Against the No-Fly Zone
A no-fly zone in Syria isn't a humanitarian response — it's a call to war.
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A Red Deal
The Green New Deal can connect every struggle to climate change. A Red Deal can build on those connections, tying Indigenous liberation to the fight to save the planet.
The US Economy Runs on Billionaire Pocket Change
The top 10% of earners account for almost half of all consumer spending in the United States. Wealth concentration has made economic stability shockingly reliant on elite consumption.
How Two Leftist Scholars Saved Nietzsche’s Archive
In postwar Europe, Friedrich Nietzsche was seen as an intellectual proto-Nazi. A new book explains how two antifascist Italian academics — one of whom was a communist — fought to recover the “real” Nietzsche for the Left.
The US Economy Runs on Billionaire Pocket Change
The top 10% of earners account for almost half of all consumer spending in the United States. Wealth concentration has made economic stability shockingly reliant on elite consumption.
Hillary Clinton Is Running for President
In case you haven’t noticed . . .
Every Economic Question Is a Question of Power
The links between business, finance, and the state do not represent a perversion of liberal democracy — they are an unavoidable feature of capitalist political economy.
Remembering Rosalyn Baxandall
Rosalyn Fraad Baxandall, who died last Tuesday, was a pioneering figure of socialist feminism in the United States.
The Charter School Profiteers
In Detroit charter schools, mismanagement and opportunistic “education entrepreneurs" thrive.
Too Cool for School
A radical critique of public education falls flat.
Grieve to Win
A well-organized grievance campaign can help build teacher unions at the most important level: in the schools.
Sweatshops Aren’t Going to Last Forever
Brands like Gap and H&M have long been able to shop around for outsourced suppliers, driving sweatshop conditions in newly industrializing countries. But their rising dependence on large, centralized suppliers is undermining the bases of the sweatshop model — and increasing workers’ power to fight for improvements.
Culture Isn’t Free
Expecting artists to work for free hands the reins of cultural production to ruling elites.
How We Can Break the Power of Finance
An important new book, Sabotage: The Hidden Nature of Finance, skewers the destructive role of finance in our economic system. But its authors shy away from the radical implications of their analysis and end up peddling technocratic illusions about the necessary cure.
The People’s Diplomat
Muhammad Ali's politics changed throughout the years, but he never apologized for his commitment to peace.
This Christmas, Radical Christianity and Marxism Can Inspire Us to Build a Better World
The conventional understanding of Marxism as doggedly anti-religious is wrong. In fact, as the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre argued, Christianity and Marxism have at times inspired in humanity a radical sense of hope to build a more just world.
Mustafa Barghouti: Palestine Will Be Free
Palestinian leader Mustafa Barghouti talks to Jacobin about why the mass demonstrations of recent weeks are just the beginning of a renewed movement to free Palestine.
The Debate Over Service Work and Unemployment Benefits Shows Why Marxism Is Right
More than any Marxist text ever could, the COVID-19 emergency cash relief programs — and the furious reaction to them from employers — lay bare the raw truth about capitalism: bosses' profits depend directly on workers' remaining terrified of destitution.
Teach for America’s Mission in Chicago
Teach for America wanted to help stem a teacher shortage. Why then are thousands of experienced educators being replaced by hundreds of new college graduates?