Living in the First Draft
Sheila Heti’s Pure Colour is a novel for our time of uncertainty.
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Labour MP Jon Trickett: “A Divided Movement Will Not Win the Next Election”
Labour MP Jon Trickett speaks to Jacobin about leader Keir Starmer’s triangulation on the corporation tax and the need for the Labour Party to advance a bold, activist agenda in the pandemic era.
Guitarist Charlie Hunter Versus the Music Industry
By music industry standards, Charlie Hunter is one of the most successful guitarists of his generation. But he hates the music industry. These days, he’s devoted to fostering young musical talents in a business designed to crush and exploit them.
Emmanuel Macron Is Hell-Bent on an Austerity Coalition
The French election saw the left-wing New Popular Front easily defeat Emmanuel Macron’s allies. But almost six weeks later, Macron still refuses the winners the chance to govern, as he tries to cobble together a minority coalition with conservatives.
How Jimmy Carter Became a Cold War Hawk
In the popular imagination, Jimmy Carter is associated with an idealistic “human rights agenda” for US foreign policy. In reality, by the end of his term in office, he was paving the way for Ronald Reagan’s aggressive anti-communism.
Reasons of Empire
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt blamed Israel for America’s Middle Eastern fiascos. But from Iraq to Iran, Washington has had its own reasons for war in the Gulf.
There Is No Military Solution to the Crisis in Israel and Palestine
In a conversation with David Sirota, Naomi Klein and Omar Baddar speak about Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, the appalling lack of support in the West for a cease-fire, and the double standard in mainstream media coverage of Israel and Palestine.
Beltway Bullshit
Liberal wonks aren't afraid of Bernie's "inexperience." They're afraid of an economy where working people have power.
Confronting Amazon
Through creative actions and cross-border solidarity, Polish workers are undermining Amazon's anti-union playbook.
Lessons From the Bund
A newly translated memoir takes us inside the Jewish Labor Bund's fight for survival and social transformation in 1930s Poland.
Ireland’s Unfinished Revolution
The revolutionary period sparked by the 1916 Easter Rising offered a vision of a truly democratic Ireland.
By Embracing Its Radical Program Labour Can Win
Thatcherism is in long-term decline. By shifting the election terrain to issues of economic power, redistribution, and social ownership, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party can finally kill it off for good.
Iran’s Quiet Counterrevolution
Decades of neoliberalism have reshaped Iranian society — leaving its battered Left in a quandary.
The Spill on the Río Sonora
The story of Mexico’s miners and their struggle for dignity and justice.
The Bolsonaro Dynasty’s Hail Mary
After an attempted jailbreak, Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has endorsed his son Flávio for president in 2026. Few electoral campaigns have been launched under less auspicious circumstances.
Rebuilding Fortress Scotland
For the first time since the 1990s, the US has reestablished a direct military presence in Scotland. As Washington builds up its new Cold War, Scotland’s political class is its willing servant.
Greenland’s State-Owned Sector Is Very Impressive
Greenland has one of the largest and most successful portfolios of state-owned companies in the world. This robust state sector has helped the small island nation prosper economically over the past 50 years.
Andrew Cuomo, Somehow, Wants to Weaken Affordable Housing
Proposing a housing policy that will accelerate New York’s housing crisis just to troll Zohran Mamdani is an odd look for Andrew Cuomo, who ran for mayor on seriousness and experience. But badly losing a primary will do that kind of thing to a man.
Rigoberta Menchú Paved the Way for an Opening in Guatemala
Guatemalan indigenous activist Rigoberta Menchú helped set the tone and forge the climate that convicted the rabidly anti-communist general Efraín Rios Montt and condemned many others guilty of genocide during the country’s brutal civil war.
The Basics of Marxist Economics
The analysis of capitalism that Karl Marx presented in the three volumes of Capital remains vital to understanding our social world. A renowned Marxian economist talked to Jacobin to break down the key points of Marx’s economic theory.