Streamer Hasan Piker is one of the most watched political commentators in the US, with nearly 5 million followers combined on YouTube and Twitch. We spoke with him about how he became a socialist as well as the state of the GOP and the Democratic Party.
The Printing House of the Commune
During the Paris Commune, workers at France’s National Printing House took the same fonts once used by kings and emperors and repurposed them to print the demands of worker rule.
Umberto Bossi, a Founding Father of Postmodern Italy
The late Umberto Bossi dreamed of breaking Italy’s north away from the rest of the country. Instead he helped refound Italy itself, as he forged an alliance with former fascists and the billionaire Silvio Berlusconi.
Elon Musk Represents the Right’s New Reactionary Modernism
Elon Musk is an heir to the reactionary modernists of a century ago, a man whose utopian speculations about the power of technology go hand in hand with apocalyptic doomsaying about the woke mind virus and the “great replacement.”
How Texas Populists Almost Destroyed the Two-Party System
The Populists of the 1890s rose up against both capitalism and white supremacy in the heart of the Lone Star State. Their apparent defeat at the ballot box was rooted in nothing less than an all-out campaign of terror and white supremacist violence.
Under capitalism, technological “progress” like AI systematically deskills workers, deepens managerial control, and turns the labor process into a site of conflict rather than liberation. This is by design.
The Congressional Budget Game Is Rigged
Congressional Republicans are holding airport security funding hostage to get more money for ICE. The situation is possible because of the federal appropriations process, which makes some federal spending changes easier and others far more difficult.
Trump’s Historic Blunder in Iran
Both the White House and Israel wanted swift regime change in Iran. Instead they’ve triggered a spiraling conflict with no plausible endgame.
Brad Lander Is Demanding an AIPAC-Free Congressional Race
Former NYC Comptroller Brad Lander is demanding Rep. Dan Goldman sign a “People’s Pledge” ahead of the congressional primary pitting the two against each other to limit the influence of lobbying groups like AIPAC on campaign funding and advertising.
There Was No “Right Way” to Attack Iran
Some critics of the Trump administration’s Iran war say the problem is how it’s being waged. There was never a correct way to attack Iran, only a deadly disaster in the making.
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.
Sarah Sherman, Our Socialist at SNL
We spoke to Saturday Night Live’s Sarah Sherman about doing body horror at a time of real horrors, the hope at the heart of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, and her emergence as a top local canvasser for Bernie Sanders’s last presidential run.
We Aren’t All Complicit in US Warmongering
US military operations like Donald Trump’s war on Iran are carried out in all of our names. That doesn’t make us collectively to blame for them.
France’s Communists Hold Back the Far Right, for Now
Blue-collar voters in northern France are often seen as a natural base for Marine Le Pen’s surging far right. Yet while her party has made major inroads in this electorate, local elections saw Communists resist what seemed like inevitable defeat.
Labor Wins When They Run Union Members for Office
A new report from the Center for Working-Class Politics, Arizona State University’s Center for Work and Democracy, and Jacobin shows how labor can play to its strengths — and win. The secret? Run more union members for office.