Educating for the Status Quo
The Common Core leaves intact the longstanding ethos of American public education: what’s good for capital is good for the student.
19202 Articles by: Adrien Beauduin
Adrien Beauduin is currently researching a PhD on Polish and Czech politics at the Central European University’s department of gender studies.
Gentrification’s Racial Arbitrage
When it comes to housing and gentrification, anti-racism is about more than purifying what’s in our hearts or our heads.
Electoral Strategy for the Left
Independent political challenges are welcome, but breaking the two-party system will require efforts that go beyond the ballot box.
No More Imperial Crusades
America has done enough harm to Iraqis already. Further intervention must be opposed.
Bureaucracy and Solidarity: An Interview with Staughton Lynd
What strategies can reverse the labor movement’s decline?
Collective Panic in Venezuela
Venezuela’s colectivos are a myth created by the country’s elites to discredit the struggle for socialism and grassroots democracy.
The SPD Under Angela Merkel
With the opposition reduced to a dispersed minority, the German government is firmly in the hands of Angela Merkel’s centrist coalition.
The Genius of Silicon Valley
Despite his libertarianism, Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley tears apart tech elites with a ruthless precision we haven’t seen since Office Space
Somaly Mam, Nick Kristof, and the Cult of Personality
Focusing on individuals in sex work’s “rescue industry” avoids the structures that created a fraudulent movement.
After Rana Plaza
Despite international accords to protect Bangladesh’s garment workers after thousands of deaths from building collapses, little has changed in the country’s factories.
Let Them Eat Soccer
Anti–World Cup protests rage in Brazil, but political struggle has long known the beautiful game.
Rank-and-File Environmentalism
Labor is often considered hopelessly reactionary on the environment. But democratic unions can fight for both jobs and the planet.
Jacobin Radio South Africa, Ep. 3
What happened to the African National Congress?
Human Rights Watch’s Revolving Door
Human Rights Watch’s edicts and positions have often been suspiciously in line with US policy.
Higher Ed’s For-Profit Future
Few universities have embraced the corporatization of higher education with arms as wide as the University of Chicago.
Bro Bash
There’s nothing feminist about leaving numbers to the bros.
The Working Families Party and Cuomo
Before writing off the Working Families Party’s Cuomo endorsement as yet another capitulation, consider the concessions wrung out of him.
Pulling the Plug on Working Families
The Left must develop fully independent organizations outside of establishment channels.
How Progressives Got Afghanistan Wrong
The “decent left” was wrong: a blood-soaked occupation did not lead to a promising post-Taliban future.
Infotainment Journalism
Shoddy infotainment journalism makes data something to sprinkle on top of your substanceless linkbait.