Govan Mbeki and the Modest Revolution
Govan Mbeki, who spent more than two decades in prison for his role in the struggle against apartheid, creatively applied Marxist ideas to South African society.
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Trump’s Iran War Could Starve the World
Closing the Strait of Hormuz may cause a global food crisis on top of a global energy crisis.
Middle East Wars Are Still About Oil and Empire
What’s really behind Trump’s war on Iran?
Pedal to the Metal
Despite tariffs, Chinese electric vehicles are entering the European auto market at full throttle.
Before 1776, There Was 1649
What Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution meant to America’s revolutionaries.
How Arizona Arms the Cartels
The drug trade in Mexico depends on lax gun laws in the United States.
José Martí Knew the Monster
Long before Fidel Castro, José Martí warned that Cuban independence would mean little if US domination replaced Spanish rule.
Finland’s Ultranational Pastime
PastimeMeet pesäpallo, a surreal twist on baseball dreamed up by a right-wing, anti-communist Finn.
Blood Sport on the South Lawn
Trump’s UFC match at the White House is a harbinger of things to come.
The Pantheon of Evil
Reactionary monuments have long been, and remain, part of the American landscape.
The People’s House Atop a Swamp
Popular access to and control over the White House has reached historic lows. There are grander spatial testaments to democracy to be seen in Washington, DC.
Pox Americana
In Hollywood blockbusters, corn-fed Americans tend to save the world from stand-ins for US geopolitical adversaries. Elsewhere, Americans play the bad guys.
Cinema of the Bicentennial
The mid-1970s were a good time for film buffs. But the industry was on the precipice of a long decline that has stripped productions of not only their political content but their seriousness.
Let Freedom Sing
The melody of “The Star-Spangled Banner” came from the anthem of the Anacreontic Society, a gentleman’s club formed by amateur musicians in 18th-century London. Francis Scott Key wasn’t the first to set different lyrics to the tune, and he wouldn’t be the last.
The Hamilton Era Is Gone Forever
Though it’s only been a decade since Lin-Manuel Miranda’s magnum opus premiered, the hit musical Hamilton represents a bygone period in American politics.
Capitalism made the Second Slavery
The Reckoning, Robin Blackburn’s monumental work of history, offers a sweeping account of the politics behind American slavery’s rise and fall.
Is Sortition the Answer to Our Democratic Deficit?
Jacobin contributors debate “democracy by lot.”
Citizens Above the Law
The growing sovereign citizen movement reflects an America that has lost faith in its democratic institutions.