Nick’s Writing Elsewhere

Nick has been writing about politics, philosophy, the labor movement, and other topics for the last few years in Jacobin, In These Times, and other places. Here’s a selection of his writing.

2024

• Jimmy Carter Worsened the American Malaise He Decried in Jacobin (December 30)

• From Nixonomics to Trumponomics: The 50-Year Evolution of the GOP in Dollars & Sense (November/December issue)

• No, Liberalism Hasn’t Buried Socialism, an interview with Vivek Chibber in Jacobin (September 14)

• U.S. Socialists’ Long March Through City and State Governments at Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung NYC (August 29)

• Bernie’s Flawed Vehicle in Jacobin (August 21)

• Assessing Bidenomics in Dollars & Sense (July/August print issue)

  • Reprinted as Let’s Be Sober About the Limits of Bidenomics in Jacobin (July 2024)

• UC Workers Are Poised to Strike for Palestine and for Free Speech in Jacobin (May 17)

• Why Nietzsche Hated Socialism, an interview with Daniel Tutt in Jacobin (May 4)

• Why the UAW Should Stand in Solidarity With Palestine, an interview with Brandon Mancilla in Jacobin (May 1)

• One Year After the New York Nurses’ Strike, What Comes Next? in Dollars & Sense (May/June print issue)

• The U.S. Corporations Profiting from the Israeli Occupation in Dollars & Sense (March/April print issue)

  • Reprinted as The Obscene US Profiteering From Israeli War and Occupation in Jacobin (March 16)

• Bernie Sanders Is Calling for a 32-Hour Workweek in Jacobin (March 14)

• The Heavy, Unequal Burden of Student Debt in Dollars & Sense (January/February print issue)

2023

• Christmas Is a Reminder To Keep the Faith in the Face of Overwhelming Odds in Jacobin (December 24)

• The UAW Strike Points the Way to a Different Vision of Economic Life in In These Times (November 28)

  • Reprinted as The UAW Strike Could Portend a Broader Revival of Working-Class Power in Jacobin (January 8, 2024)

• Will There Be a Just Transition to Electric Vehicles? in Dollars & Sense (November/December 2023 print issue)

• Real Freedom in America Can Only Be Won Through Class Struggle in Jacobin (November 15)

• The Militancy of the UAW Strike Forced Joe Biden to Take a Side and Walk the Picket Line in Jacobin (September 26)

• With the UAW Strike, Bernie Sanders’s Political Revolution Is Continuing on the Shop Floor in Jacobin (September 15)

• If Democrats Want to Win Elections, They Should Bring Back the Covid Welfare State in In These Times (September 1)

  • Republished as Bring Back the COVID Welfare State in Jacobin (September 12)

  • Republished as Build Bidenomics Better in In These Times November 2023 print issue

• The Left Can’t Abandon Political Independence in Jacobin (September 1)

• Strikes Are a Tool to Claw Back Control Over Our Lives in In These Times (August 1)

  • Republished as Today’s Hollywood Strikes Are Fights for Workplace Democracy in Jacobin (August 4)

• Can John Rawls’s Philosophy Save Liberal Democracy? in Catalyst Review (July 31)

  • Republished as John Rawls Was Wrong to Think We Could Have a Just Capitalism in Jacobin (August 21)

• The Left Shouldn’t Get Too Excited About Joe Biden’s “Supply-Side Liberalism” with Andrej Markovčič in Jacobin (July 19)

• Socialists Love Public Parks Because They Belong to Everyone in Jacobin (June 24)

• Marxism Doesn’t Equal “Wokeness.” But If You Oppose Oppression, You Should Be a Marxist. in Jacobin (April 25)

• No, Socialism Isn’t About Envying the Rich in Jacobin (April 14)

• Don’t Fall for the Myth of the Job Creator in Jacobin (April 7)

• Socialists Are the Real Champions of Personal Responsibility in Jacobin (March 16)

• Only Socialism Can Put an End to Exploitation, an interview with Nicholas Vrousalis in Jacobin (February 10)

• “Ethical Consumption” Used to Mean Something More Than Feeling Smug About Your Purchases in Jacobin (January 31)

• How Analytic Philosophers Have Made Sense of Capitalism in Jacobin (January 25)

• Why and How Class Still Matters in Jacobin (January 21)

• The Red Scare Deformed the New Deal by Purging Its Radical Civil Servants in Jacobin (January 17)

2022

• US Life Expectancy Has Declined Again. Neoliberalism and Antidemocratic Rule Are to Blame. in Jacobin (September 3)

• The Right’s Unhinged Whining About Canceling Student Debt Shows Why It’s a Great Idea in Jacobin (August 31)

• Democrats’ Midterm Prospects Are Looking Up. They Still Don’t Have a Long Game. in Jacobin (August 23)

• To Win a Political Revolution, We Need a New Mass Organization with Jeremy Gong in Jacobin (August 6)

• Corporations Are Putting Workers’ Lives in Danger in a Deadly Heat Wave in Jacobin (August 2)

• Marco Rubio’s “Pro-Family” Proposals Are a Fraud in Jacobin (July 4)

• Tinder Wants Money. We Want Love. The Solution: Socialize Dating Apps in Jacobin (June 10)

• Socialists Need a Clear Confrontational Strategy to Win with Neal Meyer in The Call (April 13)

• Class Struggle Built the Swedish Welfare State in Jacobin (January 9)

2021

• Let’s Recommit to Building an Independent Party in The Call (August 2)

• Libby and Her Billionaire Friends Are the Problem, Not the Solution in East Bay Majority (March 31)

• To Win Significant, Long-Term Change in America, We Need Class Struggle in Jacobin (March 28)

2020

• East Bay Health Care Workers Are Striking Against Austerity and for Public Control in Jacobin (October 9)

• Solidarity Should Be the Basis of White Anti-Racism, Not “Allyship” in Jacobin (July 8)

• Why Workers Need a Political Party with Jeremy Gong in The Call (June 15)

• Socialists: Help Organize Your Workplaces in Jacobin (May 25)

• Even in a Pandemic, Workers Can Fight Back in Jacobin (April 11)

• The For-Profit Pharmaceutical Industry Is Leaving Us Exposed to Pandemics Like Coronavirus in Jacobin (March 17)

• Alameda County’s Public Health System is a Nightmare for Workers and Patients. COVID-19 Will Make It Worse. in East Bay Majority (March 23)

• Democratic Socialism Is About Freedom in Jacobin (March 13)

• Michael Bloomberg Doesn’t Deserve to Be a Billionaire — No One Does with Jeremy Gong in Jacobin (March 4)

2019

• AOC’s Endorsement of Bernie Makes Perfect Sense with Meagan Day in Jacobin (October 16)

• East Bay DSA Shows Up for Oakland Teachers in Democratic Left (Fall 2019)

• We Need Social Housing for All in East Bay Majority (August 29)

• Even Nice, “Generous” Rich People Are Not Your Friends in Jacobin (July 21)

• Learning from the Red-State Teachers’ Revolt in East Bay Majority (May 28)

• Fight for the Green New Deal in The Call (April 26)

• Rich Kids Aren’t Any Smarter Than the Rest of Us in Jacobin (March 14)

• A Different Kind of Teachers’ Strike Wave in Jacobin (March 12)

• The Oakland School Crisis and the Billionaires Who Caused It in East Bay Majority (January 7)

  • Republished with edits as Oakland Teachers Are on the Verge of a Strike in Jacobin (February 8)