Laughing at Rich Kids
Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival gave us a chance to laugh at rich kids. It also told us something about modern culture.
21016 Article(s) by: Benjamin Case
Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
Announcing Catalyst
Does the world need another journal? Probably not, but we’re giving you one anyway.
What’s Next for Podemos?
Podemos MP Manolo Monereo discusses the party’s origins, its first crisis, and what it would mean for it to govern.
How the US Creates Terrorism
The US brags about its commitment to democracy. But its interventions have yielded death and despotism for the Middle East.
A Democrat Against Democracy
To preserve and expand public education, educators and parents will have to fight not only free market zealots like Betsy DeVos, but Democrats like Dwight Evans.
For Health and Freedom
Civil rights activists knew their struggle was incomplete without winning a just health care system. They’re an inspiration for single-payer activists today.
Back to the 1930s With Theresa May
The Tories are doing great in the polls, but their coalition is more fragile than it looks.
The Uses and Abuses of Antisemitism
Campaigns to silence criticism of Israel don’t protect Jews — they endanger them.
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The First 103 Days
Forget the first 100 days — Jacobin contributors weigh in on Trump’s first 103.
The American That Reagan Killed
Thirty years ago, Ben Linder was gunned down by the American-funded contras while building infrastructure for the poor in Nicaragua.
Trump’s Tech Opposition
Tech employees who increasingly see themselves as workers will be an important sector of resistance to Trump’s agenda.
Eric Hobsbawm on How Workers Made May Day Theirs
The late Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm recounts the origins of International Workers’ Day. “The priests have their festivals,” announced a 1891 May Day broadsheet, “the Moderates have their festivals. The First of May is the Festival of the workers of the entire world.”
Spain Through Orwell’s Eyes
Eighty years ago, Barcelona’s calamitous May Days sealed the fate of a worker-led social revolution. George Orwell was there to bear witness.
Beyond “Liminal Legality”
This May Day, let’s demand not just sanctuary from deportation, but legalization for all — and an end to capital’s despotic rule.
Loved by the Workers, Feared by the Bosses
Three years after his death, British trade union leader Bob Crow continues to provide an example of militant working-class leadership.
May Day News
To celebrate International Workers’ Day, we have a new website and $10 subscriptions.
Which Way to the Barricades?
What was the mass strike and what would a successful one look like today?
A Special Obscenity
Picasso’s “Guernica” still stands as a searing protest against the brutality of war and fascism.
The Rule of Law Won’t Save Us
Donald Trump won’t be stopped by the law — in fact, his worst abuses are enabled by it.