Venezuelan Jacobins
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Which Side Is Your Pension On?
The failure of unions to gain control over their pension funds gives insight into corporate-controlled finance and the obstacles to democratizing it.
Why Is Our Culture So Obsessed With Individual Experience?
From immersive art to personal essays and first-person novels, our culture is obsessed with the idea of individual experience. Anna Kornbluh, the author of Immediacy: Or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism, spoke to Jacobin about why.
Capitalist Markets Aren’t “Free.” They’re Planned for Profit.
Neoliberalism was never about shrinking the state to unfetter markets and enhance human freedom. In her new book, Vulture Capitalism, Grace Blakeley argues that neoliberalism has always sought to wield state power to maximize profits for the rich.
Florida Republicans Want to Ban Workplace Heat Protections
Florida business groups and their GOP allies are pushing legislation that would prevent communities from establishing workplace heat-exposure standards or compelling employers to abide by them, even as dangerously hot days increase in frequency.
Governments Fund Gentrification. But We Can Stop It.
Today’s gentrification is not an accident, nor is it simply the effects of shifting preferences for urban living or the so-called invisible hand of capitalism. It’s the intentional, predictable result of policy choices. And we can halt it in its tracks.
The Two Mandelas
While Mandela was certainly a “great historical figure,” too many tributes have been unable to move beyond hagiography.
Why the Far Right Rules Modi’s India
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, the electoral arm of a Hindu nationalist movement, represents the largest and most organized far-right force on the planet. To understand its rise, we must look to India’s 20th-century history.
The Alleged Sexual Assaults on Rikers Island Are Shocking
Me Too was often portrayed as solely focused on elite women’s concerns. That would be news to the prisoners at New York’s Rikers Island who have used a Me Too–inspired law to seek justice for over 700 alleged sexual assaults by guards in the jail.
Palm Royale Is a Weak Critique of the “Bubble” of the Rich
Showing that rich women in 1969 are “living in a bubble” is like demonstrating that, as ever, water is wet. But even if Palm Royale was meant to deliver messages of great satirical significance, it’s too weak to carry them.
Observing Ramadan During the Gaza Massacre
Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza has made it incredibly difficult for many Muslims to celebrate Ramadan this year. In place of cloistered ritual, we must redouble our efforts to win a cease-fire and an end to the occupation of Palestine.
Gig Economy Workers Are Organizing for Palestine
In response to the war on Gaza, the 100,000-strong International Alliance of App-Based Transport Workers has called a boycott of Chevron-owned gas stations. It shows how precarious workers can use solidarity action to hit firms who profit from apartheid.
The Road House Remake Is Actually a Great Time
Do you ever hear about a new movie like the Road House remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal, assume it’s terrible, mentally prepare your vicious takedown of it — and then watch it? And it’s actually . . . good?
Affirmative Action’s Labor Roots
Affirmative action was a hard-won victory by left-labor activists. It must be defended.
How Raymond Aron Became a Patron Saint of Cold War Liberalism
The French writer Raymond Aron is often praised by liberals for his nuanced, nonideological thinking. In reality, he lived in the pocket of the CIA and gave an intellectual veneer to NATO’s imperialistic foreign policy.
Daniel Dennett’s Dead-End Social Darwinism
Throughout his career, philosopher Daniel Dennett has combined arrogant speculation about science with his conservative philosophical assumptions. His recent attempts to pettily settle scores in his memoir only confirm his backward worldview.
When Revenge Goes Wrong
Instead of a captivating revenge film, The Revenant quickly becomes an overwrought mess.
These Stunning Images Show Palestinian Life Before the Nakba
Zionist propaganda refers to pre-1948 Palestine as a “land without a people.” A new photographic collection pushes back against this erasure of Palestinian history — and shows the vitality of its society before the Nakba.
Don’t Disrupt the Disruptors
Union workers – especially union workers on strike – really piss the Bay Area technorati off.
Back to the Fragments
A socialist-feminist classic appeared just as Thatcherism began pulverizing the Left. Today, should it be read as historical document or a blueprint for action?