story told in the news. Read more
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The December 12 parliamentary election has brought out Labour’s secret weapon: organizers who have been working for years to end austerity and bring a new politics to the U.K. Read more
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Labour’s best hope for victory in a general election, just as it was in 2017, is to get people talking about something besides Brexit. Read more
Sarah Jaffe
As Brexit looms, a surge of community organizing from within is bridging political divides and refocusing the British Labour Party. Read more
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As gridlock in Parliament mounts, Jeremy Corbyn must find a way to move his leftist agenda to the center of the conversation. Read more
Instead of raising taxes, labor leaders in collective-bargaining talks have a new proposal for closing state budget gaps: Go after the financial institutions that ripped off governments. Read more
In South Carolina, an Obama campaign veteran puts his organizing strategies to work in government. Read more
