The Fall Guy Is a Sloppy but Sweet Ode to Hollywood Stuntmen
Ryan Gosling is all charm in the new action-comedy The Fall Guy. It’s overstuffed and uneven, but it’s so upbeat that you won’t even mind.
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Can John Rawls Save Democracy?
In Free and Equal, economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler argues that the ideas of John Rawls offer solutions to the crisis of liberal democracy. Jacobin spoke with Chandler to discuss how socialists should engage with Rawlsian politics.
Columbia Student Terrorists? NYPD Must Think We’re Pretty Dumb
An NYPD spokesperson waved a scholarly book about terrorism around on TV in an attempt to associate Columbia University protesters with terrorists. Well, we actually read it. The claim is as absurd as you might guess.
The Colombian Left Has Every Reason to Condemn Israel
This week, Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first left-wing president, severed diplomatic ties with Israel over Gaza. It’s a long time coming: Israeli mercenaries aided in the wholesale slaughter of Colombia’s insurgent leftist party, Patriotic Union, in the ’80s.
What the Decline of Lean Production Means for Workers
In the wake of the pandemic supply-chain shocks that revealed the fragility of lean production, US businesses are emulating Amazon by developing sprawling, adaptable logistics networks. These networks contain key vulnerabilities that workers can target.
“Just Energy Partnerships” Are Failing
The recent post-COP26 rollout of “just energy partnerships” to finance poor countries’ turn away from fossil fuels has been widely touted as a way for wealthy countries to fund the green transition. The only problem: they aren’t working.
Armenians in NYC Are Organizing for Palestinian Liberation
Amid escalating campus violence and a backdrop of student arrests, an NYC-based Armenian coalition is uniting Armenian, Palestinian, and Kurdish diaspora communities to organize for Palestinian liberation.
Congress’s Antisemitism Bill Is an Insult to Jewish History
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill to enshrine in law a definition of antisemitism that includes anti-Zionist messages. It’s an egregious attack on free speech — and one that gravely insults the memory of millions of anti-Zionist Jews.
We Need “Outside Agitators”
Pro-Palestine student protesters are being smeared as puppets of shadowy “outside agitators.” The presence of community members and experienced activists in the protests is nothing to be ashamed of: we need outside agitators to build a better world.
Steel and the Soul of Capitalism
Episode 5 of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO tells the story of the Little Steel strike of 1937 and the brutal context of steel organizing in the US. It was a tragic failure and a major turning point for the CIO.
Global Inequality Has Skyrocketed Since the Pandemic
Over the past four years, capital owners reaped handsome profits at the expense of the working class and the Global South. The wealthy may have recovered from the pandemic — but the world’s poor are still suffering its economic effects.
Why Nietzsche Hated Socialism
Throughout his life, Friedrich Nietzsche maintained a profound contempt for socialism. According to him, its advocates — and all other defenders of egalitarianism — had a single aim: leveling differences and suppressing individual genius.