Cyril Ramaphosa Is Not the Answer
South Africa needs more than a new leader: it needs a new vision, one that levels economic inequality and dismantles patronage systems.
20032 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
The Commons, by Apple
The GOP tax bill is an enormous windfall for tech giants like Apple — and they’ll use it to further privatize public spaces.
Beyond the Liberal Voting Rights Agenda
We should expand voting rights to advance democracy — not just the Democratic Party.
Pablo Iglesias Thinks There Is an Alternative
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias talks to Jacobin about the Catalan elections, the future of Spain’s left, and the fight for state power.
Pinkerton 2.0
The government runs a publicly funded spy training program for corporate America. It’s called the CIA.
The Legacy of Taft-Hartley
Seventy years ago, the Taft-Hartley Act ushered in “right-to-work” laws and imposed draconian restrictions on workers’ rights. The labor movement still hasn’t recovered.
Reds Save You Green
Just until Christmas, Jacobin gift subscriptions are only $10.
Wobblies of the World, Unite
True to its name, the Industrial Workers of the World spanned the globe — an international history that has long been forgotten.
The Golden Era
Between October 1917 and April 1918, the Bolshevik government enacted the most radically democratic platform in history.
A Majority in the Making
Chile’s reinvigorated left is ready to finally vanquish Pinochet’s legacy and reclaim democracy for the many.
Lessons From the First Red Century
“We want a left that can learn from 1917 Russia and 1976 Sweden.”
The Ghost of the Mechanical Turk
Digital microwork in the Middle East exploits occupation, war, and neoliberalism to extract the cheapest labor possible.
A Rough Night at the Opera
John Adams and Peter Sellars’s Girls of the Golden West is bland, poorly staged liberalism.
New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
At this weekend’s ANC congress, South Africa doesn’t need a new leader, it needs a new economy.
That’s Just Capitalism
Sure, rigged, “crony capitalism” generates enormous inequality. But unrigged capitalism does the same thing.
Debating Black Freedom
A look back at Liberator, an anticolonial magazine that operated during a golden age for black radical publications.
Ed Lee (1952–2017)
Under Ed Lee, San Francisco was remade into a playground for tech capitalists and real estate developers.
The Jerusalem Gambit
The United States recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as part of its decades-long support of Israeli colonialism.
Capitalism and Freedom
Why do conservatives like capitalism? Because it keeps in place the hierarchies they cherish.
Movable Empire
The story of how America’s imperial quest for labor shaped the hemisphere’s working class.