Subaltern Mythologies
Postcolonial theorists have to stop insisting we choose between the universal and the particular.
19675 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.
The Future of the Cuban Revolution
Since Raúl Castro assumed power in 2006 promising reforms, Cuban politics has seen the slow emergence of new tendencies and debates. The prospects for the country’s left, however, remain uncertain.
Jacobin Radio Chicago, Ep. 1
The inaugural episode of Jacobin Radio Chicago.
Clarifying the Crisis
How should we assess the 2008 economic crash — and the political possibilities beyond it?
Trickle-down Gentrification
Luxury condo development can’t solve the affordable housing crisis — only public housing can.
Judges and Jurors in Beirut
Violence has long been a part of the Lebanese landscape.
Jacobin Radio Philadelphia, Ep. 1
The inaugural episode of Jacobin Radio Philadelphia.
Issue 13 Preview: “Alive in the Sunshine”
Our next issue will be mailed to subscribers January 2 and released online January 13.
The Unmaking of the Canadian Working Class: An Interview
Part two of a roundtable on what’s next for Canadian workers.
In Defense of “Entitlements”
Liberals fear the term “entitlements,” but that’s language the Left should claim.
Union Again at NYU
NYU grad students’ recent unionization after over a decade of struggle is a victory against the corporatized university.
The Two Mandelas
While Mandela was certainly a “great historical figure,” too many tributes have been unable to move beyond hagiography.
Art in the Age of Fatalism
If art is to engage the world as an active force, it needs to be both grounded in the world of everyday life and go beyond it.
India’s Post-Ideological Politician
The catch-all populism of Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party has proven politically expedient in India.
Regrounding Hollywood
Gravity points us back to the sensation cinema practices of the silent era, and it’s dimly possible that the American film industry might save itself by learning, or re-learning, from them.
Registering Class and Politics
Leo Panitch on Ralph Miliband and fifty years of the Socialist Register.
Socialism: Converting Hysterical Misery into Ordinary Unhappiness
The Left wants to give people the chance to do something with their lives, by giving them time and space away from the market.
Breaking Bratton
The left hopes to push a de Blasio administration, but his police commissioner may not budge.
The Backroom Deal That Could’ve Given Us Single-Payer
It’s not so much that Obama “sold us out” to a powerful constituency as that he picked the wrong powerful constituency. A quick look at the financial details reveals that health insurance nationalization was always the real “path of least resistance.”
Our Plans for 2014: Jacobin Needs Your Help
Moving forward, on a shoestring as ever before, here are some projects that we’re excited for in the coming year.