Left Americana in Trumpland
Vigo County, Indiana is Trump country now — but nestled somewhere between Dean’s Party Mania and USA Fireworks Superstore is a vital piece of American socialist history.
19276 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
Trump After One
A Jacobin roundtable on Trump’s first year in office.
Unions Held Their Own in 2017
And we’re all better off because of it.
Erdoğan and His Opponents
Erdoğan’s would-be dictatorship is anything but stable. Here’s a look at the contradictions and fractures roiling Turkish society.
Tough Love Can Be Deadly
In the midst of an unprecedented opioid crisis, the US is neglecting the single most effective way to prevent overdose deaths.
The Corbyn Generation
The 2010 student protests in the UK seemed to end in failure. But they foreshadowed Jeremy Corbyn’s improbable rise to the top of the Labour Party.
Obama’s Year of #Resistance
One year after leaving the White House, Obama’s centrist, technocratic politics are clearer than ever.
The Privatization Agenda Goes Bust
A UK construction giant’s failure should be the last nail in the coffin for twenty-five years of privatization dogma.
Freedom From the Boss
At its best, the labor movement hasn’t just fought for better wages. It’s fought to bring democracy to workplaces marked by despotism.
The Bureaucratic Nightmare of Incrementalism
America’s patchwork system of social services makes it hard to care for ourselves.
Beyond “Race Relations”
Barbara and Karen Fields, the authors of Racecraft, on the illusion of race, the dead-end of “whiteness,” and the need to revive class politics.
Ideological Training for the New Economy
At job search clubs across the country, unemployed workers are taught to blame themselves for their joblessness — not the system that produced their precarity.
Small Businesses Are Overrated
We shouldn’t fetishize mom and pops. They offer lower wages, skimpier benefits, and inferior labor protections.
The Enigmatic Anarchist
Lucy Parsons’s life was rife with contradictions. But her commitment to workers’ emancipation was never in doubt.
Targeted Social Programs Make Easy Targets
Trump’s assault on Medicaid highlights the cancer at the heart of the US welfare state: means-testing.
Tom Brady Is Trying to Kill You
Go ahead and watch Tom Brady play football today, but whatever you do, don’t read his book.
The Machinations of Empire
Hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans will soon be at risk of deportation — just the latest injustice they’ve suffered at the hands of the US state.
State Racism Meets Neoliberalism
In Burma, state racism isn’t just perpetrated by its military, but liberals like Aung San Suu Kyi.
History From Below
Leon Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution remains a singular work of Marxist historiography.