Our Friends in Riyadh
The United States is allies with Saudi Arabia not in spite of the country’s authoritarian political order, but because of it.
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The Future of the Umbrella Revolution
What’s next for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement?
Of Collaborators and Careerists
Careerism has its own moralism, serving as an anesthetic against competing moral claims.
Punitive Schooling
The education reform movement has brought “broken windows” policing into the classroom.
Against Carceral Feminism
Relying on state violence to curb domestic violence only ends up harming the most marginalized women.
Horror for the Whole Family
David Fincher’s Gone Girl revels in the sickness of our culture by making it seem attractive.
Breaking Up Fortunes
The rich have too much. Hiking the estate tax would be a powerful tool in a broader anti-inequality campaign.
The Economics of Palestinian Liberation
How the PLO went from building a developmental state in exile to accepting a neoliberal economy under colonialism.
Literature is Liberalism
The Nobel Prize’s wish to separate literature from politics isn’t just misguided. It’s impossible.
Red Teamsters
The radical teamsters of Minneapolis showed what democratic unionism looks like.
The Assassination of Detroit
Elites in Detroit say they want to turn around the city. Their plan is to privatize land and funnel more resources to the rich.
Solidarity with Kobanê
Besieged on all sides, the resistance in Kobanê needs international solidarity.
Freedom National
James Oakes on why the Left should study the movements that abolished slavery.
All in the Family
The Market Basket strike had conservative aims. But leftists can learn from the solidarity it inspired.
Privatizing Mexico
In Mexico and elsewhere, neoliberalism isn’t a retreat of the state. It’s using the state to enrich the wealthy.
Global Capitalism’s Bouncers
We need a world without borders, not more thugs patrolling them.
Songs of Emptiness
Bono’s mission isn’t simply to provide capitalism with a human face. It’s to ruin music in the process.
From Sect to Mass Party
The Dutch Socialist Party went from fringe force to national contender. But lost its soul along the way.
Jacobin Radio South Africa, Ep. 4
Racism and crime in post-apartheid South Africa.
A Union County
Labor in Lorain County, Ohio, is challenging Democrats and putting solidarity into practice.