Between 2010 and 2020, a wave of protests erupted around the world. In some cases, these movements strengthened socialist forces. In others, they opened the door to the Right. Vincent Bevins spoke to Jacobin to explain the causes of this divergence.
With Trump’s defeat and other setbacks for the Right around the world, some commentators have proclaimed the death of right-populism. But the structural factors that gave rise to it remain in place, and only a recharged left-wing movement can address them.
Brazil’s president-elect, Lula da Silva, appears eager to challenge Western dominance. But instead of siding with China against the US in a new cold war, he’s likely to pursue a sovereign third path in the vein of the 20th century’s Non-Aligned Movement.
In an interview, writer Thomas Frank discusses how populism brought together workers, farmers, and all those struggling against the wealthy for a more egalitarian society — and why that’s made it a dirty word for the elite, both in the 1890s and today.
In Brazil, Lula has wagered that concessions to agribusiness elites are necessary to advance his redistributive project. Yet it is these very agribusiness elites that may emerge as the forces most likely to undo his efforts.
In Brazil, Lula has wagered that concessions to agribusiness elites are necessary to advance his redistributive project. Yet these very elites may undermine his whole program.
Across Latin America, Donald Trump’s aggressive moves — from tariffs to attacks on boats in the Caribbean to meddling in Argentina’s elections — is uniting progressive forces in opposition and bolstering the Left’s political prospects.
Yesterday's vote to impeach Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff wasn't about corruption — it was about the Right's bid for power.
Brazil's unelected president wants to pass a draconian pension reform -- and a general strike may be the only chance to stop him.
Lula's persecution represents a narrowing of Brazilian democracy with far-reaching consequences.
For left parties in Brazil, social media is key to renovating themselves after the setbacks of the last three years.
Right-wing populism is advancing across the world. Bernie Sanders wants to fight back.
Labour MP Rebecca Long Bailey on why socialism is the only basis on which we can begin to confront the threat of climate change.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador is Mexico’s most leftwing president ever. His arrival has given hope to millions –— and driven pundits to despair.
All around the world, it wasn't capitalist elites who gave us democracy. It was organized workers.
The Right in Greece is once again gaining ground, and posing a serious risk to Greek democracy.
As long as the upper middle class exists, it’s going to be at best ambivalent about our program.
Progressive politicians like Ilhan Omar aren’t being attacked because they’re antisemitic. They’re being attacked because they threaten the bipartisan consensus on Israel and US empire.
On this day in 1917, Russian women struck to end Tsarism. Today, women around the world are following in their footsteps.
