What a Bernie Sanders Presidency Would Look Like
Bernie Sanders often argues, “Beating Trump is not good enough.” This is an understatement. The world quite literally depends on us winning a political revolution. Only Bernie has a plan for that.
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Go Ahead, Take the Adventure of Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood
In Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino is continuing his creative endeavor of engaging popular film forms and alternate-history structures to reimagine points of terrible disturbance in our collective past.
Free Tibet
Yes, Richard Gere is annoying. No, there isn't a credible left defense of continued Chinese rule in Tibet.
The End of the Future
Both the Left and the Right used to articulate radically different visions of the future. Today the entire political spectrum looks backward, aiming to restore the past.
The Legacy of Eleanor Marx
On her birthday, we honor the life of Eleanor Marx.
When Tito Turned to the West
During the Cold War, Yugoslav socialist Tito tried to chart a course apart from the Soviets. But his actions enraged Stalin — putting Tito on the unlikely path of seeking Western support and revealing the difficulties of nonalignment amid great power politics.
The Meaning of the First World War
World War I gave rise to a heated century-long debate about its causes. In Disputing Disaster, Perry Anderson surveys this wide-ranging field and makes the case that the Great War cannot be understood without considering the role of imperialism.
You Get What You Pray For
The ultra-conservative pastor Robert Jeffress preaches white supremacy, misogyny, and homophobia. No wonder Donald Trump loves him.
The Forgotten Socialists of Tiananmen Square
What the world remembers about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests were the students. But above all, it was a mass workers’ uprising for socialist democracy.
Not In Labor
With meager public support for parents, US women are having fewer children than ever. Raising the next generation is work — and American women seem to be on strike.
The Many Lives of James Baldwin
James Baldwin shaped a generation of American writers, many of whom later dismissed his humanistic outlook as naive. Today he is once again celebrated, but a new biography shows that his life was more complex than his viral fame suggests.
The Appeal and Limits of Andrea Dworkin
Reading Andrea Dworkin today is still bracing. But her pessimistic, dystopian vision of a world dominated by male violence only gained currency when the utopian power of the feminist movement receded.
The Trouble With True Detective
True Detective has plenty of issues, but misogyny isn't one of them.
Socialist Singer Barbara Dane Was a True American Radical
Refusing to sacrifice her socialist principles for commercial success, folk-blues-jazz singer Barbara Dane dedicated her life to bringing music from around the world back to where it belonged: in the hands of the people struggling to change it.
The Best Books We Read in 2022
Jacobin staffers and contributors reflect on the best books we read this year.
On Migrant Rights, Joe Biden Still Has a Long Way to Go
The Biden administration has made some encouraging noises on immigration policy. But activists are tired of talk — they want to see action.
How the Trumps Got Rich
The Trump fortune was built off theft — from workers, from the state, and from the commons.
Vengeance Is Mine
Chaos reigns . . . fascist stooge finds his balcony . . . the resistible rise of Donald Trump . . . bomb crater America finds its Dauphin . . . Hillary Clinton: 10.0 Richter scale failure. . . . the pinko revolt begins. . . . digging ourselves out of the collapsed gold mine. . . .
The West Is Ignoring the Nightmarish War in Ethiopia
The war in Ethiopia has largely been ignored by the outside world, and information has been hard to come by. But what we know about the conflict is horrific: at least 500,000 civilians have been killed, and 5 million have been displaced.
Karl Marx Is Useful for Our Time, Not Just His
The financial crash didn’t kill off neoliberalism — it actually embedded its logic ever deeper in our lives. Marxist geographer David Harvey says the only way to end this system for good is to change how we fight it.