The Great American Losers
Unlike most other American directors, Joel and Ethan Coen have always been interested in depicting failure. Their new film, Inside Llewyn Davis, takes such an unblinking look at humiliating defeat.
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Class Brought to Life
Class, race, and gender intersect on multiple levels — we know that. The challenge is to translate this into an emancipatory project.
Holy America
Neil Meyer on growing up in Detroit and whether the Right’s losing ground in the “culture war.”
Germany’s New Far Right
In Germany, a "modernized" far right is marrying neoliberalism and racism. What will be the Left's response?
Beyond Alberta
Progressive victory in Alberta only illuminates the need for a broader challenge to neoliberalism across Canada.
Mad Men and the Movement
Mad Men succeeded in showing how social change seeps into otherwise unremarkable lives.
From Gay Power to Gay Rights
Marriage equality has finally come to Ireland. But what does the victory say about the state of the gay liberation movement?
The Sanders Trap
History shows that Bernie Sanders's campaign will raise lots of hopes — and do little to strengthen the Left.
Bringing the Resistance to Parliament
The bombing of a Peoples’ Democratic Party rally in Diyarbakir shows how threatened Turkey’s rulers have become.
The Privatization of Childhood
Childhood has become a period of high-stakes preparation for life in a stratified economy.
Donald Trump: American Psycho
One thing is clear after last night's debate: Donald Trump is the rotten fruit of the American ruling class.
The Specter of Trump
Donald Trump speaks to an aggrieved and radicalized middle class with seemingly nowhere else to turn.
Small Miracles
Small and medium-sized European countries like the Netherlands play an outsized role protecting international capital and empire.
Remembering Rosalyn Baxandall
Rosalyn Fraad Baxandall, who died last Tuesday, was a pioneering figure of socialist feminism in the United States.
The 2015 Jacobin Mixtape
A year of smooth jazz and revolutionary exhortations.
The Bloomberg Factor
Michael Bloomberg's potential presidential run is the latest sign elites are rattled.
Why Bernie Can Win
The pundits are wrong. Bernie Sanders is the most electable candidate this November.
Hypocrisy Wins the Day
Yesterday's vote to impeach Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff wasn't about corruption — it was about the Right's bid for power.
Burying Fujimorismo
The successful movement against Keiko Fujimori's candidacy could be the basis for a growing left in Peru.