The Best Books We Read This Year
Dive into Jacobin’s “best books of the year” list. From sweeping 19th-century tales of rural life to the politics of war to contemporary accounts of revolution — we’ve got your reading needs covered.
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The Essential Guide to Jacobin
Jacobin has been putting out socialist content at a rapid clip since 2010. Here’s a handy guide to some of the most important works from our archive, from our humble beginnings to the present day.
Ripe Old Rage
The French have a long history of protesting pension reforms.
Retirement Rhetoric
Not that you’ll ever need it, at this rate.
Five Books on Eldercare, Here and Abroad
We asked Jacobin contributor Suzanne Gordon to recommend some titles she worked on about the crisis of aging in America.
Beach Bums and Desert Dialysis
Each year, more people travel abroad for critical medical treatment as well as aesthetic plastic surgery procedures. South Asia and South America remain major destinations.
Downward Slope
After decades of rapid growth, the population of China is on the decline.
The Shah-mazing Case
The drama at the heart of the strangest season of Real Housewives was … elder fraud?
Old Thieves Never Die
Some of the biggest heists we could find on Wikipedia were committed by the elderly.
Christmas in July
When and where organized labor’s been on the move.
How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?
Around the world, politicians of all persuasions have one thing in common: their cringeworthy attempts to appeal to the youths.
Antiaging Regimens
Elites have long tried to dodge death. Nothing has worked so far, and plenty have died trying.
Issue 51: Misery Index
Crunching the numbers on the class war.
Company Towns
There is money to be made in end-of-life amusements for wealthy retirees.
Issue 51: Letters
Join our thriving community of letter writers.