Israel routinely confiscates what it calls uncultivated Palestinian land. In the West Bank towns of Beit Furik or Beit Dajan, farmers who refuse to be driven from their territory are subject to constant attacks by armed settlers and the Israeli army.
Two Brooklyn Socialists Are Hoping to Build the Left’s Bench
Democratic socialists Eon Huntley and Christian Celeste Tate are running for New York State Assembly, hoping to grow the socialist bench in Albany. Jacobin spoke to them about their campaigns.
To Give Birth or Not to Give Birth
Global fertility decline has made reproduction a site of reactionary family policies and moralized childlessness. But a healthy society would let people choose to have children or not without turning that choice into a moral adjudication.
Another Energy Transition Is Possible
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz’s dizzying history of energy consumption argues that no energy transition has ever occurred: each generation consumes more of past fuels. Not only are his claims ahistorical but they justify an unwarranted pessimism about the future.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Problem in the Age of AI
AI is understood to be an unstoppable force, but it is still wholly dependent on human labor to function. Whether these technologies liberate or create misery will depend on who controls their development and deployment.
If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people. Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up political culture in New York City.
Mayor Mamdani Can Empower New York’s Municipal Workers
New York City Hall has traditionally had an antagonistic relationship with the city’s municipal workforce. Mayor Zohran Mamdani can chart a new course, working collaboratively with city workers to deliver better public services.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s Life of Class Struggle
From free speech fights to picket lines to defending political prisoners, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn lived a life on the front lines for the working class.
China Came Late to Capitalism but Early to Its Pathologies
In China, the number of single-person households has increased along with rates of loneliness. In this respect, China is not unique. It is simply suffering from the same social dislocation affecting all advanced capitalist states.
Military Vets in Labor Are Joining the Fight Against Trump
Military veterans are more likely than other Americans to work union jobs. Vets in the labor movement have increasingly joined and led fights against Donald Trump’s attacks on Veterans Affairs and on federal workers’ jobs and collective bargaining rights.
Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power. Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
Francesca Hong Is a Socialist Running for Wisconsin Governor
In Wisconsin, state assembly member and democratic socialist Francesca Hong has announced she is running for governor. We spoke to her about the campaign.
We’re Now in the Sopranos Stage of Imperialism
The attack on Venezuela marks the arrival of the Sopranos stage of imperialism: the transformation of US hegemony into naked extortion. As with the Mafia, loyalty may ultimately buy nothing, and deals can be broken at gunpoint.
Sewer Socialism Comes to the Pennsylvania Suburbs
Norristown, Pennsylvania, is a majority-renter town with deep industrial roots. New councilmember David McMahon explains why the suburbs aren’t a monolith — and why suburbs like his are fertile ground for socialist organizing.
Toronto Is Segregating Dissent
In the wake of protests over West Bank real estate, Toronto has ring-fenced public space around dozens of synagogues. This expansion of “bubble zones” has less to do with real danger than with political lawfare against critics of Israel.