American Class Struggle on the Big Screen
Barbara Kopple won Oscars for her gripping documentaries, like Harlan County, USA, on the struggles of the labor movement. She sat down with Jacobin to discuss that and her more recent work, as well.
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Don’t Ignore the Ongoing Crisis in Yemen
While the Biden administration continues arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the death toll is only mounting in Yemen. Aid workers on the ground tell us the situation is worse than ever.
Death of a Cold War Supervillain
Luis Posada Carriles, an anticommunist militant who popped up throughout Latin America over the past half-century, died recently. He won’t be missed.
A Revolution at Risk
The revolution in Rojava — founded on principles of anticapitalism, Kurdish self-determination, and women's liberation — is at risk of being wiped out. And the Trump administration may just turn its back.
Twenty Years Ago, the Iraq War Changed Everything — and Taught Elites Nothing
The ripple effects of the disastrous Iraq invasion still course through the Middle East and domestic US politics decades later. Yet there’s little evidence those in power have learned anything from it.
Erdoğan and His Opponents
Erdoğan’s would-be dictatorship is anything but stable. Here's a look at the contradictions and fractures roiling Turkish society.
David Friedman’s Anti-Palestine Politics
The past writings of the US's ambassador to Israel show just how committed he is to deepening the Israeli state's brutality.
Russia Was a Latecomer to the Cyberwar Game
The US, not Russia, pioneered the use of state-sponsored social media manipulation.
Massacre and Uprising in Sudan
Sudan’s ongoing but embattled revolution is perhaps the best organized and politically advanced in the region. That’s why the US and Saudi Arabia are determined to crush it.
The Reactionary Jargon of Decoloniality
Cloaked in an impenetrable jargon, “decoloniality” dehistoricizes and culturalizes colonialism. It’s a political and intellectual dead end for socialists.
Last Night’s GOP Debate Showed the Republican Party’s Lunacy Even Without Donald Trump
The Republican presidential debate last night was an unhinged parade of War on Terror–style militarism and paranoid saber-rattling. With or without Donald Trump, the GOP has absolutely lost it.
What Invasion Meant for the Kurds
The Iraqi Kurds were supposed to be liberated by Saddam’s removal. Instead, they face corrupt regional parties and a hostile central state.
Democrats Propose Minor Reforms for ICE — and Record Funding
Congressional Democratic leaders are asking ICE to agree to reforms, promising to vote for $11 billion in funding for the agency if it does so. ICE has every reason to concede to the demands — then ignore them once the funding bill passes.
The Destruction of Gaza Will Be Joe Biden’s Enduring Legacy
Joe Biden talked about wanting a cease-fire, but he continued sending weapons to Israel and refused to apply any pressure to end the attack on Gaza. That refusal, cosigned by Kamala Harris, is an integral part of both their legacies.
One Year on, Gaza Is Democrats’ Far-Right War
The world feared what Donald Trump would do to Muslims upon winning the presidency in 2016. But in the year since October 7, a genocide of a mostly Muslim population has been overseen and made possible by his liberal opponent, Joe Biden.
Europe Is Complicit in Israeli Genocide
European states have armed Israel through almost two years of genocide in Gaza. While the European Union’s trade deal with Israel is meant to be conditional on human rights, in practice EU leaders have turned a blind eye to its crimes.
Australia Has a Serious Landlord Problem
Landlords dominate Australia’s parliament and Reserve Bank. Their policies make the housing crisis worse.
The No Kings Protests Are Cause for Hope
The No Kings rallies have evolved beyond basic anti-Trump liberalism. Their messaging is sharply antiwar, anti-oligarchy, and far more substantive than the “resistance” politics of Donald Trump’s first term. The Left should be proud to participate.
OpenAI Is Bleeding Cash. Its Solution? Military Contracts.
In an age of algorithmically generated “kill lists,” anxieties about AI integration into military decision-making are justifiably mounting. OpenAI’s recent hiring of over a dozen former defense bureaucrats does nothing to allay these concerns.
Cornel West on How Neoliberalism Gave Us Trump’s Neofascism
The horrors of Donald Trump’s second term didn’t come from nowhere, Cornel West argues. They’re the inevitable result of decades of neoliberal policies that built the oligarchy, which, at long last, got behind him in 2024.