Paul Le Blanc on the Meaning of Lenin
For poet Langston Hughes, Lenin was a symbol who “walked around the world” even long after his death. Paul Le Blanc talks to Jacobin about how to understand his complex legacy.
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Defending the Faith
The Catholic Church waged a century-long war against the Irish left.
The Flood Next Time
Life after emergency.
Directing the Revolution
Political cinema can sometimes be too highbrow for a mass audience. But in the 1960s and early '70s, French-Greek director Costa-Gavras showed that films with a revolutionary message can also be popular.
The Steps to Ecosocialism
Any ecosocialist movement must have a strategy for organizing in the here and now.
Standardizing Wales
The recent history of education reform in Wales serves as a cautionary tale for educators everywhere.
Dominicans of Haitian Descent Are Living in a Stateless Nightmare
Brought to the Dominican Republic by the promise of jobs in the sugar fields, Haitian Dominicans have spent generations in a Kafkaesque trap of statelessness, enduring decades of exploitation and even government-sanctioned murder.
The Left Has to Speak to Average Americans’ Values
Joan C. Williams argues that progressives and leftists aren’t doomed to keep losing working-class voters — if they can stop dismissing the cultural principles that grant average Americans’ lives dignity.
100 Years of American Communism
The Communist Party USA, which turned 100 this year, has left behind a complicated legacy, filled with great victories and terrible blunders.
AOC: “What Latin America Wants Is Sovereignty”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke with Jacobin following her recent trip to Latin America and on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile. She discussed the crimes of US intervention and the struggles for justice and democracy across the Americas.
Percy Bysshe Shelley Belongs to Us, the Many
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.
A Thousand Days of Democracy
The violent overthrow of Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973 brought to a brutal close a thousand days of popular participation and radical democratic ferment.
The Antiabortion Movement Could Tank the GOP
The end of Roe v. Wade has shaken up the decades-long bargain between the GOP and the antiabortion movement. As the movement radicalizes, the party faces a dilemma: Should it stand by a cause that threatens to become a disastrously unpopular albatross?
Cuba in 1968
1968 was a decisive turning point in the Cuban Revolution.
An Open Letter to the British Left
A Greek leftist on why British socialists shouldn’t shy away from rejecting the European Union.
Erich Fromm and the Mass Psychology of Fascism
The German socialist philosopher Erich Fromm sought to explain the social psychology of right-wing authoritarianism after the Nazis drove him into exile. His work is full of valuable insights that can inform struggles for political and economic freedom today.
Richard Pryor Wasn’t Just a Brilliant Comedian — He Was a Trenchant Social Critic
Richard Pryor revolutionized stand-up comedy with his sharp wit and deeply personal monologues. He also held up a mirror to US society, revealing its brutal realities of inequality and racism.
There Is No Such Thing as Spontaneous Worker Organizing
The 1930s saw the biggest labor upsurge in US history. Just like today, there was economic discontent and a general pro-labor atmosphere. But labor didn’t just passively benefit. Instead, it saw its opportunity to act, building unions for the long haul.
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Black Women Were at the Heart of the Struggle to Build American Communism
Throughout the early to mid-20th century, black communist women led mass campaigns to build collective power, joining the fight for black liberation with the struggle for economic equality. Their goal: the overthrow of capitalism.