From agriculture to meatpacking to service work, immigration enforcement functions as labor discipline. Minnesota’s mass strike against ICE points toward a reckoning with the agency that the labor movement can’t avoid.
The Right’s Antisemitism Is Too Flagrant to Ignore
Right-wing influencers give Nazi salutes in limousines and peddle conspiracy theories about Jews to audiences of millions, while “moderate” Republicans dog-whistle about “authentic” American heritage. The GOP’s antisemitism problem is no longer fringe.
Minneapolis Is Going on Offense Against ICE
We spoke to a Minneapolis organizer about the community-organizing infrastructure there in response to ICE, why targeting corporations that profit from ICE is working, and how other cities could do the same in their fight against ICE terror.
The Already Tattered US Safety Net Is Fraying Even More
The US spends far less on social programs than comparable nations, and red-tape barriers ensure that millions who qualify for help never receive it. Republicans are further eviscerating the safety net when we should be repairing and expanding it.
The #Resistance Got a Lot Wrong in Trump I
Today’s liberal anti-Trump Resistance is stronger than it was in his first term, precisely because it has taken seriously some of the arguments of its critics.
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.
Silicon Valley’s Latest Dubious Offering: Designer Babies
Tech capitalists are now marketing the ability to customize your baby’s inherited traits. The process is currently unable to deliver on its promises — but it raises serious concerns about the prospect of genetically encoding inequality.
Trump and ICE Are Driving the Country Off a Cliff
The Trump administration’s secret police force has again murdered someone in broad daylight and is blatantly lying about it. It’s time to abolish ICE.
Trump’s New National Security Memo Is 30 Pages of Insanity
Released just before Christmas, Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy memo is a bizarre and frightening manifesto for MAGA’s second term. To help make sense of the document, Jacobin turned to Latin American historian Greg Grandin.
Delcy Rodríguez Heads a Compromised Bolivarian State
After Nicolás Maduro was kidnapped by US forces, Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s president. She has a long record in the Chavista camp, but she faces an uphill battle in dealing with her country’s compromised sovereignty.
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.
Rojava Is Fighting for Its Survival
Syria’s interim government, backed by Islamist mercenaries, has launched large-scale attacks on the autonomous Rojava region. While Western states endorse Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa, domestically his government relies on violent repression.
Democrats Need to Take On ICE
As the Trump administration and its ICE thugs continue their violent frenzy in cities, establishment Democratic politicians still refuse to meet the moment.
Iran’s Protests Are a Turning Point for the Islamic Republic
Iran’s rulers have managed to contain a wave of protest for now. But the nature of the unrest and the state’s lethal response make this an unprecedented moment since the 1979 revolution, with the threat of a US attack still hanging over the country.
No Other Choice Is Another Masterpiece by Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is a shocking, innovative, and darkly comic film about the pressures of life under capitalism. It’s more proof that the Oldboy director is nothing less than a cinematic master.