The French Left’s Long March to the Right
Le Monde Diplomatique’s Serge Halimi dissects the collective suicide of France’s center-left — and how its new far left can pick up the pieces.
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How Race Is Conjured
The fiction of race hides the real source of racism and inequity in America today.
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How Capitalism Remade Homophobia
Before tragically dying at age 32, Chris Chitty, a brilliant historian of gay life and capitalism, produced an illuminating unfinished book, Sexual Hegemony. In it, he provided a longue durée account of the development of homophobia and homosexuality.
Is Donald Trump a Fascist?
We asked Jacobin contributors for their thoughts.
Defend Your Class
Harvard students weren't big fans of Bernie Sanders in last night's CNN town hall. Of course they weren't. Elite Ivy Leaguers know which side they're on — and it's not Bernie's.
Ireland’s Revolution Could Have Taken a Radical Turn
Traditional accounts of Ireland’s national revolution have focused on military struggle against British rule. But it was also a time of popular mobilization by workers and women that could have put the new Irish state on a far more progressive course.
The Rebel Girl
As we build a movement to thwart Trump and win genuine social change, the activist life of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is instructive.
For Karl Marx, Alienation Was Central to Understanding Capitalism
Karl Marx’s groundbreaking account of labor alienation forms an invaluable part of his thought. For Marx, alienation was fundamental to grasping capitalism and how to dismantle it.
Benedictine Monks Tried to Reestablish Feudalism in Western Australia. It Was a Disaster.
In the mid-19th century, Benedictine monks seized Aboriginal land to establish a new mission in Western Australia. In New Norcia, they attempted to recreate a reactionary feudal society that had all but disappeared from Europe — with disastrous results.
It’s Time to Nationalize Supermarkets
Supermarkets under capitalism are exploitative and ecologically damaging, shaping what we produce as well as what we consume. In public hands, following a different logic, they could supply the creative core of a democratically planned socialist economy.
“We’re Creating a Society That’s Better for All of Us Together”
Socialists have seen electoral gains in many major American cities in the last few years. But they’ve also won local races in towns like Peekskill, New York, where Vanessa Agudelo recently won a race for city council. We interviewed Agudelo about what socialism means to her.
Ecuador’s Election Was a Massive Repudiation of Neoliberalism
The first round of Ecuador's presidential election handed first place to left-wing candidate Andrés Arauz. It was a total repudiation of Lenín Moreno's neoliberal agenda. But more work is needed to cement a coalition that can win power and an anti-austerity program.
Public Housing Is Social Housing
The housing crisis is a calamity that can no longer be ignored. AOC and Bernie Sanders’s newly reintroduced Green New Deal for Public Housing highlights the importance of deeply affordable and generously funded public housing as key to solving this crisis.
Girlboss Politics Won’t Beat the Right
Facing a close race in New York’s gubernatorial contest, Democrats are doubling down on elite feminism. But at a time when many voters feel beleaguered by crime and inflation, you-go-girl pep rallies won’t stem the rightward trend.
The Iraq War Was One of History’s Greatest Atrocities
The US invasion of Iraq was a crime, a calculated act of aggression that left immense destruction in its wake with almost no redeeming benefits to anyone — including its villainous architects.
Class Struggle Trumps Hate
The Momentive strike proved that when workers take collective action, the politics of Trumpism can be overcome.
Nina Turner: My Love Letter to Our Movement
Nina Turner reflects in Jacobin on her recent congressional campaign, the importance of continuing to fight for Medicare for All, and how the Left can still win real change.
As Religious Institutions Decline, the Left Loses Out. We Can Change That.
The decline of religious affiliation in the United States has harmed the Left more than the Right. It has also produced millions of spiritual-but-not-religious Americans who are lonely and hungry for a nourishing community. We should organize them.
Everybody Hates Cornel West
How Cornel West went from liberal media darling to pariah.