Five Books to Understand the Right
We asked scholar Dylan Riley what to read about our political foes.
6 Articles by: Dylan Riley
Dylan Riley is an associate professor of sociology at the University of California Berkeley and a member of the New Left Review editorial committee.
Revisiting Marx’s Eighteenth Brumaire
In The Eighteenth Brumaire, Karl Marx analyzes revolution and reaction in mid-19th-century France to blistering effect. His appraisals offer enduring lessons on revolution, class dynamics, and the perpetual tussle with the bonds of history.
Capitalists Have Never Been Friends of Democracy
Capitalists are sometimes accommodating of electoral democracy. But at no point in history have capitalists ever accepted the outcome of elections that might threaten capitalist property relations.
Fascism and Democracy
What Gramsci can tell us about the relationship between fascism and liberalism — and the rise of Donald Trump.
An Anticapitalism That Can Win
We should engage with and update the revolutionary Marxist tradition — not reject it.
Is Donald Trump a Fascist?
We asked Jacobin contributors for their thoughts.