Stopping Marine Le Pen From Running Is a Bad Idea
Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for office for five years. The sentence applies the law as written, but it turns her embezzlement conviction into a propaganda coup for her party.
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The European Elections Should Be a Wake-Up Call for the Left
Left-wing parties like Die Linke and Podemos look set to perform poorly in this weekend’s EU elections. Working-class voters are far from happy with the current EU leadership, but the Left is failing to convince them that it can change things.
“This Strike Is Uniting the Resistance Against Macron”
A government bid to cut back pensions has pitched France into its longest strike in decades. But as one railworker organizer tells Jacobin, the dispute is about more than retirement insurance — it’s about stopping Emmanuel Macron’s whole agenda.
How the Right Hijacked Antonio Gramsci
Inspired by a misreading of Antonio Gramsci, far-right activists have spent decades attempting to shape intellectual and cultural spaces. But their version of Gramsci’s ideas leaves out a crucial element: class struggle.
The Making of Frantz Fanon
The psychiatrist Frantz Fanon witnessed World War II and the Algerian War of Independence firsthand. Adam Shatz’s new book, The Rebel’s Clinic, shows how these experiences turned Fanon into a revolutionary.
The French Revolution Was the Beginning of the Modern World
Conservative ideologues have dismissed the French Revolution as an unnecessary bloodbath. But a fresh look at the Revolution shows us its vital relevance to contemporary political issues, from demands for economic equality to the struggle against racism.
In Europe, the Liberal Center Is Going Extinct
Europe’s centrists often claim to defend liberal values against populist threats. Yet ahead of June’s EU elections, liberals have adopted far-right talking points on everything from the climate to migration — and it’s not saving their weak poll numbers.
At Paris’s Milipol Convention, Smiling Far-Right Politicians Play With Sniper Rifles
Milipol is the world’s biggest trade fair for homeland security. Last week’s event in Paris was a photo op for far-right politicians like Éric Zemmour that illustrated how the French state is militarizing its response to social protests.
We Owe the French Revolution a Debt of Gratitude
On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris rose up to take history into their own hands. Because of the power of the Jacobin idea, and because enough of them lived on to fight another day, the revolution changed the world. We are all its beneficiaries.
Revisiting the Cult of the Supreme Being
Spinoza, Rousseau, and Robespierre may provide a model for the relationship between church and state in an emancipated society.
The Coming Refugee Crisis
Climate change will displace millions within decades. But where will they go and how will governments receive them?
Migrants Die at Sea Because Governments Let Them Drown
Over the last two weeks, six migrants died trying to cross the English Channel. An aid worker at the French port of Calais writes on the political choices that condemn them to early graves — and the need for safe routes for people on the move.
When the Workers Were Communists
The once mighty French Communist Party is a shell of its former self. What happened to its mass base?
Inside “the Jungle”
France's recently razed "Jungle" refugee camp illustrates the human toll of Europe's anti-refugee policies.
The Last-Ditch Candidate
Benoit Hamon may be the French Socialist Party's last chance to reverse its fatal rightward drift.
Can the Yellow Vests Speak?
France's elites were quick to condemn the gilets jaunes protesters as stupid and backward. But as novelist Édouard Louis writes, they're just standing up for their rights.
Capitalism Has Always Had a Problem With Democracy
From South Korea to the United States, there are multiplying signs of democratic crisis in today’s world. The root of the problem is the permanent tension between capitalism and democratic freedoms, which only exist because of great popular struggles.
The Algerian Revolution Changed the World for the Better
The Algerian struggle for freedom from French imperialism was absolutely central to the political landscape of the twentieth century. We should remember its heroic history and honor its legacy today.
After Disarmament
The leftist Basque group ETA has laid down its arms. What's next for the independence movement?
Pierre Naville Carved Out a Surrealist Path to Marxism
The unconventional artistic rebellion of surrealism may seem a long way removed from the sober, disciplined work of Marxist revolutionaries. But French writer Pierre Naville brought surrealism and Marxism together amid the turmoil of interwar Europe.