Jean-Paul Sartre’s uncompromising opposition to the crimes of empire makes him a taboo figure in French culture. The French political mainstream is still in denial about the bloody history of colonialism.
California representative and Bernie 2020 campaign chair Ro Khanna on building a new economy and winning back workers.
A morally tarnished World Cup in Qatar was the latest phase in the degeneration of modern football. Europe’s top clubs have become playthings of the superwealthy, taking the game ever further from its popular roots.
Australian historian Sheila Fitzpatrick has spent her career documenting the history of the USSR. She tells Jacobin about her latest project, which looks at the Soviet citizens who migrated to Australia and their complicated relationship with their homeland.
In its negotiations with the Big Three Automakers, the United Auto Workers wants to eliminate the lower-tier status hurting many electric vehicle workers. A rank-and-file autoworker explains why the fight is central to a just green transition.
The psychiatrist Frantz Fanon witnessed World War II and the Algerian War of Independence firsthand. Adam Shatz’s new book, The Rebel’s Clinic, shows how these experiences turned Fanon into a revolutionary.
Ukrainian painter Mykhailo Boichuk and his circle of socialist artists perished in Stalin’s 1930s repression, destroying much of the movement’s beautiful public murals in the process. Today what remains of their work is a symbol of hope in dark times.
The abandonment of Marxism had more than academic consequences.
Communal celebration has deep roots in human culture. Why shouldn’t the Left embrace it?
Maurice Dobb was one of John Maynard Keynes’ favorite students. He was also a committed Marxist.
Through petrodollar recycling and arms sales, Gulf states have melded seamlessly into US capital circuits.
Educators must work to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
The story of pro wrestling in the twentieth century is the story of American capitalism.
Worker militancy has shown cracks in both China’s economic plan and the Communist Party’s official trade unions.
Companies are increasingly turning to lockouts to break labor. How should unions respond?
As it tries to subdue Greece's oligarchs, Syriza also must rein in the police.
Mad Max dramatizes a clash of civilizations, in which the West must win out over everyone else.
A Greek fast-food worker on living under austerity, the difficulties of worker organizing, and the meaning of Oxi.
David Bowie showed that even if artists can dream, they can never fully remove themselves from the world.