The Coming Refugee Crisis
Climate change will displace millions within decades. But where will they go and how will governments receive them?
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Anthony Albanese Needs to Stand Up to the Right of His Own Party
Labor’s Anthony Albanese has been elected Australia's prime minister just as the economy looks set to plunge into a recession. To avert the worst effects, he’ll need the audacity to transform production — which means taking on the right wing of his own party.
Rumors of the Death of the Working Class Are Highly Exaggerated
There is no “end of the working class.”
Republicans Are Planning an All-Out Assault on the Working Class If They Win Next Week
Draconian spending cuts, attacks on labor organizing, stoking war with China, and speeding up climate disaster — these are just some of the things Republicans are planning if they win big on Tuesday.
Turkey Is Starving the Rojava Revolution
For a decade, the autonomous administration in northeast Syria has provided an alternative to dictatorship and Islamist terror. Yet still today Erdoğan’s Turkey is working to stop the revolution — including by cutting off its water and energy supplies.
Socialism and Freedom
Marxist intellectual G.M. Tamás on Syriza, post-fascist authoritarianism, and the nostalgia for state socialism.
The Strike as the Ultimate Structure Test
To build a more confident, fighting, politically educated working class, no task is more pressing right now than building for successful strikes.
Why the US Loses Wars
The United States has the most powerful military in the world. Yet it just keeps losing wars. Why?
All That Was Solid
Economic historian Adam Tooze on a decade of shattered illusions and the limits of the neoliberal imagination.
After Gustavo Petro’s Historic Victory, the Battle to Change Colombia Is Just Beginning
Colombians have elected a left-wing president for the very first time in the country’s history. Now Gustavo Petro and his vice president, Francia Márquez, face the challenge of carrying out their reform agenda against fierce conservative opposition.
What a Left-Wing Foreign Policy Means for France Insoumise
The war in Gaza has again shown the West’s capacity for selective indignation. France Insoumise MP Arnaud Le Gall told Jacobin why it’s time to end the "clash of civilizations" narrative — and adopt an internationalist foreign policy.
Chernobyl: The Show Russiagate Wrote
HBO's Chernobyl isn’t the show this event deserves.
Here’s the Socialist Beach Reads List You Desperately Need
It’s summer, which means it’s time for a foray into service journalism: here are the beach reading recommendations of our staff and contributors.
The Faces of Inflation
Inflation isn’t just an economic abstraction. It’s a slow, deadly squeeze on working people.
Corporations Are Exploiting Inflation to Increase Profits
Prices are rising — but a large portion of those markups is pure profit for corporations. One thing the Biden administration could do is investigate whether corporations are using inflation as a cover to illegally drive up prices.
A Better Europe is Possible
Die Linke's Oskar Lafontaine on "anti-systemic" parties and how to forge a democratic Europe.
Joe Lieberman? Really?
Joe Lieberman is offering warnings about the rising left. While laughing at his advice, you should also remember how absolutely terrible his entire career has been.
The Kurds Aren’t a “Security Threat” — They’re the Ones Being Attacked
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pushed Sweden and Finland to crack down on Kurdish groups in exchange for NATO membership. He cites his country’s “legitimate security concerns” — but it’s the long-oppressed Kurds who have most to fear.
The Mysteriously Vanished NATO Critique
Reading the avalanche of pro-NATO coverage after Trump's recent criticisms, you might assume there is no case that NATO is an American imperial project we should dismantle. But there is.
Latin America’s Second Wave of Left-Wing Governments Could Be More Powerful Than the First
A few years ago, commentators were announcing the demise of the Latin American left. But if Lula wins this autumn’s presidential election in Brazil, the Left will be governing the region’s six largest economies for the first time.