In Defense of “Entitlements”
Liberals fear the term “entitlements,” but that’s language the Left should claim.
19186 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
Union Again at NYU
NYU grad students’ recent unionization after over a decade of struggle is a victory against the corporatized university.
The Two Mandelas
While Mandela was certainly a “great historical figure,” too many tributes have been unable to move beyond hagiography.
Art in the Age of Fatalism
If art is to engage the world as an active force, it needs to be both grounded in the world of everyday life and go beyond it.
India’s Post-Ideological Politician
The catch-all populism of Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party has proven politically expedient in India.
Regrounding Hollywood
Gravity points us back to the sensation cinema practices of the silent era, and it’s dimly possible that the American film industry might save itself by learning, or re-learning, from them.
Registering Class and Politics
Leo Panitch on Ralph Miliband and fifty years of the Socialist Register.
Socialism: Converting Hysterical Misery into Ordinary Unhappiness
The Left wants to give people the chance to do something with their lives, by giving them time and space away from the market.
Breaking Bratton
The left hopes to push a de Blasio administration, but his police commissioner may not budge.
The Backroom Deal That Could’ve Given Us Single-Payer
It’s not so much that Obama “sold us out” to a powerful constituency as that he picked the wrong powerful constituency. A quick look at the financial details reveals that health insurance nationalization was always the real “path of least resistance.”
Our Plans for 2014: Jacobin Needs Your Help
Moving forward, on a shoestring as ever before, here are some projects that we’re excited for in the coming year.
Bob Herbert on Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)
Mandela was a revolutionary committed to the wholesale transformation of his society.
The Great American Losers
Unlike most other American directors, Joel and Ethan Coen have always been interested in depicting failure. Their new film, Inside Llewyn Davis, takes such an unblinking look at humiliating defeat.
Jumaane Williams and Dov Hikind
Jumaane Williams is fast on his way to becoming the Gerald Ford of New York City’s progressive Democrats.
City Council Socialism: An Interview with Ty Moore
Ty Moore on his recent run as a socialist for Minneapolis City Council.
The Poverty of Indian Ideology
Perry Anderson’s The Indian Ideology takes on the contradictions of India’s political system.
When Professors Oppose Grad Student Unions
“You are very lucky to be here.”
Cyberlibertarians’ Digital Deletion of the Left
Technological innovation does not inherently promote the left’s goals.
At Some Other Berkeley
Frederick Wiseman’s At Berkeley mistakes the enemies of public higher education for its defenders.
Strange Frontiers
The US-Mexico border is a site of environmental and humanitarian disaster.