Voting for Neoliberalism With Iranian Characteristics
Sanctioned, isolated, and living under a neoliberal state seemingly out of options, Iranians go to the polls today.
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When Debts Become Unpayable, They Should Be Forgiven
For centuries, debt and indebtedness have had profoundly destabilizing effects on human societies. In the ancient world, rulers and their subjects had a solution: known as a debt jubilee, it involved a periodic, unconditional wiping out of debt. We need such a jubilee today.
There Is No Left Exit
We shouldn’t have illusions about transforming the EU from below. But a Leave vote would only strengthen the Right.
From Proletarians to Proprietors
We need to fight for social housing instead of private ownership. Spain's anti-eviction movement shows how we can do it.
The Video Game Industry Is Unionizing
This summer, World of Warcraft and Bethesda Game Studios workers joined the growing number of video game developers organizing with Communications Workers of America. We spoke with some of the workers and organizers who have been unionizing the industry.
Social Democracy for Our Time
Most dismiss social democracy as the fading echo of a bygone age — Lane Kenworthy disagrees.
“This is a Struggle to Save Public Education”
The teachers strike wave has reached Los Angeles: teachers there recently voted overwhelmingly to strike. They are fighting against school privatization, wage and benefit cuts, and the nationwide project to dismantle public education.
To Change Spain, the Left Needs to Rein in a Reactionary Judicial Establishment
Spain’s congress has voted in Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez for a new term as prime minister. His pact with left-wing Sumar and Catalan parties has withstood far-right violence — but must still overcome resistance from conservative activist judges.
Trump’s Budget: Starving Everything Except the Military
Donald Trump’s federal budget for 2026 would funnel more money to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security — and proposes deep cuts to almost everything else.
Wall Street Isn’t Worth It
Cutting the banks down to size is good policy and good politics.
Forgetting and Remembering
Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen on the self-serving stories the US state tells about the Vietnam War.
Bernie and AOC Pump the Brakes on Artificial Intelligence
A bill from Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proposes a moratorium on new AI data centers until oversight mechanisms and legal safeguards are in place. Only federal legislation stands a chance at leashing a monster of this size.
Why Organizing Workers in the Book Industry Is So Damn Hard
Workers in the book industry often suffer poor conditions and low pay, but are supposed to feel grateful for the privilege of working near books. Casting off such illusions is the first step to organizing publishers and booksellers, and fighting the exploitation that thrives in the hallowed culture industry.
Meet the Viral Housing Activist Running for Australian Senate
Jordie van den Lamb, better known by social media handle "purplepingers," has warmed the hearts of renters worldwide with his uncompromisingly deadpan war on landlords. Now he’s taking the fight to their Australian headquarters, Parliament House.
The US Invasion Was a Catastrophe for the People of Iraq
The US promised to bring freedom to Iraqis, but its eight-year occupation resulted in death and destruction on a horrifying scale. It left behind a corrupt, sectarian political order that has responded to popular protests with brutal repression.
Britain Waged a Secret War Against Revolutionary Movements in Arabia
In the 1960s and ’70s, Britain’s dirty war against the revolutionary struggle in Dhofar was hidden from the public. But the successful British effort to prop up one of the world’s most reactionary regimes had a lasting harmful impact on the politics of Arabia.
The Case for Haitian Reparations
Haitians are asking the French government to return some of what was stolen.
We Can’t Go Back to a Golden Age of Capitalism
Inequality is on the rise in the West but globally it’s in decline. Economist Branko Milanovic speaks to Jacobin about the shifting dynamics of capitalism, and why going back to its so-called “golden age” is not an option.
After Years of “Silencing, Repression, and Retaliation” at This Software Company, Workers Decided to Organize
At Epic Systems, a Wisconsin-based software company, workers had complaints that will be familiar to many workers across the United States: an oppressive culture of surveillance and control,executives pushing to end their pandemic-induced working from home. Now, Epic's workers are organizing.
Toward a Marxist Interpretation of the US Constitution
The US Constitution inaugurated a social order that benefits property owners and makes a mockery of equal rights.