The Young Benjamin
Walter Benjamin’s Marxism owed much to his early engagement with anarchism and surrealism.
20407 Article(s) by: Elizabeth Mahony
Debating Clinton
Doug Henwood responds to a critical review of his new book on Hillary Clinton.
Memories of Ventimiglia
Last summer, refugees and activists built a camp on the Italian-French border that stood against the inhumanity of borders.
An Anticapitalism That Can Win
We should engage with and update the revolutionary Marxist tradition — not reject it.
The Fed Doesn’t Work For You
What’s behind the Fed’s recent interest rate hike? A desire to keep workers insecure and wages depressed.
Logged In
The new economy makes it harder than ever to untangle capitalism from our daily lives.
The Truth About Finance
Hillary Clinton’s finance reforms wouldn’t rein in Wall Street. Finance and global capitalism are inseparable.
Injustice for All?
We can hate the Oregon gunmen’s worldview without wishing state violence on them.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
An illustrated interview with former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Rebel Without a Cause
The politics of The Hunger Games series aren’t as revolutionary as they’ve been hyped to be.
A Historic Day
Our first retraction
The Next Nepali Revolution
Things haven’t gone as planned since the fall of the monarchy in Nepal. The Left should embrace the struggle for a federal constitution.
Story of a Disaster Foretold
What the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history tells us about the real cost of privatization.
I Hate New Year’s Day
Antonio Gramsci on socialism and New Year’s Day.
The 2015 Jacobin Mixtape
A year of smooth jazz and revolutionary exhortations.
Abortion Without Apology
The demand for abortion has had the most success when it’s been free of preemptive compromise.
Combating Communalism
An interview with one of India’s staunchest opponents of religious nationalism.
Uneven and Combined
If we want people-centered development in the Global South, it will have to be led by strong left movements.
Fellow Traveler Frank
Though he became a Reaganite, Frank Sinatra’s early career was shaped by the Popular Front’s experiments in left-wing culture.