On Our Own or All Together?
The troublesome question of aging.
19478 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
In Defense of Soviet Waiters
Sometimes bad service is class struggle.
The CUNY Talks and Panels Christine Quinn Supported When She Wasn’t Running for Mayor
City Council Speaker — and leading mayoral candidate — Christine Quinn is one of the signatories to that “other” letter about the Brooklyn College BDS panel from the “progressive” government officials and politicians.
Brutal Either/Ors: An Interview with Drucilla Cornell
Family, nostalgia and the failure of formal-equality feminism.
Where Does Mayor Bloomberg Stand on Academic Freedom?
This morning, Karen Gould, the president of Brooklyn College, issued an extraordinarily powerful statement in defense of academic freedom.
The Politics of Debt in America
From Debtor’s Prison to Debtor Nation.
In Defense of Jacobin Rage
You can’t divorce fiery emotions from the politics of revolution.
Socialism for a Less Skeptical Age
Capital used to sell us visions of tomorrow.
Art without Humans
Those DJs lost. Serato is everywhere, and it happened with less resistance than one might have expected. Maybe it’s because many DJs are interested in exploring new technology; maybe it’s because they aren’t organized as a labor force.
Obama to America: Work Harder
Liberal pundits and Republican congressmen agree: Barack Obama’s second inaugural was the most liberal speech of his presidency. They may be right. But just what kind of liberalism is this?
Revolt of the Wonks
The rapid integration of formerly obscure, wonkish outsiders into the media spotlight elite is easy to understand. Technocratic analysis and blogging that divorces policy from politics dovetail neatly with the noble-sounding notions of objectivity long dominant in American journalism.
Heading Off the New Jerusalem
Imagining radical change in Palestine.
A Jacobin Primer
Read the CliffsNotes, impress your fancy friends.
On Democracy and Socialism
A reply to Seth Ackerman’s “The Red and the Black.”
