Blood Banking

Tissue and organ transfers are assumed to go from the healthy to the sick — not the poor to the wealthy.

Stay Classy

Class is not the universal solvent that does away with all identity.

Gabriel Kolko’s Unfinished Revolution

Kolko reshaped the way we think about how the state protects and advances capitalist interests.

Atlas Smug

What’s Next for the German Left?

The German left must figure out how to create an appealing socialist project among the “winners” of Europe’s crisis.

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.

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.