Challenging Abe’s Japan
The growing youth movement against Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is disrupting Japan's conservative status quo.
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A Million in South Korea’s Streets
South Korea's unions and civil society have taken to the streets to demand conservative president Park Geun-hye step down.
DIE LINKE’s Road to Power: An Interview with Bernd Riexinger
Bernd Riexinger, co-chair of Germany's Left Party, talks about socialist strategy in the twenty-first century.
John Locke Against Freedom
John Locke's classical liberalism isn't a doctrine of freedom. It's a defense of expropriation and enslavement.
Here’s What Bernie Could Do in Power
From climate change to criminal justice and student debt: here's what Bernie Sanders could do if he had executive office and mass popular support, but faced a hostile Congress.
By Any Other Name
Macedonia's premier said he hoped that EU and NATO membership would “whip” his country “into shape.” But last week's failed referendum has instead pitched the small Balkan state into crisis.
“We Can’t Be at Peace With Ourselves If We’re Complicit in Saudi’s War”
Weapons of mass destruction shipped from Europe are decisive to Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. But in Italy, the dockers who are supposed to load the warships are taking strike action — showing how workers can block the machinery of destruction.
After Germany’s Election, the Left Can Hope Again
Sunday’s German election saw a big shift toward right-wing parties. But while the Alternative für Deutschland piled up votes in the former East, socialist party Die Linke also made a major breakthrough.
Trump’s Deportation Threat Against Zohran Mamdani Is Shameful
In only half a year of Donald Trump’s presidency, he and his allies have turned deportation into an explicitly political threat against opponents and critics. The latest and most high-profile is Zohran Mamdani.
The Uncommitted Movement, a Year Later
One year after the Democratic National Convention refused to allow a Palestinian American onstage, it’s clear that the Democrats have paid a steep price in ignoring voters opposed to Israel’s brutal human rights abuses in Gaza, writes Waleed Shahid.
Europe’s Migration Deal With Tunisia Is a Humanitarian Disaster
In July, the European Union announced a deal with Tunisia to police migration. The deal allowed the EU to outsource the dirty work of repressing migrants — but it’s done nothing to hide the mounting numbers of desperate people dying in the Mediterranean.
Democratic Voters Are Furious About US Support of Israel
Nearly 50,000 voters in Wisconsin’s Democratic presidential primary just cast ballots for nobody. In state after state, the voters Joe Biden needs are registering their fury about US support for Israel's war on Gaza by voting “uncommitted.”
I Was Illegally Fired by Amazon for Speaking Out About a Coworker’s Death
When Amazon worker Magda Malinowska spoke out about a coworker’s death at a warehouse in Poland, Amazon fired her. Now a court has ruled that Amazon committed illegal union busting. Malinowska tells Jacobin why Amazon is so afraid of its workers organizing.
Bill Andersen Was New Zealand’s Leading Communist and Trade Union Leader
By the 1970s, New Zealand’s union movement had grown to become powerful, popular, and left-wing. This was in large part thanks to leaders like Bill Anderson, whose organizing skills were matched by his political vision.
Ireland’s Tax Haven Economy Isn’t Delivering for Its People
The Irish establishment has built one of the world’s most successful tax havens. This economic model has produced spectacular headline figures for GDP growth, but most Irish workers aren’t seeing the benefits in terms of wages and living standards.
How the Alternative für Deutschland Radicalized the German Right
Ten years since its creation, the Alternative für Deutschland has established itself as a constant presence in Germany’s parliament. Now, it’s challenging the Christian Democrats — and seeking to tear down the historic barriers to the far right.
MAGA’s Europe Correspondent
Eva Vlaardingerbroek is not only pushing Holland rightward. She’s capturing the imagination of reactionaries around the world.
Poland’s Konfederacja Alliance Combines Far-Right Views with Libertarian Economics
Poland already has a nationalist government, and the rise of the Konfederacja party threatens to pull it even further to the right. It wants to slash taxes and break up the welfare state — a radical agenda that’s rallying parts of the right-wing base.
France’s Bourgeois Bloc Is Withering
Emmanuel Macron’s coalition, drawing on both center-left and center-right politicians, was a perfect embodiment of the neoliberal project. Unable to deliver prosperity for wider layers of French people, it has driven the political system into turmoil.
Energy Politics Will Define the Future of Europe
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine transformed the energy politics of Europe: America became Germany’s main importer of liquid natural gas and Putin pivoted east. This new order is likely to generate more conflicts than the one that came before it.