https://jacobin.comJacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/review-specht-homeownership-inequality-democracyA new history traces the American idealization of homeownership. It lays bare the high social costs of organizing democracy around property values.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/review-specht-homeownership-inequality-democracyWed, 14 Oct 2026 19:58:28 UTCMichael Ledger-Lomashttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/elections-serbia-student-list-vucicAfter two years of massive, student-led anti-corruption protests in Serbia, polls suggest their electoral list could win the October 25 election. It’s less clear how their ideologically diverse list can redirect protest energy into changing institutions.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/elections-serbia-student-list-vucicWed, 14 Oct 2026 17:17:22 UTCLela Vujanićhttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/manson-mason-racism-neo-nazisThe Tate–LaBianca murders established Charles Manson as one of the most notorious figures in modern American history. Manson’s very notoriety also made him into an iconic figure for neo-Nazis who embraced his vision of apocalyptic race war.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/manson-mason-racism-neo-nazisWed, 14 Oct 2026 15:28:41 UTCClaudia Verhoevenhttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/biden-israel-gaza-genocide-blinken-mcgurkBiden administration officials like Antony Blinken and Brett McGurk have embarked on media tours trying to whitewash their records over Israel’s destruction of Gaza. Their excuses for enabling genocide are as flimsy and threadbare as their ethical codes.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/biden-israel-gaza-genocide-blinken-mcgurkWed, 14 Oct 2026 15:24:05 UTCAkbar Shahid Ahmed and Daniel Finnhttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/aging-class-health-care-classLife expectancies have risen for most people across the world. But the gap between how long people live and how long they will live healthily is widening. Poor labor conditions and lack of health care are to blame.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/aging-class-health-care-classWed, 14 Oct 2026 13:18:59 UTCJatinder Hayrehttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/sky-wargame-television-rearmament-propagandaThe new docudrama The Wargame imagines Britain responding to a Russian military attack. Its cast is full of real-life politicians — often figures with ties to the weapons industry using the show to demand more money for the armed forces.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/sky-wargame-television-rearmament-propagandaWed, 14 Oct 2026 12:54:44 UTCColl McCailhttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/neukolln-berlin-die-linke-palestineNeukölln is a working-class, multicultural district of Berlin that embodies the turnaround in the German left’s fortunes. This has also made it the target of efforts to demonize socialist party Die Linke and disqualify its Muslim voters.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/neukolln-berlin-die-linke-palestineTue, 13 Oct 2026 20:12:09 UTCFrederik Blauwhofhttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/debs-biography-socialism-class-raceSocialism is on the march, and capitalism’s defenders are on the ropes. Shawn Gude’s American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs, a biography of the most prominent socialist agitator in American history, could hardly be more timely.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/debs-biography-socialism-class-raceTue, 13 Oct 2026 16:25:34 UTCMatthew E. Stanleyhttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/russia-putin-elections-war-authoritarianismThe stability of Vladimir Putin’s rule has long relied on encouraging citizens to ignore politics. But last month’s wartime elections instead saw a different approach, staging popular support for a further centralization of power.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/russia-putin-elections-war-authoritarianismTue, 13 Oct 2026 14:53:53 UTCMaria Chiara Franceschellihttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/debs-1908-presidential-campaign-socialismIn 1908, on one of his five presidential runs, legendary socialist organizer Eugene Debs embarked on a whirlwind tour across the country on his own train, the Red Special. His mission: spread the socialist gospel to any American who would hear him out.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/debs-1908-presidential-campaign-socialismTue, 13 Oct 2026 13:29:15 UTCShawn Gudehttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/autozone-organizing-drive-election-firingsWorkers in White Plains, New York, won the first union at any of AutoZone’s nearly 7,000 US stores, despite an aggressive anti-union campaign. The next day, the company fired a lead organizer. Then another.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/autozone-organizing-drive-election-firingsMon, 12 Oct 2026 13:00:00 UTCAshley Bishophttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/political-cinema-robert-kramer-new-leftRobert Kramer’s films captured the New Left from the inside, from its promising beginning through its painful unraveling. He faded from view mostly because his work was so hard to see. In our new age of political volatility, he deserves a revival.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/political-cinema-robert-kramer-new-leftMon, 12 Oct 2026 12:30:00 UTCWhitney Strubhttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/books-publishing-reading-mass-market-paperbackIn 1939, the 25¢ paperback made America a nation of readers, delivering thrillers, classics, and Pulitzer-winning books. So why did the Big Five publishers just kill the mass market paperback?https://jacobin.com/2026/10/books-publishing-reading-mass-market-paperbackMon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 UTCNed Rusthttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/phillips-curve-inflation-unemployment-laborThe Phillips curve holds that low unemployment drives inflation, meaning that controlling prices requires putting workers out of work. Its continuing influence shows how power over the money supply shapes class power.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/phillips-curve-inflation-unemployment-laborMon, 12 Oct 2026 11:30:00 UTCSilas Xuereb and David Moscrophttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/lonesome-dove-reading-novels-menLarry McMurtry’s 1985 cowboy epic is finding a new generation of readers online. Its revival raises an awkward question for publishing: What happened to the big, bloody, male-coded literary novel and to the men who used to read and write them?https://jacobin.com/2026/10/lonesome-dove-reading-novels-menSun, 11 Oct 2026 13:00:00 UTCRoss Barkanhttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/philosophy-liberty-society-law-well-beingAt its best, the Left has championed the cause of freedom against both political and economic tyranny. Does the spread of scourges like social media addiction and sports betting justify more restrictions on individual liberty than we’ve typically accepted?https://jacobin.com/2026/10/philosophy-liberty-society-law-well-beingSun, 11 Oct 2026 12:30:00 UTCSarah Conly and Nick Frenchhttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/france-insoumise-pope-catholicism-bagayoko-melenchonReligious identity has become an unusually prominent battleground in next year’s French election. During the pope’s visit to the country last week, left-wing France Insoumise resisted ultraconservative attempts to monopolize Catholic identity.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/france-insoumise-pope-catholicism-bagayoko-melenchonSun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 UTCPhineas Rueckerthttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/russia-ukraine-war-eu-nato-escalationAfter years of warnings that the war in Ukraine could spiral into a full-on Russia-Europe conflagration, the conflict has reached a point where this is a real possibliity. It’s a prospect that threatens not just European lives but the entire globe.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/russia-ukraine-war-eu-nato-escalationSat, 10 Oct 2026 16:58:32 UTCBranko Marcetichttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/college-greek-life-elites-alienationWhile unions, churches, and leagues are losing members, fraternities and sororities are drowning in new recruits. Their staying power comes from bundling belonging with elite advantage.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/college-greek-life-elites-alienationSat, 10 Oct 2026 15:26:36 UTCKatie Gatti Tassinhttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/vance-catholicism-economics-memoir-trumpJ. D. Vance’s spiritual memoir is short on the spiritual and long on hypocrisy, oscillating between complaints about “the elites” and half-baked policy ideas that show little engagement with the Catholic social teaching he professes to admire.https://jacobin.com/2026/10/vance-catholicism-economics-memoir-trumpSat, 10 Oct 2026 13:36:25 UTCScott D. 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