The arguments of Anton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics, which first appeared in Jacobin, sparked debate across the political spectrum. Here he responds to critics and explores how a “strategy of patience” could help the Left escape its hyperpolitical impasse.
Could AI Fix Climate Change? Probably Not Under Capitalism.
In an interview with Ezra Klein, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang floated the possibility that AI might offer a solution to the climate crisis. That would require taking AI under public control.
Tech Workers’ Leverage Over Employers Is Shifting
Just a few years ago, tech workers held enormous leverage over their employers. That power has eroded recently, especially because of AI. Tech workers can find new sources of leverage, but only through waging struggles at the workplace.
High School Protests Have French Establishment on the Ropes
The start of the school year drew attention to disastrously dilapidated classrooms in the Paris suburbs. Rather than listen to students’ complaints, the government has responded with violent repression.
Mark Carney Isn’t the “Leader of the Free World.” Lula Is.
Newspapers around the world have anointed Canada’s prime minister the new “leader of the free world.” But Lula links democracy to economic equality and solidarity, while Mark Carney revives the technocratic neoliberalism that helped create its crisis.
Is Trump Crashing the Dollar Empire?
Economist Mona Ali on how the United States wields the world’s most powerful currency to shore up empire and its own ruling class — and how Trump’s careless moves might blow it all up.
The real choice is not between globalization and deglobalization, free trade and tariff walls, but between empowering capital and empowering workers.
Andy Burnham’s Labour Allows the Left to Breathe, a Little
The first Labour conference under new leader Andy Burnham saw a rhetorical turn away from his predecessor’s austerian and managerial approach. Burnham has regained trade unions’ confidence, but his real policy shifts have been cautious.
What Makes Somebody a Marxist?
Marxism is a social theory about how the world works, and how to change it. Anyone committed to understanding and changing the world should be a Marxist.
Interest Rate Increases Are About Disciplining Labor
The major factors bringing about the current, continuing inflation are unlikely to be much affected by the Fed’s recent interest rate increases. But those increases weaken labor’s bargaining power, so Washington welcomes them anyway.
Was Karl Kautsky Right About Ultra-Imperialism?
Publishing a theory of capitalist peace six weeks into World War I was catastrophic timing. The problem is that the post-war order looked a great deal like what Karl Kautsky described.
Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s Empire became a campus sensation because it offered a master theory for globalization at a moment when old Marxist categories seemed exhausted. But the capitalist internationalism they saw as permanent has now crashed and burned.
The European Green Party Attacks Solidarity With Palestine
The European Green Party rushed to condemn the Greens of England and Wales when they voted to support a single democratic state in Palestine. It has never condemned the German Greens for supporting Israel’s genocidal violence against the Palestinians.
As Trump’s Coalition Breaks, Can the Left Pick Up the Pieces?
Donald Trump won in 2024 by casting billionaires and blue-collar workers as allies against a liberal professional elite. As working-class voters lose faith in him, the Left has a chance to consolidate support around economic populism.
“The Spanish People Will Remember Who Betrayed Them”
Echoing the outrage of housing protesters, Minister Pablo Bustinduy admonished Spanish politicians for betraying the working class in favor of rentiers. The legislature’s rejection of two vital housing decrees led PM Pedro Sánchez to call snap elections.
Being Against Capitalism Isn’t Enough
Socialists need more than a critique of capitalism. We need a concrete account of how a socialist economy could work — and make ordinary people’s lives better.