McCarthyism in Modi’s India
Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party are carrying out an audacious campaign to arrest left activists and silence dissent in India. The country is on a path toward fascism.
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Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
Mike Davis on the Crimes of Socialism and Capitalism
We’ve heard for decades that socialism has a body count. But how does it compare to capitalism? Mike Davis discusses Stalin, Mao, and the staggering holocausts of capitalism’s nineteenth-century heyday.
A Humanitarian Exodus
The Central American migrant caravan traveling to the US border highlights the failures of American migration and foreign policy, and dwindling options for refugees to seek safety. We should welcome them with open arms.
“We’re Having Those Light-Bulb Moments”
Democratic socialist and Pennsylvania State House candidate Kristin Seale talks to Jacobin about Medicare for All, the state of class consciousness in America, and the Democrats’ failure to challenge right-wing talking points.
The Oligarchic Courts
The Supreme Court doesn’t have a shred of democratic legitimacy. The sooner we recognize that basic fact, the sooner we will be able to confront the reactionary judiciary.
The Return of the Party
Why are mass parties back? Because they’re still the best way to organize the powerless to take on the powerful.
He Got the Story
Seymour Hersh has gotten a few things wrong over his career. But his memoir shows a reporter with broad and brave consistency, exposing one atrocity and cover-up by the forces of American imperial power after another.
A Pale Shade of Green
The German Greens are on the brink of becoming the country’s second-largest party. But they’re no friends of the working class.
Hurricane Empire
Puerto Rico’s devastation by Hurricane Maria was a man-made disaster, rooted in American empire.
The Karl Marx of Music
Composer Hanns Eisler was a lifelong communist and self-described Jacobin. His music provided the soundtrack for both the tragedies and triumphs of German antifascism.
Donald Trump, Lumpen Capitalist
The most important thing about Donald Trump isn’t his psychological condition — it’s that he’s a capitalist. And a particular kind of capitalist at that: a lumpen capitalist.
“We Were Terrorizing Some of the Most Exploited People on Earth”
An interview with Spenser Rapone — the “commie cadet” that got kicked out of the military for standing against US imperialism.
The Mayors and the Movements
In 2015, a wave of social movements lifted left-wing mayors to power in Spain. Their experience in office shows the importance of linking institutional power to bottom-up mobilization.
Ending Economic Conscription
How can we take on the American military machine? By starving it of recruits and building up the civilian welfare state.
The ABCs of Socialism Is Back
By popular demand, we just reprinted our democratic socialism primer. Copies are only $5.
Bolsonaro’s Most Dangerous Supporters
Establishment outlets like the Economist insist the Brazilian military is a moderating influence on the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro. But precisely the opposite is true.
“Cops Are at War Out There”
A culture of racism, paranoia, and authoritarianism permeates American police departments. Piecemeal reform won’t be enough.
A World for the Many
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is key to the fight against Turkey’s brutal Erdoğan regime. But its struggle is also about building a different kind of world order.
The Centrist Charade
For many in today’s commentariat, politics is about mediation between irrational tribes rather than conflict between competing interests.
Bolsonaro’s Conservative Revolution
Jair Bolsonaro’s core support lies with wealthy Brazilians. But the far-right figure wouldn’t have gotten this far if he hadn’t also established a formidable base among the poor.