US Sanctions on Iran Are Increasing Coronavirus Deaths
Iran is ravaged by coronavirus — and US sanctions are making the pandemic even more deadly.
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The German Left’s Palestine Problem
Die Linke's position on Palestine has isolated it from the global solidarity movement.
Sanctions Against Iran at a Time of Global Pandemic Are Criminal
Even before the coronavirus, the United States' sanctions against Iran were unconscionable. But now, with one person dying of coronavirus every ten minutes in Iran, the sanctions are killing untold numbers of people. They must end now.
The Alternative in Cuba
The resumption of US – Cuban relations is a real victory. But Cuban workers face renewed economic liberalization with little political opening.
A Brief Intermission in the Age of Unrest
A new report from a national security think tank documents the historically unprecedented spread of mass protest across the globe over the past decade. As the world economy sinks into its worst downturn since the 1930s, we are likely entering an era of explosive change.
Anwar Shaikh: “The Fundamental Questions About Capitalism Seem to be Coming Back”
Anwar Shaikh is one of the world’s leading radical economists, whose work has challenged the way we think about capitalism. In an interview with Jacobin, Shaikh gives a concise overview of the ideas set out in his landmark book Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crises.
Another Europe is Possible – But Not Another European Union
Europe’s radical left has been bitterly divided over the question of European integration. But wishful thinking aside, the structures of the European Union can’t be used to achieve socialist goals. Sooner or later, any left government will have to confront and defy its economic straitjacket.
The Left Can Win
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias on radical politics and what it takes to build mass movements.
Manufacturing Consent One Chyron at a Time
Matt Taibbi’s Hate Inc. is a raucous updating of Noam Chomsky and Ed Herman’s classic dissection of capitalist news. Its message is hilarious yet grim: behind the buffoonery of the 24-hour partisan news machine is a propaganda system devoted to upholding the power of entrenched elites.
When France’s Railworkers Got Ideas Above Their Station
Railworkers have been decisive in the resistance to Emmanuel Macron’s dismantling of the French welfare state. These workers’ strength owes to their ability to bring traffic to a standstill — but also to a culture of solidarity built across decades of militant workplace activism.
Biden Is Already Loading His Pentagon Transition Team With Pro-War Think Tank Staffers
It hasn’t taken long for Joe Biden to get down to the business of preparing to assume the presidency — by drawing staff from hawkish think tanks financed by arms companies.
What Happened to the French Left?
Many thought the Parti de gauche would reinvigorate the French left. Why has the effort failed?
The Media Had a Formula for Reporting Sexual Misconduct. Then Joe Biden Was Accused.
For nearly three weeks after it surfaced, Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden was ignored or downplayed in the media. A Jacobin analysis shows that she’s been covered unlike any other accuser in the post–Me Too era.
Reds and Greens
The New York gubernatorial race has much to tell us about the future of working-class politics in the US.
Ghosts of the Paris Commune
The methods and politics of the Paris Commune served as inspiration for Easter Rising leaders like James Connolly.
Cornel West: “Bernie Was Crushed by Neoliberalism”
Cornel West talks to Jacobin about what the Bernie Sanders campaign represented, what its failure means, and why Democrats think they can win over black and brown voters with just “symbolic decorative changes.”
Japan’s New Leader, Suga Yoshihide, Will Maintain the Old Regime
Suga Yoshihide, longtime aide to Abe Shinzo, has now replaced him as Japan’s prime minister. Suga will preserve the main features of Abe’s long stint in power: creeping militarism, subordination to the US, and a high-handed approach to political opposition.
How the Left has Won
Or, why is there still socialism in the United States?
They’re Not Sending Their Best People to Stage a Coup in Venezuela
The recent failed invasion of Venezuela by several clown cars worth of idiotic “freedom fighters” is almost too absurd to believe. But the goofballs aside, this misadventure can only be understood in the context of Donald Trump’s increased aggression toward Venezuela and open desire to overthrow its government.