The Bloomberg Factor
Michael Bloomberg's potential presidential run is the latest sign elites are rattled.
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Socialists Can Seize the Moment at Amazon
Amazon plays a key role in the twenty-first-century economy and has shown it’s vulnerable to pressure. Socialists should get jobs there and organize.
Kamala Harris Is Triangulating on Medicare for All
Kamala Harris’s new health care policy is a classic exercise in political triangulation, an attempt to appease health-insurance lobbyists while preserving her progressive bona fides by claiming “Medicare for All” as a slogan. Don't fall for it.
Workers’ Only True Weapon
Strikes are essential for workers, which is why Cynthia Nixon pushed to legalize them for New York public-sector workers. That stance threatened bosses' interests — which is why Andrew Cuomo, Bill de Blasio, and even some union leaders pushed to keep them illegal.
Corbyn, the Unlikely Populist
Jeremy Corbyn could use a dose of populist fire. But if that means playing the Right's game, it will be as unconvincing as it is unprincipled.
The Military Budget Is a Disgrace
The United States is spending $750 billion on its war machine. That money should be going to food, education, health care, and shelter for working people.
Have You Heard? Pete Buttigieg Is Really Smart
The recent craze for Pete Buttigieg — multilingual Rhodes Scholar and all-around smart guy — is just the latest incarnation of the meritocratic cult of “smartness.” It’s social Darwinism for elite liberals.
What Democrats Must Do
The Democratic Party’s pursuit of well-off whites undermined its ability to deliver gains for all workers. Going forward, it must place the multiracial working class at the center of its political vision.
Lula Livre Was Just the Beginning
Lula is finally free. Now, the mass movement of millions that made his release possible will have to press on to dismantle the entire Bolsonaro regime.
Victory in Stagnation?
Die Linke’s electoral result shows what the party must do to really contend for power.
No Time for Despair
To defeat Trump, we have to build democratic, multiracial, militant organizations with a foundation in solidarity.
What Nixon’s Left Turn Means
That Cynthia Nixon is proclaiming herself a socialist shows the ascendance and popularity of left politics, in New York and across the country.
Why We’re Socialists, Not “Progressives”
It’s not enough to just be “progressive.” To tackle the many problems we face today, we need to name the system that’s behind all of them, capitalism — and fight for the only viable alternative, socialism.
Burying the Lie of the “Alt-Left”
It's time to stop pretending that the same people fighting white supremacists are somehow exactly like them.
Queer Liberation Is a Labor Issue
Today, corporations see Pride Month as another chance to sell their products. But the greatest gains for the LGBTQ movement came through fighting corporations, challenging workplace discrimination, and building unions.
Left Behind by Good Friday
Bernadette Devlin on her early activism and why the Good Friday Agreement brought some peace, but little justice.
The 2015 Jacobin Mixtape
A year of smooth jazz and revolutionary exhortations.
Michael Harrington, American Socialist
Democratic Socialists of America founder Michael Harrington, who died thirty years ago today, was a beacon of humanity, decency, and socialism throughout his lifetime.
John McCain: “American Hero”
Journalists and politicians venerating John McCain's civility and decency have a short memory.
Why Did White Workers Leave the Democratic Party?
A historian debunks liberal myths about racism, the New Deal, and why the Democrats moved right.