Bleeding Heart Bullshit
A new book by a self-proclaimed "bleeding heart libertarian" reveals libertarianism’s bankrupt conscience.
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The All-Women MSNBC Debate Panel Wasn’t a Feminist Victory — It Was a Right-Wing Disaster
This week’s all-women-moderated presidential debate is being lauded as a feminist victory in the press. But it was hardly that. The candidates were just fed inane questions meant to defend the benevolence of US empire and marginalize political positions deemed too far left.
How to Organize Your Friends and Family on Thanksgiving
Nobody wants to share a Thanksgiving table with a sanctimonious leftist jerk. If you’re going to talk politics over turkey, do it the right way. Here’s how.
From Anti-Corruption to Democracy in Guatemala
Anti-corruption politics won’t liberate Guatemala from the military, organized crime, and the wealthy. But only elites’ interests will be served by shutting down the country’s attempts to root that corruption out.
The Nature of Capitalism
The ruling class will never give up fossil fuel, because it's key to their power over workers.
Nixon’s Basic Income Plan
Why Richard Nixon once advocated for basic income — and then turned against it.
The Socialist Agronomist Who Helped End Portuguese Colonialism
Before his assassination in 1973, Amílcar Cabral was one of Africa’s leading anti-colonialists — a brilliant agronomist and socialist whose leadership of the armed struggle against Portuguese rule brought the empire to its knees.
Elizabeth Warren Is Jeopardizing Our Fight for Medicare for All
Whatever her intentions, Elizabeth Warren’s plan to finance Medicare for All has made winning single-payer far more complicated than it should be — and jeopardized a wildly popular policy that should be a political slam dunk in the process.
Don’t Trust Elizabeth Warren’s Big-Donor Ban
Warren was courting megadonors last year, and says she’ll do it again if she wins the primary. But working people deserve leaders willing to make enemies in high places — for life.
France’s Demonization of Muslims Is Getting Worse
On Friday, an Islamist extremist murdered a schoolteacher in a suburb northwest of Paris. In response, the French interior minister has called for a ban on an anti-Islamophobia legal association wholly unconnected to the atrocity. We need to resist this turn against democracy and justice.
Capitalism Has Always Been “Rogue”
Companies like Google and Facebook make money not just by predicting our behavior, but by influencing our choices. It’s an intensification of the surveillance that has always been at the heart of capitalism, not a new economic system.
Congress is Dead; Long Live Congress
The Indian National Congress won't be going anywhere — but it’s never been a force for social change.
A Coup in Brazil?
Brazil's right is determined to remove Dilma Rousseff from power and cripple any movements to her left.
Privatizing Marx
We shouldn’t sympathize with Lawrence and Wishart. Karl Marx’s work belongs to the public.
Iraq War Apologism Is Alive and Well
You might think everyone agrees the Iraq War was a complete humanitarian and strategic disaster. But a casual survey of today’s politicians and mainstream talking heads reveals that many in corridors of power think the invasion was fundamentally a good idea.
Italian Rapper Caparezza Has Voted Communist All His Life
Caparezza is one of Italy’s most inventive rappers, and one of few who combine mainstream success with political engagement. He spoke to Jacobin about music, freedom, and his hometown of Molfetta, which recently elected a communist mayor.
Amazon Just Saw Its First Strike in Britain
Yesterday, staff at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse did something no British workers at the company had previously done: they walked off the job.
Taiwan’s History Shows Why We Need a Global Democratic Order
Taiwan has been subject to the machinations of great powers for much of its history. A better international order would ensure that all nations, big and small, have an equal voice in the global arena.
Automated Intimacy
This isn’t capitalism’s first loneliness epidemic. But in the 21st century, relationship simulators like Replika are here with the solution: your very own AI lover.