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Here’s the Socialist Beach Reads List You Desperately Need

It’s summer, which means it’s time for a foray into service journalism: here are the beach reading recommendations of our staff and contributors.

Issue 45: Misery Index

Crunching the numbers on the class war.

“A Senator Has a Unilateral Right to Be Annoying”: The Fall, and Further Fall, of Build Back Better

ESPN Says It’s Okay to Gamble Now

Our sports entertainment industry has become interlinked with gambling interests.

What’s the Frequency, Michael Stipe?

Remember When R.E.M. Made It Easier to Vote?

Built for a Supervillain

Jacobin ranks the all-time best James Bond villain secret lairs.

At Starbucks, There Are No Workers, Only “Partners”

A December 2021 missive from managers at the Elmwood Avenue location of Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, after workers voted 18 to 9 in favor of unionizing, shared by Starbucks Workers United on Twitter.

Hijackobin!

Our favorite hijacking movies.

Didion on the New Left

Much of the late Joan Didion’s writing from the 1960s and ’70s is characterized by a pessimism about the New Left. She thought hippies and the rest of the counterculture were worthy of contempt, and she thought radicals like the Black Panther Party and various Marxist groups were both ludicrously far from power and frightening menaces to society.

How to Make the Internet a Truly Public Good

Four lessons from Ben Tarnoff’s Internet for the People.

It’s Bigger Than Amazon

When and where organized labor’s been on the move.

Voices From a Forgotten Revolution

The Rural Electrification Act (REA), passed in 1936 as part of the New Deal, enabled the federal government to provide loans to rural electric cooperatives. Access to electricity transformed education, farm work, and home life for communities previously ignored by big electric companies. Nearly 50 years after the passage of the act, the North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives conducted 44 interviews with rural residents whose lives were affected by the REA.

The Attack on Yemen’s Infrastructure — and the Humanitarian Disaster That Followed

Saudi planes have wreaked havoc on every part of Yemen.

Cuba’s Socialist Biotech

Despite sixty years of US blockade, Cuba continues its impressive medical research and development.

Hope You Like Swimming

While Congress stalled, the state of American infrastructure grew dire.

Too Crude to Fail

On Socialism, Infrastructure, and Mother Dear

Where Ships Go to Die

You’ve probably never heard of one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs around.