Donald Trump’s return to power is a morale booster for far-right politicians like Viktor Orbán, Javier Milei, and Giorgia Meloni. Having pioneered many of the destructive, reactionary ideas associated with Trumpism, they’re now aspiring to global hegemony.
AMLO takes the reins of a traumatized Mexico. He'll be fighting for vital reforms, but much more is needed.
Brazil's massive corruption scandals have turned the country's politics into a spectator sport.
Lula's conviction could shore up Brazil's bickering ruling class while further fragmenting the Left.
As Argentina's right consolidates power, an activist's disappearance at the hands of the police has unearthed memories of the dictatorship.
Last week, Brazilian socialist Marielle Franco was assassinated on the streets of Rio. The questions surrounding her death are dangerous ones for Brazil's reactionary right.
If the Left is serious about wielding and transforming state power, it needs to go beyond a moralistic understanding of corruption.
Even before Jair Bolsonaro's rise, Latin America's militaries had been regaining power through the court system.
On the 40th anniversary of Spain's post-dictatorship constitution, the center is wracked by crisis, the far right is on the rise, and tensions over Catalonia continue to rise.
The gilets jaunes movement has presented a vision of France beyond Emmanuel Macron's neoliberalism. Anticapitalists have to push it even further.
Pamela Anderson spoke to Jacobin and philosopher Srećko Horvat about the protests in France, the crisis in the European Union, and her own activism.
The former co-chair of Turkey’s leading leftist party has been imprisoned for more than two years. His incarceration is an attack on democratic rights — and a boon to right-wing tyrants everywhere.
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Spain’s far right is enjoying its biggest breakthrough since the 1970s. But it grows from a reactionary swamp that has festered ever since Franco’s dictatorship.
Hungary's far-right leader Viktor Orbán is trying to force more overtime on workers. The country's trade unions are finally planning to fight back.
The Mexican and international right are united in their efforts to delegitimatize the AMLO presidency.
US intervention in Venezuela wouldn't just be a catastrophe for that country — it would be a disaster for neighboring Colombia too.
Critics of populism lament the rise of “emotion-driven” politics. But instead of asking why politics has become so “irrational,” we should ask why people are so angry in the first place.
In today's general election, Spain’s far right Vox party is set to enter Congress for the first time. And it’s already building alliances with the mainstream center-right.
The defeats for Barcelona mayor Ada Colau and Manuela Carmena in Madrid compound recent woes for Podemos. As popular movements decline, the Spanish left’s onetime promise has given way to the stabilization of the center.