Unionizing the “Cultural Apparatus”
Don’t mourn the professional-managerial class — organize it.
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A Make or Break Year
The future of socialism hangs in the balance — and Jacobin has an important role to play.
Workers Have a Secret Weapon Against the AI Build-Out
The AI build-out depends on gas turbines and power transformers made by a handful of workers at a handful of plants in the US South. That bottleneck is a vulnerability — and a rare opportunity for labor to exercise real power over the tech giants.
How Housing Speculation Created Environmental Crisis in Spain
The floods that hit Spain last year were more than just a natural disaster. They were exacerbated by housing developers who built homes in the most flood-prone areas.
Abortion Bans Are Imminent
A leaked SCOTUS decision draft suggests the court is planning to overturn Roe v. Wade, permitting states to ban abortion. The response from Democrats should be obvious: skirt the Supreme Court and demand federal legislation codifying the right to abortion.
How the West Remade the Middle East
Western media often characterizes the Middle East as a region eternally riven with sectarian conflicts. In an interview, historian Ussama Makdisi says this is wrong, starting with the fact that the region has a rich history of multiethnic coexistence.
How Socialism in the 21st Century Could Work
A socialism with a role for markets but not capitalists can deliver human flourishing without the pitfalls of fully planned economies.
Struggle and Progress
Eric Foner on the abolitionists, Reconstruction, and winning “freedom” from the Right.
Why a Decade of Protests Didn’t Lead to Revolution
Between 2010 and 2020, a wave of protests erupted around the world. In some cases, these movements strengthened socialist forces. In others, they opened the door to the Right. Vincent Bevins spoke to Jacobin to explain the causes of this divergence.
Can Humanity Survive AI?
With the development of artificial intelligence racing forward at warp speed, some of the richest men in the world may be deciding the fate of humanity right now.
Graham Platner Could Be the Bellwether of a New US Populism
Graham Platner has traversed a long and unlikely road to become the Democratic nominee for the US Senate in Maine. Can he beat longtime GOP incumbent Susan Collins and live up to the promise of his firebrand populist campaign?
Nothing New Under the Fascist Sun
The National Front is temporarily defeated, but its durability and adaptability should not be underestimated.
Why Wagenknecht Will Fail
In Germany and elsewhere, making tactical concessions to the Right isn’t just bad socialist politics — it won’t work.
The Democrats Are Eisenhower Republicans
For decades, Democrats have positioned themselves as guardians of fiscal responsibility while Republicans happily hand tax cuts to the rich.
The US Started Both the Old and New Cold Wars
In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber discusses why the US desire for global dominance was responsible for the Cold War — and why the United States is inflaming new rivalries with Russia and China today.
Oligarchy, Empire, and Revolution in Central America
There is a direct line in Central America stretching back more than a century from US-backed military intervention, to support of reactionary oligarchies, to devastating neoliberal restructuring, to the migration crisis now exploited in US politics.
The Obsessive Remainers Have Scored a Massive Own Goal
For the last three years, second-referendum campaigners heaped blame on Jeremy Corbyn for his alleged role in “facilitating” Brexit. Yet their determined efforts to torpedo his leadership destroyed any chance of a compromise solution — and made the hardest of hard Brexits inevitable.
Tulsi Gabbard Is Not Your Friend
Tulsi Gabbard is hailed as a progressive champion. But her views on Islam and support for far-right leaders suggest otherwise.
OPEC Was First Formed as a Challenge to Western Energy Dominance
As oil became a key energy source in the 20th century, Western companies backed by the US and UK monopolized production in the Global South. But in the age of decolonization, newly independent nations fought for a different global energy order.
The State of Illinois Is Killing My Family
Once the proud land of Lincoln, downstate Illinois — devastated by unemployment, deindustrialization, and an infamously corrupt political class — is quickly becoming a failed state.