“I Lifted Up Mine Eyes to Ghana”

W. E. B. Du Bois died on this day in 1963. Few figures were more influential in shaping the struggle against colonialism.

No Direction Home

The far right has made breakthroughs in old Communist heartlands across Europe. A new memoir blames this on the slow and painful erosion of class politics.

The Case of Richard Aoki: Berkeley Radical, Black Panther, FBI Informant

Richard Aoki was well-known as a lifelong Bay Area radical, playing key roles in the Socialist Workers Party, Berkeley ethnic studies strike, and Black Panther Party. He was also an FBI informant.

The Philanthropy Racket

Philanthropy is how the global elite cast themselves as do-gooders — the people destroying the world are posing as its saviors.

Democratic Socialists Want to Fight for Minority Rights, Not Suppress Them

Defenders of capitalism say that socialism will squelch minority rights. But the only minority groups we seek to unseat are those who trample the rights of others.

“Something Needs to Change”

On August 10, a Seattle-area airport worker stole a plane and crashed it, killing himself. Because his working conditions were so miserable, his former coworker says in an interview, the act wasn’t a complete shock.

Medicare for All and Free College Tuition Are Wildly Popular Policies

New polling shows that socialists’ demands like Medicare for All and free college tuition are overwhelmingly popular. We can’t stop now.

A British Press for the Many, Not the Few

Jeremy Corbyn argues that by empowering media workers, putting the public in control, and taking on unaccountable billionaires, the British press can be vibrant, democratic, and sustainable.

Public Transport Can Be Free

We don’t put coins in street lamps or pay by the minute in public parks. Here’s why we can make subway and bus fares a thing of the past.

Between Attica and Lee

A nationwide, 19-day prison strike is honoring the history of prisoner rebellion while demanding humane conditions now.

Why Doctors Are Warming to Medicare for All

Burnout, cynicism, and endless insurance red tape. As America’s private health care system crumbles, doctors are waking up to the need for Medicare for All.

Voting With Their Feet

Romania has the world’s second-highest emigration rates. Those emigrants are now taking to the streets and fighting to change the conditions that drove them out.

John Rawls, Socialist?

John Rawls is remembered as one of the twentieth century’s preeminent liberal philosophers. But by the end of his life, he was sharply critical of capitalism.

Infiltrating the Left

The FBI has long tried to destroy socialist organizations, but its actions aren’t limited to surveillance. In the sixties and seventies, informants were key — even at the top levels of left groups.

Citizens of the Present

The Soapbox Issue 30

Rational Actors

In the United States, women face the prospect of becoming mothers without necessary social protections. Many decide it’s not worth the risk.

It’s Okay to Have Children

Instead of challenging the pressures that capitalism puts on child-rearing, liberals surrender to it.

Jacobin Is for the Children

Help keep Jacobin alive for generations to come.

The Newsies Were Real

Picket lines once made the best playgrounds around.