Insurgency and Orthodoxy
The Socialists’ return to power in Chile has raised expectations. But so far reforms have stabilized neoliberalism, not undermined it.
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People Make the World Go Round
How the Sierra Club came to dabble with neo-Malthusianism.
Beyond Alberta
Progressive victory in Alberta only illuminates the need for a broader challenge to neoliberalism across Canada.
Podemos and the Paradigm Shift
Podemos emerged in resistance to Spain’s political establishment. But what are the limits to its populist strategy?
Mad Men and the Movement
Mad Men succeeded in showing how social change seeps into otherwise unremarkable lives.
Bringing the Resistance to Parliament
The bombing of a Peoples’ Democratic Party rally in Diyarbakir shows how threatened Turkey’s rulers have become.
From Gay Power to Gay Rights
Marriage equality has finally come to Ireland. But what does the victory say about the state of the gay liberation movement?
The Sanders Trap
History shows that Bernie Sanders's campaign will raise lots of hopes — and do little to strengthen the Left.
The Roots of Islamophobia
Donald Trump is no lone wolf. Islamophobia can be found across the political mainstream.
The Privatization of Childhood
Childhood has become a period of high-stakes preparation for life in a stratified economy.
Small Miracles
Small and medium-sized European countries like the Netherlands play an outsized role protecting international capital and empire.
How the Wall Fell
The Berlin Wall's fall sparked dreams of a radically democratic East Germany. Unemployment and privatization followed instead.
The 2015 Jacobin Mixtape
A year of smooth jazz and revolutionary exhortations.
The Specter of Trump
Donald Trump speaks to an aggrieved and radicalized middle class with seemingly nowhere else to turn.
Donald Trump: American Psycho
One thing is clear after last night's debate: Donald Trump is the rotten fruit of the American ruling class.
The Alternative to Lulism
Brazil needs a left opposition capable of resisting both Dilma Rousseff's impeachment and deepening austerity.
“The Society We Are Fighting for Has to Be Free From All Oppression”
Kshama Sawant on how the fight against race- and gender-based oppression fits into the fight for socialism.
Hypocrisy Wins the Day
Yesterday's vote to impeach Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff wasn't about corruption — it was about the Right's bid for power.