“Who Cares?” Gave Us Trump
On a very bad liberal habit that just won’t quit.
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No Honeymoon for Joe Biden
It’s good that Donald Trump lost. But the Left now needs to pivot immediately to opposition to the Joe Biden administration.
Taking a Good, Long Look Into Elon Musk and “Muskism”
A growing share of world infrastructure is dominated by the eccentric, reactionary, annoying billionaire Elon Musk. He is, regrettably, a key figure to understand — which Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian set out to do in Muskism.
The Key to Climate Action Is Building Working-Class Power
We can’t address climate change without the working class. Matt Huber argues that an explicit political or rhetorical focus on the climate crisis itself may not be helpful in that effort.
Saikat Chakrabarti Wants to Remake the Democratic Party
Saikat Chakrabarti, a founder of Justice Democrats and former top AOC aide, is challenging Nancy Pelosi for her seat in Congress. He talked to Jacobin about his vision for an ambitious program to transform the US economy and reverse class dealignment.
We Need More Independent, Working-Class Political Candidates
Bernie Sanders says more pro-worker candidates should run for office as independents rather than as Democrats. He’s right.
The Democrats Are Determined Not to Learn From Their Failure
The Democrats’ botched 2024 autopsy doesn’t just leave out Gaza. It also simply pretends the left-populist upsurge embodied by Zohran Mamdani isn’t happening, while coveting its achievements.
Your Favorite Doctor Influencers Don’t Support M4A
Online doctor influencers have enormous audiences, partly built on their criticisms of the dysfunction of America’s health care system. So why do they never discuss Medicare for All, the universal program designed to address the problems they denounce?
Spencer Pratt, the False Prophet of Los Angeles
Reality show villain and Donald Trump–endorsed Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt has turned his bitter grievances and dark fantasies into a viable campaign. But LA needs a political vision larger than one celebrity’s personal ambition and rage.
Pointing Fingers
Liberal media pundits search for someone to blame.
Why Bidenism Failed
Despite lofty ambitions, four years of professional-managerial approaches to governing moved the Democrats even further away from their New Deal roots.
Shawn Fain: “We Need More Than a Party — We Need a Movement”
UAW president Shawn Fain, speaking at a Center for Working-Class Politics and Jacobin event, emphasized the need for a political program that addresses workers’ most basic issues — and how a broad strike in 2028 could put them front and center.
The Radical Legacy of the “Poorest President in the World”
What we can learn from the life of Uruguay’s former guerrilla and leftist president Pepe Mujica.
Zohran Mamdani’s 5 Lessons for the Democrats
Zohran Mamdani does not operate by the same logic as the Democratic Party establishment. Waleed Shahid explains five key aspects of how Mamdani has broken through.
The Labor Movement Needs a Collective Anti-Trump Strategy
When authoritarianism rears its head, the labor movement needs to be at the center of opposing it. And right now, unions need to be at the center of the burgeoning movement against Donald Trump’s attacks on civil liberties and workers’ rights.
The Left-Leaning Military Veterans Eyeing Congress
A crop of progressive-minded veteran congressional candidates say they are aiming to break from the mold of military service candidates — hawkish, corporate-friendly, and weak on labor questions — favored by the Democratic Party establishment.
Labor Unions Need to Activate Their Members to Defeat Trump
If the labor movement is going to defeat Donald Trump and other anti-worker politicians, Painters union president Jimmy Williams Jr writes, it will need a wellspring of organized workers.
MAGA’s Court Philosophers
Once mocked as unsophisticated, Donald Trump in his second term has put forward an ambitious vision to reshape America. Surrounding the president is a loose network of intellectuals who provide his policies with a philosophy.