Inside the Rebellion
Chinese auto workers are becoming increasingly militant, but lack mass, independent organizations.
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Peter Thiel, Would-Be Philosopher King, Takes on Democracy
Billionaire Peter Thiel insists that freedom and democracy are incompatible, and his portfolio of data mining and political bets puts that belief into practice. His is a program of authoritarian control disguised as innovation.
The United States Should Not Be Hoarding Its Coronavirus Research
The fact that the United States is recusing itself from pretty much all global cooperation in the search for a coronavirus vaccine does not bode well for equitable distribution of a cure.
A More Graceful American Decline
The US trade war is a result of domestic elites’ refusal to accept America’s relative decline. The recent experience of Japan shows how economic decline can be managed.
Silicon Valley’s Vast Data Collection Should Worry You More Than TikTok
Practically everything TikTok critics and China hawks say about the country’s data collection applies to the United States and its tech firms, too. We should be finding ways to protect privacy and free speech from governments and corporations everywhere — including our own.
Where Are All the Robots, Anyway?
Automation is booming in rural China, the strongholds of the US auto industry, and the world’s oldest countries.
The Biden Hawk Behind Trump’s Iran War
Outgoing CENTCOM commander Michael Kurilla has had Iran in his crosshairs for years as part of a larger vision for keeping China out of the Middle East and squeezing it in an eventual conflict.
Chess in the Cloud
The battle between the US and China over global hegemony has moved to the technological arena. But what we really need is a democratic digital commons.
What China’s New National Security Laws Mean for the Protest Movement in Hong Kong
China’s new national security laws are a significant escalation against the protest movement in Hong Kong. Rather than act through Hong Kong officials to carry out its will, Beijing has decided to directly restrict the free speech rights of Hong Kong residents.
We Can’t Go Back to a Golden Age of Capitalism
Inequality is on the rise in the West but globally it’s in decline. Economist Branko Milanovic speaks to Jacobin about the shifting dynamics of capitalism, and why going back to its so-called “golden age” is not an option.
Donald Trump Has Burst Narendra Modi’s Foreign Policy Bubble
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, tried to divert attention from domestic problems by promoting the image of India as a rising power with a strong leader. But Modi’s failure to stand up to Trump’s destructive agenda has exposed this as hollow posturing.
Meet Russell Vought’s Foot Soldiers in Trump’s OMB
As Russell Vought and the Office of Management and Budget more explicitly become the engine of Donald Trump’s second term, a handful of little-known appointees at the agency may point the way to its future.
Keir Starmer Will Make Britain Even More of a US Lapdog
As Keir Starmer’s Labour Party coasts toward power, its foreign policy discussion is all about being an outrider for Washington. As geopolitical conflict heats up, it wants to make Britain the US’s most implacable ally on the European continent.
Why the Philippine Elite Continues to Back US Empire
Amid rising tensions in the Southeast Asian Sea, both the US and China are courting the Philippines. Most Filipinos would prefer a nonaligned foreign policy — but Manila’s elites keep lining up with the US, further threatening regional peace and stability.
Hysteria About Chinese Political Interference Has Arrived in Canada
Canadian news media is in a panic about alleged Chinese influence in Canadian politics. Their coverage is promoting anti-Chinese sentiment and creating farcical levels of paranoia about foreign interference.
A Plea for Culinary Modernism
The obsession with eating natural and artisanal is ahistorical. We should demand more high-quality industrial food.
How Britain Became America’s Stooge
As Britain lost the ability to maintain its empire, the US took on the role of managing the global order. In Someone Else’s Empire, Tom Stevenson shows how American dominance, aided and abetted by Britain, has caused untold suffering across the world.
Kamala Harris Poured Some Old Wine Into New Bottles on Her Tour of Africa
Media reports presented Kamala Harris’s recent trip to Africa as a historic departure for US policy toward the continent. Beneath the hype, however, the Biden administration is carrying on with the same militarized, self-serving approach as its predecessors.
Why Do So Many Western Leftists Defend Robert Mugabe?
Apologetics for a kleptocratic tyrant have nothing to do with anti-imperialism.
Where Things Stand in Hong Kong
Why is Beijing so worried about the Hong Kong protests? Because they know that the movement, now in its twentieth week, could become a symbol of democratic resistance that all disenfranchised people in the region could rally behind.