Rise of the Clay Jock
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21015 Article(s) by: Benjamin Case
Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
Trump’s Manufactured Crisis
By pulling out of the Iran deal and reimposing sanctions, Trump has invented a crisis that could push the United States toward war.
Good News at Last
Don’t credit Trump, but a new Korean War seems less likely today than it has in years.
Closing the Asylums
Forty years ago this week, Italy began to shut down its psychiatric hospitals. The change was driven by a movement with a radical new vision of mental health.
Beyond “Cold Dead Hands” and “Clenched Fists”
NRA propaganda hearkens back to an imagined past of white picket fences and financial security. In doing so, it whitewashes the history of guns in American life.
The Melbourne March
Australian workers rallied yesterday against repressive labor laws in the largest march in more than a decade.
In Lula’s Place
How a housing-justice movement in Brazil is exposing the political contradictions of Lula’s imprisonment.
Celebrating May Day in a State of Emergency
The embattled Turkish left is trying to make the best of a dire situation.
Historically Compromised
Aldo Moro’s murder on May 9, 1978 blocked the Italian Communists’ route to government and ushered in an age of political fragmentation.
UC Workers on Strike
They’re fighting against austerity and privatization — and for the very idea of public institutions.
A Field Guide to the New Red-Baiting
Faced with a historic public-sector strike wave, anti-labor forces are sharpening their rhetorical weapons.
“I am not here as the accused, I am here as the accuser of capitalism”
100 years ago today Scottish socialist John Maclean, accused of sedition for his revolutionary organising, delivered an iconic defence of socialism from the dock.
“The Momentum Is With Us”
A Jacobin conversation with Bernie Sanders on the state of left politics today.
For Democracy, At Home and Abroad
On VE Day, we remember black Americans’ Double V campaign: victory in Europe against fascism, victory at home against racism.
Macron’s Anniversary
It’s been a year since Emmanuel Macron was elected. His “start-up presidency” is a liberal dystopia.
There’s Always Another Crisis
Why the Left needs to start preparing for the next recession now.
After the Wave
If teachers’ unions want to build off the momentum of the recent strikes, they cannot simply return to business as usual.
Political Aspects of Full Employment
Why do capitalists hate full employment? Because it weakens their power over workers.
Bernie Gets Socialistic
A national job guarantee has opened radical horizons for the Left. We should fight for it — but the devil is in the details.
Marx the Journalist
Marx is often remembered as a political economist or philosopher. But he made his mark as a journalist.