Buying into a Better World
The Occupy Card undermines its own stated values, redefining citizen as consumer.
19197 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.
The “War on Terror,” Starring an American Journalist
The victims shown in Dirty Wars never become more than victims. Jeremy Scahill is the star here.
Disposable Goods
On overcoming the exploitative temp industry.
The Ethic of Marginal Value
Mainstream economics is an ethical theory masquerading as a description of social reality.
The Vice of Selfishness
The Left shouldn’t sharply separate “moral” discourse from “self-interested” discourse, because the two are closely intertwined.
Alexander Cockburn: The Last Polemicist
Cockburn’s hatred was most certainly pure. But it was a joyful hate that he nurtured. An inspiring hate.
The Decline of the American Empire
Neoliberalism lives and shouldn’t be given a premature obituary, but the American empire has entered a decadent phase.
Revenge of the Nerds
No act of consumption is completely passive, but even the most active types of consumption form a shaky ground for serious left politics.
Rethinking Care
Welcome to the “care economy” — the booming service sector that has emerged from America’s rapidly graying boomer population.
The Substance of Geek Culture
“Geeks” are more than passive consumers of corporate media.
No Experiments: Germany After the Election
What does Sunday’s endorsement of Angela Merkel mean for Germany and its Left Party?
The Numbers Racket
Rick Scott and Obama’s figures may sound impressive, but “job creation” does not equal recovery.
Higher Education Can Be Free
Oregon’s “Pay It Forward” plan is based on a neoliberal understanding of education as a commodity.
Obombya
A cartoon from Matt Bors, featured in the last print issue of Jacobin.
Class Action: Presented by the Chicago Teacher Union’s CORE Caucus and Jacobin
With your help, Jacobin and the Chicago Teachers Union’s CORE Caucus will produce a color booklet on neoliberal education reform.
Black, Brown, and Invisible
Just as mass incarceration uses the gloss of rehabilitation to hide the realities of social control, military intervention has appropriated the language of humanitarianism to disguise imperialist motives.
Different War, Same Columnist
Friedman fires more volleys of cliche into the densely packed prejudices of his readers.
An Exchange on Libya
A letter from Gilbert Achcar on Greg Shupak’s recent Libya piece.