Listen to Your Elders
Jacobin contributor and former teenager Sofia Baker answers your most burning questions.
22 Article(s) by: Editors
Director Alex Gibney on Dark Money
The documentarian speaks to Jacobin about The Dark Money Game, his new HBO series on the corrosive effects of Citizens United.
A Wake-Up Call
We talked with painters’ union leader Jimmy Williams Jr about why Kamala Harris lost.
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.
Conversations With Frenemies
Compact’s Sohrab Ahmari is among a group of populists who see a home in a changing Republican Party. We asked him for his perspective on the November election and what comes next.
Religiosity Isn’t Done Changing Our World
Reza Aslan, one of the foremost scholars of religion in America, talks to Jacobin about Jesus the revolutionary, Palestine, and the continued growth of religion in the world.
Argentina’s Economic Crisis Has Become a Political Crisis
The unexpected victory of far-right libertarian Javier Milei in Argentina’s primaries marks a crisis for both Peronism and its traditional conservative antagonists. No one knows exactly what will happen next.
Embattled Reporter
We talk to journalist Andrew Cockburn about the Iraq invasion and the new Middle East.
How the American Invasion Unleashed Jihad
Journalist Anand Gopal on Islamism, ISIS, and the role of the United States in Iraqi politics today.
The Only Funny Socialist
We talk to comedian and activist Rob Delaney.
Was Karl Marx an Orientalist?
Scholar Kevin B. Anderson discusses Marx’s surprising conclusions on race and national oppression.
Debt-Trap Democracy
We talk to activist and filmmaker Astra Taylor.
The Coming Democratic Minority
Without a radical change in its relationship to working-class voters, the Democratic Party is hurtling toward doom.
Everything You Know About Mass Incarceration Is Wrong
The US carceral state is a monstrosity with few parallels in history — destroying untold millions of lives and families in just a few decades. But most accounts fail to understand how it was created in the first place, and how we can finally dismantle it.
“It’s Eco-Socialism or Death”
Cooperation Jackson leader Kali Akuno on the Green New Deal, the need for mass civil disobedience, and the necessity of building an internationalist movement for eco-socialism.
Workers of the World
The potential for workers to resist capital is as strong as ever.
The Socialist Case for Remain
It's not clear that a Leave vote would make our tasks on the Left any easier.
The Socialist Case for Leave
The European Union provides internationalism for the bosses, not for workers. We should join the vote to leave it tomorrow.
Struggle and Progress
Eric Foner on the abolitionists, Reconstruction, and winning “freedom” from the Right.
The Destruction in Syria
The catastrophic civil war in Syria has only been worsened by international powers.