19480 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.

The Flood Next Time
Life after emergency.

The Red and the Black
Profit is the motor of capitalism. What would it be under socialism?

Guns and the Pain Economy
Love for the NRA and survivalism fits into an old pattern.

Our Fiscal Cliff: Jacobin Needs Your Help
Holiday 2012 fundraising appeal.

An Imagined Community
All politics are identity politics.

Recovering Lincoln
Whatever Spielberg says — there’s no comparing an empty-suit like Obama to a radical like Lincoln.

Lincoln Against the Radicals
Lincoln is not a movie about Reconstruction, of course; it’s a movie about old white men in beards and wigs heroically working together to save grateful black people.