When the Rich Say “We’re Leaving”
Every time we want to change society to benefit average people, we have to deal with ultrawealthy crybabies.
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Reflecting on New York City’s Largest Nurses’ Strike
After weeks of nurses picketing in the freezing cold, New York City nurses concluded their biggest-ever strike last month. Jacobin spoke to a striking nurse leader about their fight against intransigent employers and a hostile governor.
The City the Rich Built — and Broke
A new history traces how elite-driven development made New York richer on paper and poorer in practice.
Liberal Zionism Is an Inherent Contradiction
Despite the inherent contradiction between liberalism and extreme ethnic nationalism, many people still refer to themselves as “liberal Zionists.” But when liberal principles come under attack by Israel, they’re nowhere to be found.
The Long History of Nativist Red-Baiting in the United States
As Donald Trump’s GOP grows more and more fanatically xenophobic and rabidly anti-socialist, it’s worth examining how the American right has long fused its hatred of both immigrants and radicals to carry out a larger reactionary program.
The World Is About to Have Trillionaires. Enough Already.
Elon Musk is poised to become the world’s first trillionaire. Still, liberals are hand-wringing about the potential pitfalls of wealth redistribution. In truth, we should have stopped the rise of the economic superelite long ago. Better late than never.
Die Linke’s Ferat Koçak: We Can’t Surrender to the Far Right
Two years ago, Germany’s Die Linke faced an existential crisis. But this year, it staged a historic comeback. Die Linke’s Ferat Koçak explains how a pro-welfare and anti-racist campaign led his party to victory.
Socialists Are Cornering Hochul on Taxing the Rich
The movement for taxes on the rich in New York just scored its first goal against Kathy Hochul. And they say they’re not stopping there.
Socialist David Orkin Aims to Unseat a Key Eric Adams Ally
Democratic socialist David Orkin is running for New York State Assembly in Queens, aiming to further bolster the left-wing stronghold and unseat a key ally of former mayor Eric Adams. Jacobin spoke to Orkin about his campaign.
America’s Next Generation of Socialist Organizers
At their 2026 organizing conference, Young Democratic Socialists of America focused on organizing student workers, building campus movements against ICE, and preparing mass action for May Day 2028 to confront Trump’s authoritarianism.
Single-Payer Champion Abdul El-Sayed Is Running for Senate
Physician Abdul El-Sayed, one of the most prominent advocates of Medicare for All, is now running for US Senate in Michigan. Jacobin spoke to him about his campaign and the continuing fight for single-payer health care.
A Society Governed by Whiny Rich People Throwing Tantrums
Every time we want to change society to benefit average people, we have to deal with ultrawealthy crybabies. We’re held hostage by those who already have it all. It doesn’t have to be like this.
The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand
Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, sometimes we leftists seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics — it’s just wasting precious time.
You Can’t Have Social Housing Without Building Housing
Zoning reform measures have divided tenant advocates in New York. Yet loosening the city’s anti-housing regime is essential if we ever want to build social housing at scale.
Queens Has Quietly Become a Hub of Left-Wing Organizing and Socialist Electoral Wins
In parts of Queens, socialists hold office at the local, state, and federal levels. Those victories are no accident: they’re the fruit of years of local organizing in a borough known for being anything but flashy.
Tech Capital Is Dominating American Politics
While Donald Trump assaults civil liberties and the social safety net, Democrats are lost. Capital’s continued dominance of both parties and Big Tech’s machinations in particular are key to understanding our political crisis, argues Thomas Ferguson.
The Socialist Movement’s Strength Is Growing in America’s Most Diverse County
Since 2016, under the influence of Bernie Sanders and NYC-DSA, the socialist base in Queens, New York has transformed from an eclectic mixture of progressive voters into a multiracial movement of the working class.
Chi Ossé: Why I Became a Socialist
After years of fighting austerity, real estate, and machine politics from inside city hall, I joined the Democratic Socialists of America because only a mass movement can make those fights winnable.
Meet the Slate of Socialist Insurgents Running for Office in New York
In New York City, the Democratic Socialists of America are running a six-candidate socialist slate aiming for state and national office. It will serve as a test run for socialist organizing in the age of coronavirus.
Liberals Are Giving Up on America
In their despair at Donald Trump’s victory, liberal pundits are concluding that the masses, especially the working class, are irredeemably terrible. That’s apolitical nonsense.