A Plan to Win Socialism In America
The welfare state isn’t enough. A future Bernie Sanders government needs to pursue policies that diminish the power of capital and radically democratize the economy.
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Socialism: An Idea That Will Live on Beyond 2020
Make sure Jacobin can keep carrying its torch.
Internationalism Is in Labor’s Interest
The old labor slogan “An injury to one is an injury to all” isn’t just a moral imperative. It’s the practical foundation of a strong labor movement.
This Winter, Quebec Public Sector Workers Conducted Their Biggest Strike Ever
Last month in Quebec, 420,000 public sector workers in health care and education walked out in one of the largest strikes in North American history. With negotiations for other Quebec unions still ongoing, more big strikes are possible.
Gentrification Is a Feature, Not a Bug, of Capitalist Urban Planning
Capitalists are already using the state to reshape our cities — we need to wield it in a radically different way to serve the interests of working people.
Zack Polanski’s Eco-Populism Could Do With More Socialism
A year since the Green Party of England and Wales elected Zack Polanski as leader, its membership has nearly quadrupled. His rise speaks to dissatisfaction with Labour but also the difficulty of building a deep-rooted alternative.
Baby Steps Are Not Enough
Yesterday's midterms were a rebuke to Trump. But America’s decades-long shift to the right won't be undone with Democratic Party liberalism.
Ezra Klein on Abundance and the Left
“When the state can’t deliver, people stop believing in collective solutions altogether.”
John Pilger Was a Tireless Critic of Western Imperialism
The reporter John Pilger, who died at the end of 2023, showed what a life committed to attacking the powerful through journalism and taking the side of the oppressed looks like.
Spain Against Itself
On the 40th anniversary of Spain's post-dictatorship constitution, the center is wracked by crisis, the far right is on the rise, and tensions over Catalonia continue to rise.
A Strike Is Coming to the Nation’s Largest Public University System
The California Faculty Association is calling for a weeklong strike at the largest public university system in the United States to fight against cuts and preserve a vital public good.
A Season of Discontent
Three months since the gilets jaunes protesters first blockaded roads around France, the movement has created a crisis in Emmanuel Macron’s presidency — and one that’s due to last.
The Future of the Cuban Revolution
Since Raúl Castro assumed power in 2006 promising reforms, Cuban politics has seen the slow emergence of new tendencies and debates. The prospects for the country's left, however, remain uncertain.
Revolutionary Romance
Why should extravagant pleasures and intense feelings be reserved for the bourgeoisie?
Chavismo From Below
Why some Venezuelan socialists have broken with President Nicolás Maduro.
The Schizophrenic State
The American government’s response to the 2007–8 financial crisis reveals an increasing tension between its domestic and global responsibilities.
DC’s Next Mayor Is a Socialist Ready to Fight Trump
Janeese Lewis George, the democratic socialist who just won DC’s mayoral primary, talks tenants’ rights, gentrification, and what home rule can’t protect against.
Burn the Constitution Once Again
The Constitution didn’t stop Trump — it made his reign possible.
Managing Bolivian Capitalism
Evo Morales’s administration has scored some successes, but it has failed to deliver on its more radical promises.
North Korea, Without the Hacks
Most US reporting on North Korea is inaccurate fluff produced by self-serving careerists. But a new book finally shows how to do it right.