The US left has had some success winning primaries in Democrat-held constituencies. But this can’t be a strategy for national success and the implementation of New Deal–style programs. For that, we’ll need a supermajority.

American feminist and activist Gloria Steinem speaks at a rally outside the United Nations, New York, New York.

Gloria Steinem Was No Enemy of the Left

Leftists shouldn’t remember Gloria Steinem as an opponent. She was a vital broker of ideas, organizations, and people who connected social movements to mainstream political institutions and helped make a space where the Left and liberalism could meet.

Subscribe

Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture.

$29.95
1 Year / 4 Issues
Digital Subscription
$39.95
1 Year / 4 Issues
Print + Digital Subscription

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.

A vintage photograph of a team of women, seated, answering telephone calls as a man, standing, is shown some paperwork .

An Agenda for De-Alienating Work

Work becomes less alienating when workers are given more autonomy, voice in workplace decisions, and jobs that develop skills. The Left needs a practical strategy for making jobs better now and transforming them in the future.

Subscribe

Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture.

$29.95
1 Year / 4 Issues
Digital Subscription
$39.95
1 Year / 4 Issues
Print + Digital Subscription