High school students in France’s working-class suburbs sparked a revolt that now includes workers, unions, and a new generation of yellow vests. Stathis Kouvelakis explains why it could reshape France’s 2027 presidential election and the European left.
Israel imprisoned Khalida Jarrar, a historic leader of the Palestinian left, five times, almost always without charge or trial. She tells Jacobin about how women prisoners copied a library by hand and how Israeli censors never let in Antonio Gramsci.
Economist Mona Ali on how the United States wields the world’s most powerful currency to shore up empire and its own ruling class — and how Trump’s careless moves might blow it all up.
The United States hasn’t just ignored the threat of climate change at home; it has used its military and financial might to accelerate environmental destruction around the world. In an interview with Jacobin, geographer Matt Huber explains how US imperialism stokes the fires of a burning planet.
Elections keep handing power to elites. Anand Gopal and Ben Burgis debate whether choosing officials by lottery, as ancient Athens did, would be an improvement on representative democracy.
Bright Eyes front man and enfant terrible of the early aughts indie scene Conor Oberst sat down with Jacobin to discuss the Iraq War and more.
The famed director explains why he thinks the national security state, including the CIA and FBI, killed John F. Kennedy — not a lone shooter.
Journalist Tom O’Neill’s book CHAOS uncovered undeniably bizarre facts — and high-profile lies — about the 1969 murders that we still can’t stop thinking about.
The prison reforms on the table are unlikely to make even a dent in the forces that keep millions behind bars.
We’re running short on funds. Jacobin troll Donald Hughes wants to help.
Conservative Democrat Eliot Engel’s grip on New York’s 16th congressional district appears to be slipping. We talk to Justice Democrats–endorsed contender Jamaal Bowman about the need to break with establishment politics.
An interview with the anonymous owner of @LegitTayUpdates. She’s a nineteen-year-old Taylor Swift fan in Israel — and she just finished a two-month prison sentence for refusing to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces.
Our Revolution president Nina Turner on the Democratic Party, immigration reform, democratic socialism, and a Sanders 2020 presidential run.
Years ago, we warned you — it was only a matter of time before we capitulated to liberalism. Now we're selling tote bags.
Syriza continues to oversee the implementation of austerity. But all is not hopeless in Greece.
Hugo Chávez’s victory set into motion the Pink Tide’s deepest attempt at social transformation. What happened?
When it comes to imperialism, Latin America never forgets, and the United States never remembers.
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