Giving up on Godwin’s Law
Today's tumultuous political environment resembles the Gilded Age more than the 1930s.
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Trump After One
A Jacobin roundtable on Trump's first year in office.
Our Alternative
We need a socialist politics that challenges the Democratic Party's leadership, not just the Right.
Repressing Radicalism
The Espionage Act was passed today in 1917. It helped destroy the Socialist Party of America and quashes free speech to this day.
The Economics of Palestinian Liberation
How the PLO went from building a developmental state in exile to accepting a neoliberal economy under colonialism.
None Dare Call Them Scandals
Obama had a “scandal-free” presidency, liberals say. It’s true — but only because in Washington, scandalous behavior is par for the course.
The Oligarchs’ Constitution
Georgia's elites are changing the country's constitution to forever foreclose the possibility of taxing the rich.
It Didn’t End With the Cold War
You don't have to travel back to the Cold War to find evidence of US meddling in elections abroad.
El Salvador’s New Battlefield
Twenty-five years after laying down their arms, the FMLN continues its struggle.
What Engels Gave To Marx and Marxism
Friedrich Engels was far more than Karl Marx’s benefactor, or the custodian of his intellectual legacy. When they met as young men in the 1840s, Engels was already an accomplished political writer, who first articulated some of the basic concepts of what became “Marxism.”
Unemployed Workers Can Fight Back
In the Depression-era United Kingdom, the National Unemployed Workers' Movement mobilized thousands to resist the indignities of unemployment. We're entering another period of massive economic crisis — and just like workers then, unemployed workers today can fight back.
The Life and Death of Yugoslav Socialism
Yugoslavia’s “self-managed” socialism appeared to be a real alternative to the Soviet model. Why did it collapse so suddenly?
Being Honest About Venezuela
As Nicolás Maduro’s increasingly antidemocratic government battles violent right-wing forces, ordinary Venezuelans are watching the gains of Chavismo slip away.
The Democrats Are Eisenhower Republicans
For decades, Democrats have positioned themselves as guardians of fiscal responsibility while Republicans happily hand tax cuts to the rich.
Nobody Cares About the Discourse
It’s we who represent the many. And the Democrat intelligentsia who represents the powerful few.
Trump TV
The mainstream media is playing much the same game as the fake news sites, but they’re losing.
What Did Bernie Do?
Looking back at the Sanders campaign and the struggles to come.
Burn Before Reading
There are few things more disordered in the world than a Thomas Friedman column.
How to Escape the Present
The desire to radically challenge capitalism is widespread and growing. Naomi Klein’s new book is an important contribution to that project.
The UBI Bait and Switch
Finland’s UBI experiment serves as a cautionary tale for basic income proponents on the Left.