The labor theory of value is one of Marxism’s most contested ideas. Both critics and supporters of socialism have labeled it inconsistent and outdated. In an interview with Jacobin, economist Duncan Foley offers a full-throated defense.
New data show that Canada’s inequality crisis is driven by both billionaire wealth and runaway housing costs. Without a meaningful fix, both democracy and economic growth will be distorted by entrenched interests.
There’s no forging a durable working-class progressive coalition without winning back the blue-collar working class.
Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán has invited Benjamin Netanyahu to Budapest, in defiance of the International Criminal Court arrest warrant. Their embrace shows how Europe’s far right increasingly identifies with Israel.
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea brought the experience of postrevolutionary Cuba to the screen in classic movies like Memories of Underdevelopment and Strawberry and Chocolate. Alea’s committed, artistically dazzling work set a benchmark for political cinema.
The memoirs of the Central African revolutionary Andrée Blouin tell the story of a woman who witnessed firsthand the ecstatic highs and tragic lows of Africa’s struggle for independence.
There is a long and noble history of Jewish Israelis and Palestinians resisting Israel’s crimes together.
Whether from religious conservatives or progressive educators, today’s book bans share a common moral claim: some texts are too harmful to circulate. But when ideologies compete to control knowledge, the pluralism and inquiry democracy needs begin to erode.
America is witnessing a dramatic reinvestment in traditional gender roles. The way out of this situation isn’t through culture war discourse — it’s through pro-worker, gender-egalitarian social policy, like Norway’s paternity leave system.
Palestinians in Gaza protested last week for the end of the war and for their right to live in peace and dignity in their homeland, targeting both Israel’s genocide and the disastrous leadership of Hamas.
Gary Stevenson’s story of trading floor excess and moral turnaround is one of personality-driven critique, tailor-made for the British media’s idea of dissent. Just don’t ask too many questions about Citibank — or capitalism.
Chris Wickham is one of the best-known Marxist historians of the Middle Ages. In his book The Donkey and the Boat, he offers an ambitious account of the internal dynamics of the precapitalist Mediterranean economy.
Ukrainian Marxist Roman Rosdolsky survived the Nazi concentration camps and went on to write one of the most important books about the making of Karl Marx’s Capital, paving the way for a revival of Marxist economic theory from the 1960s.
More than a century after her murder, there’s still so much to discover in Rosa Luxemburg’s work as more of her writings become available in English. Brazilian writer Michael Löwy is one of the best guides we have.
Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for office for five years. The sentence applies the law as written, but it turns her embezzlement conviction into a propaganda coup for her party.
Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is a major Russian military target. But the system also faces another enemy: climate disasters putting ever more strain on the power grid.
Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has forced it into a more activist posture as it faces a growing mass movement in defense of Turkish democracy.
The closure of Monolith Productions, an innovative video game developer, shows what’s wrong with an industry in which game publishers have the ultimate power to shut down projects and fire workers.
In an interview with Jacobin, Colombia’s former energy minister outlines left-wing president Gustavo Petro’s plan to make the rich nations that profit from its extractive economy help pay for its green transition.
Emmanuel Macron is a lame duck president without a parliamentary majority. He’s turned to the international stage to show off his continued influence — but France seems unlikely to weigh on the final outcome in Ukraine.