Piketty’s Fair-Weather Friends
Piketty’s warnings of a capitalism without meritocracy are being challenged by an ossified economic theory.
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She Came to Riot
The memory of riot grrrl deepens the divide between cultural and material feminism, hobbling critiques of inequality by mistaking self-improvement for revolution.
Betting on Militancy
The Fight for 15 campaign has the potential to revitalize and transform the labor movement.
Pulling the Plug on Working Families
The Left must develop fully independent organizations outside of establishment channels.
The Two Mandelas
While Mandela was certainly a “great historical figure,” too many tributes have been unable to move beyond hagiography.
Power to Which People?
Progressives should be less concerned about how people are protesting and more concerned about who is mobilizing and what they’re fighting for.
NYSUT’s Teachable Moment
New York State United Teachers members have an opportunity to create a broad educational justice movement — if they can move their union away from politics as usual.
In Defense of the Ferguson Riots
The protesters in Ferguson aren’t irrational or apolitical. They are calling attention to their basic, unmet needs.
Scotland’s Democratic Horizons
Scottish independence achieved mass support because it gave ordinary people the sense that they can control their own destiny.
Post-Politics in Brazil
Marina Silva’s “post-ideological” politics is attracting support in advance of Sunday’s Brazilian elections.
Expanding the Umbrella Revolution
Workers must play a decisive role in Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution if movement demands are to go beyond political rights.
Erdoğan’s Victory by Violence
The ruling AKP won yesterday's Turkish election through sheer violence and repression.
Behind the Crackdown
The Turkish left is under severe attack from Erdoğan and the state. How did it come to this?
Within and Against Capitalism
Our new edition is about climate change, but climate change isn’t just an issue to talk about every few years.
Jacobin Radio South Africa, Ep. 4
Racism and crime in post-apartheid South Africa.
Free and Unequal
Higher education should be free. But we can’t just copy the flawed European model.
When History Knocks
Naomi Klein rightly blames capitalism for climate change. But she doesn't go far enough.
Socialist in Name Only
The Socialist International has long embraced capitalism in some of its worst forms.
The Christmas Truce
One hundred years ago today, soldiers dropped their weapons and resisted war.
The Primary Contradiction
China’s leftist revival is overstated. The country’s new “Maoists" cede too much ground to nationalism and the market.