One Last Job
Many great directors lose their fastballs. But a few legends have managed to buck that trend, turning in some of their best work in their twilight years.
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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.
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.
UAW Ballot Results
A left slate won a narrow victory. Here’s how the regional vote mapped out.
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.