Arresting the Carceral State
Educators must work to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
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Russiagate Can’t End Well for the Left
Liberals are using Russiagate to gin up nationalist fervor and anti-Russian paranoia. It'll only backfire.
Too Cool for School
A radical critique of public education falls flat.
Frances Fox Piven: “We Should Be Prepared for Incredible Waves of Mass Protest”
Longtime social movements scholar Frances Fox Piven on organizing the unemployed under coronavirus, where the Bernie Sanders movement goes from here, and why breaking rules and disrupting business as usual are central to making social change.
The Politics of Falling in Love
Heteropessimism holds that men and women are incapable of understanding one another, foreclosing the possibility of more equal, fulfilling relations between the genders. But romantic love may offer us a way out of a social order in which everyone loses.
The Left Needs More Working-Class Leaders
A new report finds a massive divide between working-class voters and college-educated progressives. Closing it means handing working-class people real power over a left-wing program.
Yes, the French Revolution Was Necessary
Historians who argue otherwise overlook the appalling conditions on the ground.
BookMarx (3/28/2013)
We're busy finishing up issue ten, but the Jacobin Politburo demands more cheap SEO fodder . . .
The Whimsical Works of a War Criminal
Because the Western world has a “complicated” history with frustrated artists as national leaders.
Dear Gen Z: Now Is the Time to Join the Labor Movement and Change the World
Gen Z: Young people like you are winning unions at Starbucks and Amazon. The time to join the labor movement and transform the world is now.
Porno for Pirates
Star Trek meets anti–Star Trek in California District Court, as a science fiction-loving judge demolishes a gang of copyright trolls.
We’re Leveling Up
We’re ramping up our coverage on a host of important issues. Welcome new columnists Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Liza Featherstone.
The New York Times Is Spreading Charter School Lies
The New York Times is still fawning over them, but the charter school experiment has been an abject failure. People are clamoring for well-funded public schools, not millionaire pet projects.
On Halloween Night in 1891, Tennessee Miners Made Righteous Mayhem
The Coal Creek War was one of the largest insurrections in American labor history, with thousands of miners batting state troops to end the convict leasing system designed to extend slavery and undermine organized labor.
Right-Wing Dark Money Groups Want Regime Change in Iran
As Donald Trump threatens a military attack on Iran, shadowy conservative groups working to gut consumer protections and roll back abortion rights have also been pouring millions into influential think tanks advocating for regime change in the country.
Fight Songs
Some of the most scathing critiques of the Iraq War were set to music.
Coulterland
Buying these books really messed up our Amazon recommendation algorithm.
New Report: Populism Wins Pennsylvania
A unique new study by the Center for Working-Class Politics, Jacobin, and YouGov highlights how economic populist messaging resonates with working-class voters in Pennsylvania on the eve of the November elections.