Lincoln and Marx
The transatlantic convergence of two revolutionaries.
19058 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
How the Left has Won
Or, why is there still socialism in the United States?
Designing Culture
Design plays a central role in cultural reproduction. This isn’t necessarily a good thing, for anyone.
Happy Hookers
Sex workers and their would-be saviors.
Debt: The First 500 Pages
We need more grand histories. But 5,000 years of anecdotes is no substitute for real political economy.
A Note to Our Readers
Jacobin’s existence is more precarious than publications with less reach than us.
Dance Dance Revolution
Communal celebration has deep roots in human culture. Why shouldn’t the Left embrace it?
Two Hurricanes
Why environmentalists’ fear of bigness dooms the developing world.
Fairer Sex
Let us borrow a definition from bell hooks: feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression.
China in Revolt
Few in the West are aware of the drama unfolding in today’s “epicenter of global labor unrest.” A scholar of China exposes its tumultuous labor politics and their lessons for the Left.
The Libertarian Mullet
Business up front, party in the back.
