Australia’s Gas Crisis Proves It’s Time to Renationalize Energy
Politicians and energy companies say there’s a gas supply crisis, but huge price increases are caused by profiteering private corporations. It’s long past time to renationalize them.
Search Result(s) for: “Climate Change”
Dark Money Built the Supreme Court’s Radical Conservative Supermajority
A secretive, well-financed dark money network helped build the Supreme Court’s radical conservative supermajority and has been bankrolling its toxic caseload — all to create the appearance of broad-based support for extremist rulings.
What Really Happened With the DNC’s “Datagate”?
The definitive explanation of the Democratic National Committee's "Datagate" scandal and what the mainstream media got wrong.
A People’s History of Surfing
From its Hawaiian origins to the postwar surf craze, surfing has been a defiant challenge to the Calvinist work ethic and the commercial pressures of capitalism. But those malign social forces may now finally succeed in extinguishing the spirit of surfing.
How Should the Left Think About Realism in Foreign Policy?
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted a fierce debate over realism as an approach to thinking about foreign policy. Historian Daniel Bessner tells Jacobin what socialists can learn from realism and what they should reject.
Why Obama Can’t Slay Trumpism
The policies President Obama outlined in last night’s State of the Union will only reinforce the trends that produced Donald Trump.
Can Jeremy Corbyn Redeem the Labour Party?
It looks like the Blairites might finally be defeated tomorrow. But can Jeremy Corbyn really change the Labour Party?
Bill Gates, Crypto-Socialist?
Bill Gates is right: the private sector is stifling innovation in green energy. But that's not the only place capitalism is holding us back.
Elon Musk and Silicon Valley Don’t Know How to Fix the Transportation System
Elon Musk and his billionaire brethren have all sorts of harebrained solutions to fix US transportation. But we already know what would benefit workers: well-funded public transit and fast trains, powered by a renewable energy grid that serves everyone.
The Meaning of Pope Francis
A force for both reaction and social justice, Pope Francis embodies the ambiguities of the Catholic Church.
The Prison-Industrial Complex Goes Beyond Cops and Jails. It’s All Around Us.
Police and mass incarceration are only the most visible and obvious manifestations of the prison-industrial complex. Ruth Wilson Gilmore argues that the prison-industrial complex is a holistic social organizing principle that pervades life under capitalism.
Joe Biden Has Barely Expanded the Welfare State
Remember all that talk of Joe Biden being the next FDR? Going into the midterms, the most he's going to deliver is one minor tweak to the welfare state — hardly the sweeping measures to help workers and the poor that we were promised.
Occupation With a Human Face
Counterinsurgency partisans rely on images of the benevolent occupier to mask the harsh realities of imperialism.
Will Socialism Be Boring?
Socialism isn't about inducing bland mediocrity. It's about unleashing the creative potential of all.
UK Politics and Global Capitalism
British Marxist Bob Jessop on David Cameron, New Labour, and the best way to take on global capitalism.
Issue 46: Letters
If you read our issue, we’ll read your letters.
Joe Biden Is Backtracking on Protecting Water Sources From Pollution
In June, the Biden administration announced it would reinstate a rule empowering states and tribes to protect waterways from pollution by energy development. Now it’s supporting Joe Manchin’s secret deal designed to expedite approval of those energy projects.
The Problem with Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders' choice to run as a Democrat means he can't present a real alternative to Hillary Clinton.
Neoliberal Disaster Management Is Forcing Puerto Ricans to Create Their Own Recovery
Enmeshed in a colonial relationship with the US and abandoned by their own establishment politicians, Puerto Ricans are being forced to forge their own recovery after Hurricane Fiona. But they’re also dreaming of a different, more just future.
We’re Still Living in Don DeLillo’s White Noise
Published in 1985, Don DeLillo’s White Noise depicted an America blinded by consumerism. Ahead of Netflix’s adaptation of the novel, it’s worth revisiting DeLillo’s masterpiece, which remains one of our most perceptive visions of contemporary America.