In a 1911 article, legendary socialist Eugene Debs excoriated the US Constitution as an “autocratic and reactionary document” written by aristocrats and “in every sense a denial of democracy.” To mark Presidents’ Day, we reprint the fiery essay here in full.
Bernie Sanders is angry about capitalism. You should be too. Here are eight lessons from our favorite democratic socialist’s new book.
Western hegemony is in decline, and the Left has to reckon with a new international balance of power. Peter Mertens, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Belgium, spoke to us about what the “mutinies” in the Global South mean for socialist strategy.
Karl Marx, Jeremy Corbyn, 19th-century Chartists, and 20th-century ILGWU strikers agree that the Left should read Percy Bysshe Shelley. Following the 200th anniversary of his death, we look at the great Romantic who brought poetry to the class struggle.
Talk of a great technological replacement suggests that automation is rendering most workers obsolete. But innovation isn’t simply replacing human workers — rather, it’s created a battle over whose interests the new technologies will serve.
Donald Trump’s trade war means that we’re entering a qualitatively new phase in the history of capitalism. Yet the new economic order taking shape will be just as “globalist” as the neoliberal regime it’s supplanting.
How should we assess the legacy of Leon Trotsky?
Here are ten things Bernie Sanders must do to build a powerful, racially inclusive campaign.
New York City socialists have to figure out how to scale up quickly with a potential Zohran Mamdani mayoralty on the horizon.
The Left has no choice but to engage in organizing and propagandizing online. But we also have to understand that online organizing is not capable of building the kind of solidarity or coordination our politics demand.
British politicians increasingly seek to silence criticism of wars abroad by emphasizing the need to “respect our boys.” But, veteran Joe Glenton tells Jacobin, many recruits who’ve seen the British army from the inside aren’t happy about being used to launder its image.
Though not unblemished, socialists in the United States have a record in confronting black oppression that is unmatched by other political traditions.
In 1922 communist militant Shapurji Saklatvala was elected on a Labour Party ticket, becoming the first MP of color in the party’s history.
Alexa Avilés is a community organizer in South Brooklyn, member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and candidate for New York City Council. In an interview, she discusses her history of education organizing, recent billionaire-funded scaremongering attacks against her, and why she’s running for office as part of a citywide socialist slate.
For decades, establishment French politicians have painted youths from Paris’s majority-minority suburbs as antisocial “scum.” But the generation of the banlieue revolts are now of working age — and they’ve been at the forefront of the strike to defend France’s pension system.
Last month, socialist J. P. Lyninger won a landslide victory in the Democratic Party primary for Louisville’s city council; he is expected to advance to office after an uncontested general election. We spoke to him about his campaign.
Independent political challenges are welcome, but breaking the two-party system will require efforts that go beyond the ballot box.
We’re in a nationwide crisis of affordable housing. In Chicago, momentum is growing to fight back.
Some fear Brandon Johnson, Chicago’s new mayor-elect, as a longtime union organizer, can’t serve the public. That’s exactly wrong: the public is served by electing workers and trade unionists to office.
As the world’s premier Marxist historian, Eric Hobsbawm’s intellectual range was unrivaled. Never one to pander to conventional politics, he was often a brave voice of dissent. Today more than ever, Hobsbawm’s work deserves serious examination.