No Corbyn in Sight
A membership surge in the German Social Democratic Party has sparked talks of a Corbyn-like transformation. But don’t get too excited just yet.
20032 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
Will There Be a Fightback at UPS?
If rank-and-file Teamsters can confront the package-delivery giant, they’ll win better conditions for the whole industry.
A War Without End
The late Ursula Le Guin on oppression, resistance, and why “the exercise of imagination is dangerous.”
You Can’t Trust Capitalists
Some CEOs are endorsing Medicare for All. For socialists, that could be a trap.
The Lula Question
As Lula’s judicial saga moves into a new stage, the Brazilian left faces more questions than ever.
200 Years of Anti-Caste Struggle
A new wave of protest suggests that the centuries-old struggle against the caste system in India may be entering a new phase.
Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929–2018
Ursula Le Guin’s masterful works pushed readers to expand their vision of what’s possible.
A Recession-Era Economic Myth Goes Up In Smoke
For years, the media was filled with stories about jobs going unfilled due to a lack of qualified workers. Now we know how wrong they were.
Lula’s Plan B
Lula lost his appeal today. If it turns out he can’t run for president again — who will the PT turn to? Jacobin talks to Fernando Haddad, the Workers Party’s rumored Plan B.
Trump’s Attack on the Poor
Medicaid work requirements are a cruel policy meant to stigmatize and discipline the poor. They’re also very likely illegal.
Dark Money At the Pentagon
Researchers have discovered trillions of dollars in unexplained military spending. We might never find out where it went.
Beyond Social Democracy
It is precisely social democracy’s history that shows why we need a more radical socialist politics today.
Disaster Capitalism in the NHS
Years of austerity and marketization have wreaked havoc on Britain’s National Health Service. The crisis is now reaching a breaking point.
The Fate of the Party
The crisis of today’s Italian left has its roots in the transformations of the Italian Communist Party in the 1960s and ’70s.
“There’s No Trick”
Unions will have to go back to the fundamentals of labor organizing if they want to survive national right to work.
Under Neoliberalism, You Can Be Your Own Tyrannical Boss
A new study finds an alarming rise in a novel form of psychological distress. Call it “neoliberal perfectionism.”
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.
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.