Nobody seems to care anymore about the fears and threats that originally motivated the war on terror. Yet 25 years after September 11, 2001, that war continues to infect American life at home and abroad, more violently and menacingly than ever.
Why Is It So Hard to Imagine the End of American Empire?
Americans’ muted reaction to the quarter-century anniversary of 9/11 reveals a waning zeal for the American imperial project. We tolerate it only because we believe it can’t end. But it can.
The AfD's Economic Populism Could Hardly Be Shallower
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party styles itself as populist and anti-elite. Yet it maintains close relationships with tech elites like Elon Musk, who was among the first to congratulate the party on Sunday’s election win.
The GOP’s Enemy #1 for the Midterms: Socialism
Donald Trump and the Republicans want you to be terrified of socialists. But they really don’t want to talk about our core economic policies, because the moment you spell those policies out, they sound pretty good.
Donald Trump’s Saudi Nuclear Deal Makes No Sense
It’s a mark of the absurdity of US foreign policy that the country most closely associated with the 9/11 attacks, Saudi Arabia, is the one Trump wants to help potentially make a nuclear weapon — even as he fights a war with Iran over this exact issue.
Jonathan Chait’s Atlantic essay claims the Democratic Socialists of America has betrayed the legacy of its founder, Michael Harrington. It gets DSA’s history, and what the organization is today, wrong.
Universities Are Teaching the Virtue of Overwork
At American universities, nap pods and meditation apps paper over backbreaking workloads. As higher education increasingly conforms to corporate logic, its most durable product becomes a student with a proven capacity for overwork.
Raphäel Glucksmann, a Hawk in Progressive Clothing
French center-left presidential hopeful Raphaël Glucksmann embodies the hawkish tradition of the nouveaux philosophes. Having learned little from recent military disasters, his is a brand of liberalism all too comfortable with “humanitarian” war-making.
The Discreet Charm of John Berger
Art critic, novelist, Marxist, lover, exile, storyteller: John Berger resisted every easy definition. His new biography embraces the contradictions he left behind.
Socialists Can Lead in the Fight Against AI Data Centers
Americans across the political spectrum are coming together to fight against AI data centers and for solutions like public power. Beholden to big donors, mainstream politicians won’t meet the moment — but the Left can.
Mainstream economics cannot accept the concept of contradiction that is foundational for Karl Marx’s analysis of capitalism. David Harvey explains why we need the Marxist perspective if we want to make sense of capital’s latest mutations in the age of AI.
Joe Sacco’s Indictment of Western Blindness on Gaza
Widely regarded as one of the pioneers of comics journalism, Joe Sacco has focused his work heavily on Palestine. He spoke to Jacobin about the West’s complicity in Israel’s crimes and why it’s journalists’ job to talk about it.
The Left Needs More Working-Class Leaders
A new report finds a massive divide between working-class voters and college-educated progressives. Closing it means handing working-class people real power over a left-wing program.
50 Years After Mao’s Death, China Has Left His Legacy Behind
China’s rulers will pay tribute to Mao Zedong’s role as founder of their state 50 years after his death. But they’ve long since dismantled the economic system he created, swapping Maoist slogans for neo-Confucian rhetoric about a “harmonious society.”
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan Now Have Their Own NATO
The Mecca Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan is a response to insecurity and waning American power in the region. The question is whether the new security order will produce more violence rather than less.