A Socialist Summer Reading List for the Dog Days of Summer
Just in time for your (hopeful) escape from the heat and the grind, here are the summer reading recommendations of Jacobin’s editors and staff writers.
519 Articles by: Editors
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Issue 50: Letters
Mission debriefing.
Issue 50: The Internet Speaks
Gathering operational intelligence.
Issue 50: Dossier
All the fighting words you missed the first time around.
Fight Songs
Some of the most scathing critiques of the Iraq War were set to music.
Saddam’s Big Cinematic Spectacle
In 1980, Saddam Hussein commissioned a biopic about his 1959 assassination attempt on Iraq’s prime minister. He enlisted a legendary James Bond director and cast his own son-in-law to play him.
Desert Shooters
Some of the top-selling video games of the post-9/11 world have taken real events as their inspiration.
The Whimsical Works of a War Criminal
Because the Western world has a “complicated” history with frustrated artists as national leaders.
If the Shoe Hits
On December 14, 2008, the Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his black leather dress shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. It was one of the greatest athletic acts of the Iraq War.
Merchants of Death
Germany likes to keep its hands clean — but its coffers full.
Tug-of-War
A power struggle in the ranks of the Sudanese security state has thrust the country into chaos.
Embattled Reporter
We talk to journalist Andrew Cockburn about the Iraq invasion and the new Middle East.
Against the Grain
A series of natural disasters has heralded the worst global rice shortage in 20 years.
How the American Invasion Unleashed Jihad
Journalist Anand Gopal on Islamism, ISIS, and the role of the United States in Iraqi politics today.
The Liberal Hawks
Ranking the most consequential libs for war of the early 21st century.