Silicon Valley Is Drifting Farther and Farther Right
Silicon Valley’s rising right-wing intelligentsia has plenty of money and a willingness to do the intellectual dirty work of some of the world’s most open reactionaries.
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Sorry Grimes, Your Ex-Boyfriend Won’t Save Us
The avant-garde pop star Grimes has made a heel turn away from left-wing politics toward the Silicon Valley libertarianism of her ex Elon Musk. She calls herself “a bit of a socialist, but not economically.” Let’s just call her a manic pixie dream capitalist.
Ruling-Class Disarray Let the GOP Go Off the Rails
The Republican Party’s descent into chaos wasn’t Donald Trump’s doing. After successfully beating back the labor movement, the capitalist class became too disorganized to restrain the monster it created.
The Rise and Fall of the Bob Ross NFT King
How one artist rode the NFT wave to fame — and then crashed with it.
George Orwell Was a Temperamental Conservative and Ideological Radical
George Orwell managed to combine a conservative temperament with a socialist rejection of oppression. A lively new biography of the English radical explains how he held these contradictions together.
The CIA’s Secret Global War Against the Left
Forty-five years ago, under a cloak of secrecy, Operation Condor was officially launched: a global campaign of violent repression against the Latin American left by the region’s quasi-fascist military dictatorships. The US government not only knew about the program — it helped to engineer it.
Eddington Is a Tragic Masterpiece of the 2020s
Ari Aster’s new film, Eddington, pulls no punches against the Right or the Left. Yet its message is anything but moderate.
The UFC Is Debasing Itself for Donald Trump
The Freedom 250 mixed martial arts event at the White House will be a new low for the UFC and its president, Dana White. After campaigning for Donald Trump in 2024, White is now turning the sport he runs into a propaganda prop for Trump’s 80th birthday.
The British Right Is Weaponizing Henry Nowak’s Killing
After white 18-year-old university student Henry Nowak was stabbed and then arrested as he lay dying, the UK’s far right seized on the case. Jacobin spoke to chronicler of the British right Daniel Trilling about what it reveals.
Is British Steel the Next Green Betrayal?
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s dying government is planning to nationalize British Steel, but things are not quite what they seem. His proposals may lead to thousands of job losses and cash handouts to corporations.
NYC’s Economic Development Corporation Can Build Public Options
The Left needs to show it can deliver bold, ambitious new public services. Zohran Mamdani can transform the Economic Development Corporation into an incubator for public goods that can meet the needs of all New Yorkers.
AI Hype Is Real. So Is AI Risk.
Bernie Sanders and AI whistleblowers warn that the tech poses grave risks to humanity, while many on the Left call this alarm “criti-hype” — an exaggeration of AI’s power that benefits Big Tech. But AI poses real dangers that we can’t afford to ignore.
Speculation in the Age of No Growth
Speculation isn’t the cause of our great stagnation — it’s how the system tries to outrun it.
The Oligarch Upstairs
Some of the most over-the-top apartments in New York City are owned — and left empty — by überwealthy foreign nationals.
The Gen Z Crack-Up?
We surveyed over a thousand young people across the anglophone world to get a sense of their views on politics and culture.
Lula Must Win. Now It Looks Like He Can.
Victory for Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s election would bring mafiosi to power and reward interference by the White House and Miami reactionaries. In the final stretch of the campaign, Bolsonaro no longer looks invincible.
Brazil’s Presidential Election Is Going Down to the Wire
As the Brazilian presidential election draws closer, Lula is in a very tight contest with Flávio Bolsonaro, son and heir of the Bolsonaro dynasty. The election is a struggle between Brazil’s democratic forces and the return to power of a reactionary bloc.
Greece: Phase One
Syriza is the Left's best chance at success in a generation. But for socialists, the hard part starts after election day.
Lipstick Fascism
On Lana Lokteff, the women of the alt-right, and the feminization of fascism.