Empire Down
The player in Age of Empires II doesn’t take on the role of a monarch or a national spirit, but the feudal mode of production itself.
20417 Article(s) by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
Hungary after Communism
The only forces tapping into Hungarian discontent are on the Right.
Subaltern Mythologies
Postcolonial theorists have to stop insisting we choose between the universal and the particular.
The Future of the Cuban Revolution
Since Raúl Castro assumed power in 2006 promising reforms, Cuban politics has seen the slow emergence of new tendencies and debates. The prospects for the country’s left, however, remain uncertain.
Jacobin Radio Chicago, Ep. 1
The inaugural episode of Jacobin Radio Chicago.
Clarifying the Crisis
How should we assess the 2008 economic crash — and the political possibilities beyond it?
Trickle-down Gentrification
Luxury condo development can’t solve the affordable housing crisis — only public housing can.
Judges and Jurors in Beirut
Violence has long been a part of the Lebanese landscape.
Jacobin Radio Philadelphia, Ep. 1
The inaugural episode of Jacobin Radio Philadelphia.
Issue 13 Preview: “Alive in the Sunshine”
Our next issue will be mailed to subscribers January 2 and released online January 13.
The Unmaking of the Canadian Working Class: An Interview
Part two of a roundtable on what’s next for Canadian workers.
In Defense of “Entitlements”
Liberals fear the term “entitlements,” but that’s language the Left should claim.
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.