Jon Jeter

Jon Jeter
From Jim Crow to Katrina to Gentrification, Tracing the Rise and Fall of New Orleans Working Class
27 Aug 2025
A forgotten history of cross-racial labor solidarity in 1890s New Orleans offered a glimpse of a potential future. Its deliberate destruction set the stage for the city's modern transformation into a…
Jon Jeter
Clutching at Pearls, the World’s Largest Criminal Enterprise, the US, Cracks Down on Crime
20 Aug 2025
The latest liberal discourse on crime offers useless panaceas to analyze the causes of violence and pathologizes communities while absolving the state of its role in creating these conditions.
Jon Jeter
Black People Who See Themselves in Palestinians Find that Israel Sees the Same
13 Aug 2025
Israel's brutal treatment of Black solidarity activists proves the truth that resistance to settler colonialism comes with a price. For Black Americans standing with Palestine, that price has always…
Jon Jeter
Stagflation Returns, Shining a Spotlight on the Federal Reserve’s War on the Working Class
06 Aug 2025
History exposes the Fed's inflation fight for what it truly is: a decades-long class war waged against working people under the guise of monetary policy.
Jon Jeter
Betraying Howard Zinn: How the White Left Uses Scholarship to Undermine Black/White Solidarity
30 Jul 2025
Howard Zinn showed that scholarship can fuel solidarity and liberation—but now, some white leftists use it to undermine Black struggle.
Jon Jeter
From Cadillac-Driving Welfare Queens to Xbox-Playing Slackers, the Oligarchs Vilify Others for Their Own Larceny
09 Jul 2025
America’s ruling class keeps inventing new boogeymen to disguise its endless war on workers, while wealth flows upward and capitalism’s collapse accelerates.
Jon Jeter
Mamdani’s Train is Running But Blacks Wonder if There is Space for Them
02 Jul 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s democratic socialist vision won NYC’s primary but lost Black voters to scandal-plagued Cuomo by 20 points, exposing the left’s racial blind spot even as Wall Street prepares to spend…
Jon Jeter
Unable to Reinvent Itself, Dems Can’t Capitalize on Trump’s Missteps
25 Jun 2025
The Democratic Party is in crisis—divided, broke, and struggling to counter Trump’s agenda despite growing public backlash. Internal battles over strategy and leadership have left the DNC paralyzed.
Jon Jeter
As the State’s Complexion Darkens, Minnesota’s Liberalism Wanes
18 Jun 2025
Minnesota’s progressive myth shatters as its racial gaps in income, education, and housing eclipse even Deep South states, and right wing whites turn to violence against their own people.
Jon Jeter
Making a Mountain out of a Mole Hill, Trump Sends Troops to Los Angeles, Hoping to Energize His MAGA Base
11 Jun 2025
Trump deploys Marines against LA protesters, echoing Nixon’s Kent State crackdown. But this time, he faces a broader, greatly disaffected opposition ready to fight back.