Letting Malibu Burn
The disastrous fires in California expose the absurdity of a system that ignores nature, flouts climate change, and builds entire towns that will inevitably burn.
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The Mexican Presidential Inauguration
AMLO takes the reins of a traumatized Mexico. He’ll be fighting for vital reforms, but much more is needed.
Privatization Is Theft
Leftist president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador takes office today in Mexico. Here, he explains how privatization has pillaged the public — and calls for a break with the neoliberal order.
The Deadly Genealogy of Bolsonaro’s Favorite Slogan
Brazil’s fascist president loves to say that “a good thug is a dead thug.” But the saying didn’t start with him — it has deep roots in Brazil’s violent, racist political economy.
Bad Romance
Capitalism is bad at sex because it’s bad at relationships. Socialism can do better.
Marc Lamont Hill Was Right
CNN fired Marc Lamont Hill for daring to tell the truth: the Israeli occupation is a brutal, indefensible attack on Palestinians’ basic human rights.
We’re With the Rebels
France’s “yellow vest” protests against fuel prices weren’t organized by the Left. But the fight to widen their demands is key to blocking the growth of Marine Le Pen’s far right.
No Scrubs
State socialism was proof: when women have economic independence from men, they don’t stick around in bad relationships.
Harry Leslie Smith (1923–2018)
The life of Harry Leslie Smith, a working-class rebel to the end, was a towering monument to socialist compassion, internationalism, and peace.
Log Off
Social media will always be destructive for the Left. We should log the fuck off.
All That Was Solid
Economic historian Adam Tooze on a decade of shattered illusions and the limits of the neoliberal imagination.
Pulling Rabbits Out of Hats
How a decade of crisis changed economics.
Asylum for the Few
US immigration and refugee policy has long been determined by what is most politically beneficial to the US — not who actually deserves protection.
Keeping Them Out, Killing Them Off
Hillary Clinton has called on Europe to harden its borders. The strategy is completely wrong, but it’s also already underway — the EU is outsourcing border enforcement to states in Africa and the Middle East.
“Our Students Need the Money Now”
The United Teachers of Los Angeles are on the precipice of a historic strike against corporate education reform.
What Is a Jacob Rees-Mogg?
Behind the façade of the bumbling upper-class twit, Britain’s right-wing tribune is playing a canny long game. His goal: injecting far-right ideas into the mainstream.
There Is No Private Violence
US refugee policy holds that only victims of political violence, not “private” acts like domestic abuse or gang violence, deserve refugee status. But we can’t talk about such violence in Central America without talking about mass incarceration and US policy in the region.
A Make or Break Year
The future of socialism hangs in the balance — and Jacobin has an important role to play.
Financial Advice for Millennials
Shoot a leprechaun, take his pot of gold.
The Move Your Money Hustle
Getting banks under control is a matter of politics, not individual consumer decisions.