https://jacobin.comJacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/jonathan-demme-criterion-film-retrospectiveThe Criterion Channel’s new Jonathan Demme retrospective is a chance to look beyond The Silence of the Lambs and rediscover one of America’s most adventurous, surprising, and charming filmmakers.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/jonathan-demme-criterion-film-retrospectiveThu, 6 Aug 2026 20:21:37 UTCEileen Joneshttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/hollywood-film-tv-production-intergenerationalRunaway production isn’t just costing Hollywood jobs. It’s severing the intergenerational chains along which film crafts are passed down, replacing an industry town’s living inheritance with a dislocated workforce that must always start from scratch.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/hollywood-film-tv-production-intergenerationalThu, 6 Aug 2026 17:38:26 UTCClara Aranovichhttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/uc-upte-tech-workers-unionTwo University of California tech workers explain their unionization process — and how unions can help recapture the original promise of tech being used to better people’s lives rather than make the worst people in the world ever richer.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/uc-upte-tech-workers-unionThu, 6 Aug 2026 16:37:44 UTCDan Russell, Max Belasco, and Aaron Petcoffhttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/ice-military-policing-ptsd-brutalityUS police have long recruited military veterans with conditions that make them prone to violence and aggression. The problem is even worse when it comes to ICE, whose leaders valorize brutality and allow officers to kill with impunity.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ice-military-policing-ptsd-brutalityThu, 6 Aug 2026 15:17:42 UTCSuzanne Gordon and Steve Earlyhttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/western-europe-us-consumption-healthPeople sometimes point to individual consumption to argue that the US is better off than Western Europe. But this comparison neglects how much more unequal the US is and how much more money we burn in our irrational private health care system.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/western-europe-us-consumption-healthThu, 6 Aug 2026 12:35:23 UTCMatt Bruenighttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/unions-negotiation-collective-bargaining-uawThe answer to union contracts being voted down is not for organizers to lower workers’ expectations. It’s to seize that vote as an opportunity to organize those expectations into collective power.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/unions-negotiation-collective-bargaining-uawWed, 5 Aug 2026 20:25:44 UTCChris Brookshttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/democratic-primary-michigan-el-sayedBefore the votes had even been counted, some were treating last night’s Michigan result as a defeat for the Left. This is hard to square with the fact that well beyond Abdul El-Sayed’s win, progressives and socialists won major races.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/democratic-primary-michigan-el-sayedWed, 5 Aug 2026 19:56:40 UTCBranko Marcetichttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/republican-party-trump-business-classThe Republican Party’s descent into chaos wasn’t Donald Trump’s doing. After successfully beating back the labor movement, the capitalist class became too disorganized to restrain the monster it created.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/republican-party-trump-business-classWed, 5 Aug 2026 18:56:30 UTCPaul Heideman and Micah Uetrichthttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-llms-monopoly-bubble-capitalWe tend to think that markets reflect consumer choice. But the artificial-intelligence boom has been powered by the investment decisions of concentrated capital rather than by consumer demand.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-llms-monopoly-bubble-capitalWed, 5 Aug 2026 13:55:50 UTCGrace Blakeleyhttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/gdp-us-europe-economy-inequalityYou were born on the wrong continent. Yes, the United States has a greater GDP per capita than Western Europe. But that GDP has not translated into broader prosperity in time and well-being for ordinary workers.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/gdp-us-europe-economy-inequalityWed, 5 Aug 2026 12:45:01 UTCMatt Bruenighttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/varoufakis-tech-capital-marxism-technofeudalismYanis Varoufakis has called Big Tech’s overweening power to shape the modern economy “technofeudalism.” Writing for Jacobin, he argues that this isn’t a moral critique but one based in the dynamic of capital accumulation today.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/varoufakis-tech-capital-marxism-technofeudalismTue, 4 Aug 2026 18:27:48 UTCYanis Varoufakishttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/dsa-elections-turnout-gentrification-democratic-machineCentrist Democrats are writing off New York City socialist wins as a fluke reducible to gentrification and low turnout. But it was the Democratic Party machine itself that spent decades cultivating a depoliticized electorate.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/dsa-elections-turnout-gentrification-democratic-machineTue, 4 Aug 2026 17:13:54 UTCMichael Kinnucanhttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/us-imperialism-mexico-donroe-doctrineUS governments have long relied on Mexico as a southern gendarme, even as it proudly declares its sovereignty. Faced with Trumpian imperialism, the challenge for Claudia Sheinbaum’s government is to make that independence more real.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/us-imperialism-mexico-donroe-doctrineTue, 4 Aug 2026 16:29:13 UTCAlexander Aviñahttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/climate-policy-working-class-liberalsNew research confirms that policy messages on climate favored by college-educated liberals often fall flat with working-class Americans. The good news? Workers are favorable to pro-climate policies that speak directly to their everyday material concerns.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/climate-policy-working-class-liberalsMon, 3 Aug 2026 20:17:44 UTCMatt Huberhttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/democrats-dsa-democracy-grassroots-campaignsThe Democratic establishment’s hysteria over the Democratic Socialists of America’s organizing methods has it exactly backward: the Democratic Party has almost no ability to democratically organize voters, while DSA is reviving grassroots campaigning.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/democrats-dsa-democracy-grassroots-campaignsMon, 3 Aug 2026 19:28:22 UTCCole Sansomhttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/health-care-searchlight-institute-acaThe centrist Searchlight Institute has released a health care policy proposal with the hope that Democratic candidates will adopt it. The grab bag of policies is internally contradictory and cruel in places — and fails to insure everyone.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/health-care-searchlight-institute-acaMon, 3 Aug 2026 16:06:52 UTCMatt Bruenighttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/spain-ceuta-border-crossing-moroccoWhen 50,000 people briefly crossed into Ceuta in North Africa, many pundits damned the lax Spanish line on migration. In truth, the hardening of the border around Ceuta since the 1990s has made such desperate attempts to storm the barrier more common.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/spain-ceuta-border-crossing-moroccoMon, 3 Aug 2026 14:54:53 UTCNathan Akehursthttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/blue-collar-brigade-democrats-working-class-realignmentA slate of union-backed working-class Democratic candidates is running on an economic-populist platform in swing districts. If the Blue Collar Brigade proves successful, their strategy could set a precedent for winning working-class votes.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/blue-collar-brigade-democrats-working-class-realignmentSun, 2 Aug 2026 13:00:00 UTCJared Abbotthttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/khalil-israel-palestine-lawsuit-trumpPalestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was detained and threatened with deportation by the Trump administration for protesting Israel’s genocide. He spoke to Jacobin about why he is now suing the administration.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/khalil-israel-palestine-lawsuit-trumpSun, 2 Aug 2026 12:30:00 UTCMahmoud Khalil and David Griscomhttps://jacobin.com/2026/08/review-spider-man-marvel-holland-zendayaThe record-breaking Spider-Man: Brand New Day is gleeful, undemanding fun that doesn’t pretend to be anything more. In a superhero monoculture that keeps draining Hollywood of money, talent, and ambition, that’s about the best you can hope for.https://jacobin.com/2026/08/review-spider-man-marvel-holland-zendayaSat, 1 Aug 2026 14:44:57 UTCEileen Jonesen-usThu, 6 Aug 2026 20:21:37 UTCThu, 6 Aug 2026 22:14:21 UTC