Story of a Disaster Foretold
What the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history tells us about the real cost of privatization.
19274 Articles by: Karl Leffme
Karl Leffme is a socialist in New York CIty.
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.
When Fascism Was American
Before Donald Trump, there was Father Charles Coughlin, who popularized fascism for Americans in the 1930s.
Why I Became a Feminist Socialist
Feminism provided me with the tools to work toward a new kind of socialism.
The New Scramble for Africa
The BRICS powers aren’t anti-colonial counterweights. They’re looking for new markets and resources for their corporations, just like Western countries.
How the Wall Fell
The Berlin Wall’s fall sparked dreams of a radically democratic East Germany. Unemployment and privatization followed instead.
May 1968’s Black Sheep
André Glucksmann died last month. Why did he and so many other French intellectuals turn to the right after May 1968?
The Class Struggle in the North Pole
What’s behind Santa’s bloody rise? Three leading elven labor activists offer a class analysis of the North Pole “gift economy.”
What Really Happened With the DNC’s “Datagate”?
The definitive explanation of the Democratic National Committee’s “Datagate” scandal and what the mainstream media got wrong.
Benedict Anderson (1936–2015)
Benedict Anderson was a brilliant scholar whose work was animated by a deep commitment to human emancipation.
Why Class Matters
Erik Olin Wright on class, socialism, and the meaning of Marxism.
Bill Gates, Crypto-Socialist?
Bill Gates is right: the private sector is stifling innovation in green energy. But that’s not the only place capitalism is holding us back.
Tales From the Cold War
A new crop of Cold War spy dramas revels in the thrill of crossing enemy lines more than depicting political realities.
False Friends at the Border
Border control agents should not be entrusted to provide the humanitarian aid that migrants desperately need.