Donald Trump, Stand-Up Comic

Donald Trump is a skilled comedian whose “gaffes” are often intended to be funny — and his appeal can’t be understood without this fact.

The Rise of a New Right

David Austin Walsh, a historian of American conservatism, talks to Jacobin about J. D. Vance, Project 2025, and the New Right’s political theory.

Issue 55: Letters + The Internet Speaks

We read the criticism. But we’re not going to stop publishing the bullshit.

Issue 55: Dossier

A travel guide for Kekistan.

The Art of Being Wrong

Wyndham Lewis was perhaps the most talented English painter and novelist of the first half of the twentieth century. How did he become best known as a fascist?

Corrupt Pols and Charismatic Idiots

Around 1947, McCarthyism hit Hollywood, just when it was starting to make hit films about the corruption and idiocy of American electoral politics.

Hobbies: Football and Fascism

Football ultras don’t just cheer for right-wingers on the pitch.

War on Wheels

Formula One has its origins in Italian and German fascism. It continues to flirt with authoritarianism today.

The Same Old Song and Dance

Except this time, a bit more off-key than usual.

The Lyric Composers of the Concentration Camps

When German fascism came to power, it interrupted a revolutionary experiment in freedom exemplified by two classical composers: Arnold Schoenberg and Hanns Eisler.

On Patriotism, Pitching Ball, and the Best Presidents in American History

On Conservative Womanhood, Calibers of Guns, and Quiverfuls of Children

On San Francisco, Serial Killers, and Purging the System

The Right Without Wrong

For decades, liberals have hoped for the de-Christianization of the American Right. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

Michel Houellebecq: The Unhappy Oracle

Michel Houellebecq’s chronicles of modern discontent have made him one of the most renowned writers of the century as well as a far-right prophet. Yet liberalism’s fiercest critic still hasn’t found his alternative future.

For Christ’s Sake

American evangelicals have spent millions exporting Christian conservatism to Africa.

 The Hindutva International

The overseas wing of Narendra Modi’s paramilitary organization is raking in members, dollars, and influence around the globe.

Apps Won’t End African Underdevelopment

The promise of digitization in Africa is a ruse.

The Colombian Killing Fields

Colombia recently discovered mass graves in a 150-year-old cemetery in the city of Cúcuta. The bodies, many of which were smuggled in during this century, reveal connections between right-wing militias, business, and the state.

A Tale of Two Lithium Producers

The global market is scrambling to extract Argentine and Chilean lithium. Argentine president Javier Milei has unleashed a frenzy of corporate profit, while Chile’s Gabriel Boric is demanding that his country get its fair share.