Songs for Europe
The Eurovision song contest has long been a way of taking the continent’s pulse and challenging commonsense notions of what Europe is.
20918 Article(s) by: Wouter van de Klippe
Wouter van de Klippe is a freelance journalist and writer based in Europe. He is particularly interested in organized labor, social and environmental justice, and social welfare states.
Try Not to Laugh, But Republicans Are Calling Themselves Pro-Worker
It sounds farcical, but GOP politicians like Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney are casting themselves as pro-worker. And corporate Democrats are making the fraud more believable by advancing their own weak-tea program.
Turf War
Many of the national liberation movements that dominated the news throughout the 20th century have given up the gun. Others have risen to take their place.
They Loved Stalin. They Loved America.
In the 1930s, the Communist Party made America’s ideals and culture their own.
The Crypto Emperor’s New Clothes
Sam Bankman-Fried fanned the flames of crypto madness. And he couldn’t have done it without his powerful friends.
What Was MAGA Nationalism?
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump fused nationalist appeals with selective attacks on Republican market ideology. As president, he provided more rhetoric than change.
Democrats Keep Handing Working-Class Voters to Republicans
By letting false friends in the GOP appeal to striking railworkers, Democrats are playing with fire.
Mussolini in Beijing
The Chinese model of state-directed capitalism is coming apart — and it’s unleashing a new authoritarianism.
Communism in Words
A brief history of Esperanto.
For Railworkers, It Was About More Than Sick Days
By ramming a contract down railworkers’ throats, Joe Biden reinforced a basic fact of American life: when you’re at work, you have no democratic rights.
Stuck in the Middle With Lula
After narrowly coming to power, Lula begins his third presidential term navigating between the demands of his supporters and the threat of a right-wing coup.
The ANC Can’t Save South Africa
With violent crime and mass shortages spiraling out of control, South Africa is nearly a failed state. And the ANC has no one to blame but itself.
Cheese, Baguettes, and Victor Hugo
France’s right wing claims “Islamo-leftism” is subverting their national culture. But “Frenchness” has always been in flux.
Was Karl Marx an Orientalist?
Scholar Kevin B. Anderson discusses Marx’s surprising conclusions on race and national oppression.
Issue 48: Letters
Dispatches from the Jacobin diaspora.
Issue 48: The Internet Speaks
We get our business wisdom from the comments section.
BRIC Nationalism Is No Alternative
Developmentalist nationalism is a poor substitute for socialism.
Nationalism and the Great Recoil
Combating the nationalism of right-wingers like Giorgia Meloni shouldn’t mean defending the neoliberal consensus.
Issue 48: Dossier
All the political geography terms you slept through in high school.
The Liberated Camera
The great films that bookend the career of Mikhail Kalatozov brought together revolutionary politics and revolutionary cinema. Each, however, was firmly rejected by the movements they aimed to represent.