Supporting a Feminism for the 99%
Hillary Clinton’s failed candidacy exposed the limits of corporate feminism. We need something better.
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The Debt Ceiling Crisis Is Laying Bare the Lies Both Parties Tell Their Voters
Democrats want you to believe their commander-in-chief is an ultraprogressive master negotiator. The GOP wants you to believe they’re a newly reborn party of the working class. The never-ending debt ceiling standoff reveals just how absurd both tales are.
Noam Chomsky: Ending Climate Change “Has to Come From Mass Popular Action,” Not Politicians
Noam Chomsky talks about US hypocrisy in stoking needless conflict with China, the unnecessarily bloody and grinding war in Afghanistan, and why the United States could easily solve climate change.
Zohran Mamdani Is Right About the Warmth of Collectivism
The Right had a spectacular meltdown about Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration speech rejecting “rugged individualism” in favor of what he called the “warmth of collectivism.” But Mamdani is right that community is a value worth extolling.
This Can’t Just Be About a Presidential Campaign. It Has to Be About a Political Revolution.
Whatever happens today in Iowa, we must think beyond one campaign. Our aim is to deliver on what W. E. B. Du Bois championed so many decades ago: breaking capital’s dictatorial power over our society, so all can flourish and all can control the forces that shape their lives.
Winning Office Is Not the Same as Winning Power
The Left has made remarkable electoral gains in the past decade. But without a strong labor movement and independent working-class organizations, Vivek Chibber argues, those victories will do little to change the balance of power between labor and capital.
Privatizing the Post Office Would Be a Disaster
Yesterday Donald Trump confirmed that he’s considering privatizing the US Postal Service. That would be a big step in the direction of a libertarian dystopia.
Socialism in the American Heartland
Since the 1800s, from Eugene Debs to the Milwaukee “sewer socialists,” the US socialist movement has been especially vibrant in the Midwest — and continues to shape American heartland politics today.
Politics Is the Solution
We can’t move to Canada or hide under the bed. This is a moment to embrace democratic politics, not repudiate them.
Noam Chomsky: Fight the Class Struggle or Get it in the Neck
As Noam Chomsky puts it in a recent interview, “unless working people take part in the class struggle, they're going to get it in the neck.”
The 2024 DNC: All Vibes, Little Substance
The DNC revealed a Democratic Party still in love with the Obamas. The fantasy is that Kamala Harris will be a reboot. Brat summer is cooling — are you ready for an Obama autumn, heavy on feeling good and light on political substance?
Fernando Haddad on Brazil’s Place in Global Capitalism
Positioned between major power blocs, Brazil sits at the center of debates on geopolitics, development, and the green transition. In an interview, left-wing finance minister Fernando Haddad assesses domestic political trends and Brazil’s place in the global economy.
We Need Democratic Media, Not Corporate or State Propaganda
Public broadcasting isn’t the enemy of free speech. Profit-driven media is. Trump’s attack on NPR and PBS distracts from the real path away from censorship and toward viewpoint diversity: a large, democratically controlled, publicly funded media ecosystem.
Bed-Stuy Socialist Eon Huntley Is Running for State Assembly
Socialist and third-generation Brooklynite Eon Tyrell Huntley is running to represent Bed-Stuy in the New York State Assembly. Jacobin spoke to him about his working-class upbringing in Brooklyn and his campaign.
“I Have No Problem Saying I’m a Democratic Socialist”
Jumaane Williams is the Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidate for New York lieutenant governor. In an interview, he explains his broad progressive platform — and states "I'm a democratic socialist."
“Policing Is Fundamentally a Tool of Social Control to Facilitate Our Exploitation”
The brutality we have repeatedly seen meted out by American police all over the country isn’t a bug of our political-economic system — it’s a feature.
Nina Turner Showed That a Left Candidate Can Win Black Workers
Nina Turner’s primary loss this week stings, but a close look at the numbers makes clear her loss wasn’t the result of a bold left-wing candidate being unable to win over black workers. On the contrary: in black working-class districts, Turner performed well.
The Radical Harry Belafonte
From the struggle for civil rights to opposing apartheid in South Africa and the war against Cuba, Harry Belafonte was a fighter for justice both at home and abroad.
The United Auto Workers Strike Has Begun
The UAW launched a historic strike this morning, with workers at three plants across the Big Three walking out and UAW leader Shawn Fain declaring that an "all-out strike is possible." It’s the first time ever the union has struck all three major automakers.
Amazon Is Waging Class War
Let's call Amazon's cancellation of its New York City headquarters what it was: a capital strike. It's a demonstration of why we must overcome capitalists' power over investment.