Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
We’ve heard for decades that socialism has a body count. But how does it compare to capitalism? Mike Davis discusses Stalin, Mao, and the staggering holocausts of capitalism’s nineteenth-century heyday.
The Central American migrant caravan traveling to the US border highlights the failures of American migration and foreign policy, and dwindling options for refugees to seek safety. We should welcome them with open arms.
Democratic socialist and Pennsylvania State House candidate Kristin Seale talks to Jacobin about Medicare for All, the state of class consciousness in America, and the Democrats’ failure to challenge right-wing talking points.
The Supreme Court doesn’t have a shred of democratic legitimacy. The sooner we recognize that basic fact, the sooner we will be able to confront the reactionary judiciary.
Why are mass parties back? Because they’re still the best way to organize the powerless to take on the powerful.
Seymour Hersh has gotten a few things wrong over his career. But his memoir shows a reporter with broad and brave consistency, exposing one atrocity and cover-up by the forces of American imperial power after another.
The German Greens are on the brink of becoming the country’s second-largest party. But they’re no friends of the working class.
Puerto Rico’s devastation by Hurricane Maria was a man-made disaster, rooted in American empire.
Composer Hanns Eisler was a lifelong communist and self-described Jacobin. His music provided the soundtrack for both the tragedies and triumphs of German antifascism.
The most important thing about Donald Trump isn’t his psychological condition — it’s that he’s a capitalist. And a particular kind of capitalist at that: a lumpen capitalist.
An interview with Spenser Rapone — the “commie cadet” that got kicked out of the military for standing against US imperialism.
In 2015, a wave of social movements lifted left-wing mayors to power in Spain. Their experience in office shows the importance of linking institutional power to bottom-up mobilization.
How can we take on the American military machine? By starving it of recruits and building up the civilian welfare state.
By popular demand, we just reprinted our democratic socialism primer. Copies are only $5.
Establishment outlets like the Economist insist the Brazilian military is a moderating influence on the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro. But precisely the opposite is true.
A culture of racism, paranoia, and authoritarianism permeates American police departments. Piecemeal reform won’t be enough.
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is key to the fight against Turkey’s brutal Erdoğan regime. But its struggle is also about building a different kind of world order.
For many in today’s commentariat, politics is about mediation between irrational tribes rather than conflict between competing interests.
Jair Bolsonaro’s core support lies with wealthy Brazilians. But the far-right figure wouldn’t have gotten this far if he hadn’t also established a formidable base among the poor.
Yesterday morning, French police raided the home of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The leftist leader was quick to point the blame at Emmanuel Macron.