Agathe Dorra is a PhD researcher in political aesthetics at King’s College London
The “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” rallies headlined by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can become something much bigger — if Bernie and AOC direct their rally attendees into sustained organizing efforts against Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Some scientists think we should slow climate change through carbon capture and solar geoengineering. Is that a gamble worth taking?
The world as we know it is a product of globalization — and this era of globalization might be coming to a close.
Born in the seventeenth century, our faith in progress is now at death’s door. Sociologist Göran Therborn traces the idea’s history — and argues that it must be revived.
Donald Trump’s billionaire appointees make his second administration the richest in US history.
The president’s cryptocurrency isn’t doing so hot.
Throughout US history, reactionary forces have used immigration law to silence political speech — just as the Trump administration is trying to do against Mahmoud Khalil and several others.
Without a massive change in leadership, strategy, political pitch, or all of the above, the Democratic Party under Sen. Chuck Schumer is basically dead in the water.
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book Abundance has plenty of merits, writes Matt Bruenig, but its emphasis on growth and innovation must be married to other egalitarian concerns.
German right-wing tabloid Bild ran a smear campaign against civil servant Melanie Schweizer because of her solidarity with Palestine — and then she was fired. She told Jacobin what her case says about the reality of free speech in Germany.
Argentina’s biggest football stars, from Maradona to Messi, got their start in the country’s ubiquitous neighborhood sports clubs. These community centers urgently need government support, not the ruthless privatization on offer from far-right president Javier Milei.
The unconventional artistic rebellion of surrealism may seem a long way removed from the sober, disciplined work of Marxist revolutionaries. But French writer Pierre Naville brought surrealism and Marxism together amid the turmoil of interwar Europe.
European leaders claim to be champions of the liberal international order that Donald Trump is repudiating. But they’re lining up with Trump to support the resumption of Israel’s murderous onslaught against Palestinian civilians.
Poorer Americans work long hours to afford basic necessities. Richer Americans work long hours in pursuit of “the good life” that’s perpetually just beyond their grasp. All of this tedious work is a waste of our precious time and resources.
As an election looms, Mark Carney is the face of Canada’s Liberal Party comeback — and the latest figure to stand between the country and Trump-era fallout. He may also be its first casualty.
A newly released memo from the banking giant Wells Fargo outlines a predatory scheme to dismantle the USPS: sell off profitable parts, slash union jobs, and raise prices by up to 140 percent.
It is strategically and morally necessary for labor unions to fight Trump’s attacks on freedom of speech, writes painters’ union president Jimmy Williams Jr. That means standing up for Mahmoud Khalil.