https://jacobin.comJacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/ai-harms-health-education-warWe don’t need to wait around for a potential artificial intelligence catastrophe sometime down the road. We can already see the havoc it’s wreaking across our society right now.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/ai-harms-health-education-warThu, 24 Sep 2026 18:23:23 UTCBranko Marcetichttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/review-fukuyama-memoir-conservatism-social-democracyIt is fashionable to mock Francis Fukuyama as an uncritical celebrant of neoliberal capitalism. But The End of History offered a powerful analysis of the origins of right-wing populism that has proved prescient in the Donald Trump era.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/review-fukuyama-memoir-conservatism-social-democracyThu, 24 Sep 2026 15:54:51 UTCMatt McManushttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/the-iran-war-is-starving-indiaFor migrant workers in India, supply shocks from Trump’s folly in the Strait of Hormuz are causing hunger.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/the-iran-war-is-starving-indiaThu, 24 Sep 2026 14:30:00 UTCSajad Hameed and Rehan Qayoom Mirhttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/capitalism-labor-amazon-class-socialismWorking people in America are facing a crisis of living standards, Sam Gindin argues, but this has not translated into a crisis for the capitalist system. To challenge ruling class power, the Left still needs to sink deeper roots into the labor movement.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/capitalism-labor-amazon-class-socialismThu, 24 Sep 2026 13:52:20 UTCSam Gindin and Benjamin Y. Fonghttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/interview-zarkov-bulgarian-socialist-partyBulgaria’s Socialist Party survived the end of communism, but in more recent years its neoliberal record and nationalist postures drove it toward defeat. New leader Krum Zarkov told Jacobin how he plans to turn the party toward a renewed socialism.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/interview-zarkov-bulgarian-socialist-partyThu, 24 Sep 2026 13:12:48 UTCKrum Zarkov, Madlen Nikolova, and Loren Balhornhttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/nimtz-robinson-black-nationalism-marxismCedric Robinson’s Black Marxism has become a touchstone for the Left on race and capitalism. August Nimtz argues that it misreads Karl Marx, erases black revolutionaries who were Marxists, and gives up on the working class.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/nimtz-robinson-black-nationalism-marxismWed, 23 Sep 2026 20:17:44 UTCAugust H. Nimtz and Constantin Berlinhttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/coge-mamdani-efficiency-good-governmentThe Right has long owned ideas of government efficiency and cutting red tape, using them to carry out austerity. With the Commission on Government Efficiency (yes, COGE), Zohran Mamdani is attempting to claim the cause of good government for the Left.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/coge-mamdani-efficiency-good-governmentWed, 23 Sep 2026 19:17:32 UTCLiza Featherstonehttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/uprising-greengrass-film-peasant-revoltPaul Greengrass’s The Uprising takes on the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 with his trademarked “gritty realist” style. The result is a glum plod through the 14th century. This is Robin Hood and His Morose Men when our times call for something much more.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/uprising-greengrass-film-peasant-revoltWed, 23 Sep 2026 16:03:12 UTCEileen Joneshttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/markets-class-feudalism-capitalism-socialismBourgeois economics treats capitalism as simply a market economy. Vivek Chibber traces how markets and private ownership worked under feudalism and under capitalism, and argues that socialism could use markets without restoring class society.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/markets-class-feudalism-capitalism-socialismWed, 23 Sep 2026 14:55:01 UTCVivek Chibber and Melissa Naschekhttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/reasons-of-empireJohn Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt blamed Israel for America’s Middle Eastern fiascos. But from Iraq to Iran, Washington has had its own reasons for war in the Gulf.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/reasons-of-empireWed, 23 Sep 2026 12:55:00 UTCGilbert Achcarhttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/turkey-kurds-democracy-erdogan-authoritarianismThe disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and promised release of its prisoners offers a path to pacifying conflict in Turkey. It’s less clear if the Turkish state is ready to compromise with Kurds’ democratic demands.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/turkey-kurds-democracy-erdogan-authoritarianismTue, 22 Sep 2026 16:49:12 UTCErtuğrul Kürkçühttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/adachi-film-japan-1960s-politicsJapanese filmmaker Masao Adachi spent nearly three decades in Lebanon alongside the Palestinian resistance. Today, stripped of his passport and largely ignored at home, he’s making the most politically alive cinema in Japan at 87 years old.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/adachi-film-japan-1960s-politicsTue, 22 Sep 2026 15:55:50 UTCWilliam Andrewshttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/inflation-fed-treasuries-capitalist-stateAs concerns over inflation have mounted, borrowing costs for the US state have risen sharply. The bond market volatility is capital cracking down on the state’s debt-fueled spending spree, and workers are set to pay for the belt-tightening.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/inflation-fed-treasuries-capitalist-stateTue, 22 Sep 2026 13:53:19 UTCStephen Maher and Scott Aquannohttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/five-books-about-imperialismVivek Chibber recommends five books that explain how empires work, how capitalism divides the world, and how Marxists have argued about imperialism.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/five-books-about-imperialismTue, 22 Sep 2026 13:47:52 UTCVivek Chibberhttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/bari-weisss-most-loyal-soldierFor Olivia Reingold, one of the most prominent and prolific contributors to The Free Press, defending Israel takes priority over the facts.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/bari-weisss-most-loyal-soldierTue, 22 Sep 2026 13:46:11 UTCNikos Mohammadihttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/polanski-greens-ecosocialism-labour-reformA year since the Green Party of England and Wales elected Zack Polanski as leader, its membership has nearly quadrupled. His rise speaks to dissatisfaction with Labour but also the difficulty of building a deep-rooted alternative.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/polanski-greens-ecosocialism-labour-reformTue, 22 Sep 2026 12:50:27 UTCChris Saltmarshhttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/resident-evil-cregger-movie-horrorZach Cregger has never seen a Resident Evil movie, and that’s definitely for the better. His reboot is a fast, funny, scary blast of pure genre filmmaking and a darkly comic portrait of a society past collapse.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/resident-evil-cregger-movie-horrorMon, 21 Sep 2026 17:06:05 UTCEileen Joneshttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/die-linke-antisemitism-accusations-berlinClaims that socialist party Die Linke threatens Jewish life in Berlin are shameful lies. Sadly, many desperate German politicians would rather make cheap antisemitism accusations than address the cost-of-living issues that drove Die Linke’s victory.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/die-linke-antisemitism-accusations-berlinMon, 21 Sep 2026 17:01:42 UTCNimrod Flaschenberghttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/israel-us-sanctions-lawyers-institutionsHuman rights groups based in the West Bank have long documented Israel’s crimes — and that’s why they’re now subject to US sanctions. The US government is trying to make their work impossible in order to protect Israel from scrutiny.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/israel-us-sanctions-lawyers-institutionsMon, 21 Sep 2026 15:15:11 UTCL. Canciellohttps://jacobin.com/2026/09/neiman-evil-justice-materialism-socialismAccording to philosopher Susan Neiman, the Left abandons the concept of good and evil at our own peril. If we refuse to use such morally freighted language, we concede it entirely to people who will use it for immoral ends.https://jacobin.com/2026/09/neiman-evil-justice-materialism-socialismMon, 21 Sep 2026 15:07:26 UTCSusan Neiman and Kristen R. Ghodseeen-usThu, 24 Sep 2026 18:23:23 UTCThu, 24 Sep 2026 19:04:53 UTC