Breaking Bratton
The left hopes to push a de Blasio administration, but his police commissioner may not budge.
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The Backroom Deal That Could’ve Given Us Single-Payer
It’s not so much that Obama “sold us out” to a powerful constituency as that he picked the wrong powerful constituency. A quick look at the financial details reveals that health insurance nationalization was always the real “path of least resistance.”
Our Plans for 2014: Jacobin Needs Your Help
Moving forward, on a shoestring as ever before, here are some projects that we’re excited for in the coming year.
Bob Herbert on Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)
Mandela was a revolutionary committed to the wholesale transformation of his society.
The Great American Losers
Unlike most other American directors, Joel and Ethan Coen have always been interested in depicting failure. Their new film, Inside Llewyn Davis, takes such an unblinking look at humiliating defeat.
Jumaane Williams and Dov Hikind
Jumaane Williams is fast on his way to becoming the Gerald Ford of New York City’s progressive Democrats.
City Council Socialism: An Interview with Ty Moore
Ty Moore on his recent run as a socialist for Minneapolis City Council.
The Poverty of Indian Ideology
Perry Anderson's The Indian Ideology takes on the contradictions of India's political system.
When Professors Oppose Grad Student Unions
"You are very lucky to be here."
Cyberlibertarians’ Digital Deletion of the Left
Technological innovation does not inherently promote the left's goals.
At Some Other Berkeley
Frederick Wiseman's At Berkeley mistakes the enemies of public higher education for its defenders.
Strange Frontiers
The US-Mexico border is a site of environmental and humanitarian disaster.