At the VP Debate, Neither Candidate Spoke Up for Peace
At last night’s vice presidential debate, Tim Walz spoke eloquently and passionately on abortion rights. But on Israel, Palestine, and Iran, he might as well have been J. D. Vance.
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Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
The First East Coast Longshore Strike in Half a Century Is On
After a monthslong impasse between the longshore workers’ union and its employers, 47,000 ILA workers from docks along the East and Gulf coasts have struck. Billions of dollars’ worth of goods won’t move until they return to work.
How “Social Europe” Became the Alibi for a Neoliberal EU
During the 1970s, left parties and unions promoted the idea of a “Social Europe” as a response to the crisis of capitalism. The term later served as a rhetorical distraction from the EU’s ongoing embrace of neoliberal dogma.
The Environmental Costs of Our Fish Sticks
Alaskan pollock is a $2 billion industry supplying chains like McDonald’s with fish sticks and other products. The fishing industry’s destruction of marine habitats is compounding the dire effects of climate change on Alaska’s ecosystems.
Jared Kushner Is Building on a NATO Bomb Site in Belgrade
A firm headed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is set to build a luxury hotel atop one of the most famous sites of the NATO bombing of Belgrade. For all its nationalist posturing, Serbia’s government really wants the US tycoon’s money.
The City That Loves Its Housing Crisis
Vancouver, BC, one of North America’s priciest real estate markets, clings to exclusionary zoning. Despite skyrocketing housing costs, new apartment buildings are banned on most of the city’s land. Other cities should learn from Vancouver’s mistakes.
Will the Democrats Stand Up for Veterans?
At tonight’s VP debate, two US military veterans, Tim Walz and J. D. Vance, will face off. Walz has a chance to stand up against the dangerous privatization of Veterans Affairs — which Biden has overseen and Trump and Vance are promising to push further.
The GOP Prepares to Make America Great Again — Again
We went to the Republican National Convention to better understand the strangest mainstream party in the world.
Donald Trump, Stand-Up Comic
Donald Trump is a skilled comedian whose “gaffes” are often intended to be funny — and his appeal can’t be understood without this fact.
The Rise of a New Right
David Austin Walsh, a historian of American conservatism, talks to Jacobin about J. D. Vance, Project 2025, and the New Right’s political theory.
Issue 55: Letters + The Internet Speaks
We read the criticism. But we’re not going to stop publishing the bullshit.
Issue 55: Dossier
A travel guide for Kekistan.
The Art of Being Wrong
Wyndham Lewis was perhaps the most talented English painter and novelist of the first half of the twentieth century. How did he become best known as a fascist?
Corrupt Pols and Charismatic Idiots
Around 1947, McCarthyism hit Hollywood, just when it was starting to make hit films about the corruption and idiocy of American electoral politics.
Hobbies: Football and Fascism
Football ultras don’t just cheer for right-wingers on the pitch.
War on Wheels
Formula One has its origins in Italian and German fascism. It continues to flirt with authoritarianism today.
The Same Old Song and Dance
Except this time, a bit more off-key than usual.
The Lyric Composers of the Concentration Camps
When German fascism came to power, it interrupted a revolutionary experiment in freedom exemplified by two classical composers: Arnold Schoenberg and Hanns Eisler.