Neoliberals Used to Call Themselves New Democrats
A history lesson for Jonathan Chait.
20417 Article(s) by: Yi San
Yi San is a freelance writer based in New York.
The Christmas Paradox
Once a year, the rich decide that “the undeserving poor” need help after all.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
UPS wants holiday cheer delivered quicker — even if it kills their workers.
America’s Authoritarians Next Door
The acquittal today of J20 protesters and journalists is a major win. But civil liberties and press freedoms are still under threat in the US.
Where Next for Finland’s Welfare State?
Li Andersson, the leader of Finland’s Left Alliance, on the country’s diminishing welfare state, rising populist right, and possible socialist future.
Cyril Ramaphosa Is Not the Answer
South Africa needs more than a new leader: it needs a new vision, one that levels economic inequality and dismantles patronage systems.
The Commons, by Apple
The GOP tax bill is an enormous windfall for tech giants like Apple — and they’ll use it to further privatize public spaces.
Beyond the Liberal Voting Rights Agenda
We should expand voting rights to advance democracy — not just the Democratic Party.
Pablo Iglesias Thinks There Is an Alternative
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias talks to Jacobin about the Catalan elections, the future of Spain’s left, and the fight for state power.
Pinkerton 2.0
The government runs a publicly funded spy training program for corporate America. It’s called the CIA.
The Legacy of Taft-Hartley
Seventy years ago, the Taft-Hartley Act ushered in “right-to-work” laws and imposed draconian restrictions on workers’ rights. The labor movement still hasn’t recovered.
Reds Save You Green
Just until Christmas, Jacobin gift subscriptions are only $10.
Wobblies of the World, Unite
True to its name, the Industrial Workers of the World spanned the globe — an international history that has long been forgotten.
The Golden Era
Between October 1917 and April 1918, the Bolshevik government enacted the most radically democratic platform in history.
A Majority in the Making
Chile’s reinvigorated left is ready to finally vanquish Pinochet’s legacy and reclaim democracy for the many.
Lessons From the First Red Century
“We want a left that can learn from 1917 Russia and 1976 Sweden.”
The Ghost of the Mechanical Turk
Digital microwork in the Middle East exploits occupation, war, and neoliberalism to extract the cheapest labor possible.
A Rough Night at the Opera
John Adams and Peter Sellars’s Girls of the Golden West is bland, poorly staged liberalism.
New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
At this weekend’s ANC congress, South Africa doesn’t need a new leader, it needs a new economy.
That’s Just Capitalism
Sure, rigged, “crony capitalism” generates enormous inequality. But unrigged capitalism does the same thing.