The Tribalist Trap
The Middle East is a complicated place. But the worst way to understand it is through the lens of “tribalism.”
19372 Articles by: Enver Motala
Enver Motala is an associate of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT) at the University of Johannesburg and of the Centre for Integrated Post-School Education and Training at the Nelson Mandela University.
Understanding the Vietnam War Machine
A look at the radical Vietnam-era research collective that exposed US companies profiteering off the war.
Gustavo Petro’s Dream
Leftist candidate Gustavo Petro’s success shows that whatever happens in Colombia’s elections today, change has come to the country.
No, Nordic Countries Don’t Have Less Regulation
Conservatives like to claim that Nordic countries succeed because they have low regulation. That’s nonsense.
Ed Sadlowski (1938–2018)
“The workers and the boss have nothing in common. It is a class question.”
An Interview With Nina Turner
Our Revolution president Nina Turner on the Democratic Party, immigration reform, democratic socialism, and a Sanders 2020 presidential run.
Against Janša, Against Brussels
The far right won elections this month in Slovenia. Can the Left mount a challenge?
The Gig Economy Fantasy
Stories about a new age of precarity are overblown. Workers have had to deal with economic insecurity since the dawn of capitalism.
A Hunger Strike for Chinatown’s Soul
Tenant organizers in New York’s Chinatown are challenging the city’s pro-landlord policies.
Poets and Scoundrels of the Beautiful Game
As another World Cup begins, there is no better guide to its joys and iniquities than the late Eduardo Galeano — a lifelong fighter for justice and “beggar for good soccer.”
The Jacobin World Cup Jersey
We made 100 football jerseys to celebrate the World Cup and support our work.
Testaments Betrayed
How Yugoslavia’s vibrant Marxist humanists morphed into right-wing nationalists.
The North Korea Summit Through the Looking Glass
As much of the world celebrates a modest step towards peace in Korea, Western pundits seem to be panicking.
Microsoft and the Yeoman Coders
Microsoft’s purchase of Github is the latest chapter in capitalism’s oldest story: the absorption of artisan labor into the circuits of capital.
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Privatization in education has been slow but steady. It’s already crippling many public schools.
Feds Watching
We obtained the FBI’s files on Delmer Berg, a Communist and Abraham Lincoln Brigade veteran. They show the bureau’s determination to surveil and crush dissent.
Here’s How Much Money America’s Biggest Corporations Have Stolen From Their Own Workers
An eye-opening new report has documented billions of dollars of corporate theft from workers. The government is turning a blind eye.
Documenting the Undocumented
A new book of photography captures the many faces of undocumented immigration.
Richard Pipes, Prosecutor of the Russian Revolution
Relentless anticommunism defined the late Richard Pipes as more propagandist than historian.
Anthony Bourdain (1956–2018)
Anthony Bourdain’s genius was not in the kitchen. His genius was in knowing which side he was on.