When the Excluded Organize
The domestic workers who asserted their rights in the 1970s provide a model for organizing workers today.
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Resistance Is on the Agenda
Three socialist feminists reflect on the Women's March and what comes next in the movement to resist Trump.
The First Strike
March's Women's Strike was an electric first step towards forging a new feminist movement.
Women’s College vs. Women Workers
Don't be fooled by their progressive rhetoric. Even the most "socially conscious" university administrator is still a boss.
Russia’s Feminists Are in the Streets Protesting Putin’s War
In today’s Russia, feminists form one of the most active social movements defying state repression. Now they’re uniting to resist Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
Ten Jacobin Articles That Shaped My Thinking
On Jacobin’s tenth anniversary, staff writer Meagan Day reflects on ten Jacobin articles that heavily influenced the way she thinks about politics.
Bad Romance
Capitalism is bad at sex because it’s bad at relationships. Socialism can do better.
Across Latin America, the Feminist Movement Is in the Streets
On March 8, 2020, thousands across Latin America participated in an international strike to protest gender-based inequality. The movement has attempted to redefine the politics of strikes by acknowledging the value of reproductive labor.
Barbara Ehrenreich Was an Unabashed Socialist
The writer Barbara Ehrenreich, who died earlier this month, believed in a humanistic Marxism. Nowhere was this conviction more on display than in her writings on the sexism and cruelty of America’s for-profit health care system.
Building Radical America
The 1960s magazine that kept alive the history of the US left and provided the intellectual material for its future.
Aliens, Antisemitism, and Academia
Alt-right conspiracy theorists have embraced postmodern philosophy. The Left should return to the Enlightenment to oppose their irrational and hateful politics.
Nancy Fraser: “Cannibal Capitalism” Is on Our Horizon
Political theorist Nancy Fraser tells Jacobin that we face several crises at once: in the economy, in social reproduction, in the environment, and in politics. Without dramatic intervention, we may end up with “cannibal capitalism.”
Twee Began as an Unabashedly Radical Subculture
Love it or hate it, twee is back. It’s the subject of innumerable think pieces, but the subculture’s radical roots in feminism, punk, and the fight against Margaret Thatcher often go unnoticed.
The Communist International’s Failure Still Haunts the Left
Although it ended in tragic defeat, the Communist International was one of the most ambitious exercises in transnational political activism ever conceived. Its rise and fall gives us a crucial window into the history of the 20th century.
She Can’t Sleep No More
The political economy of Marissa Mayer.
CounterPunch and the War on Transgender People
Regarding anti-trans* rhetoric as legitimate erases the experiences of an entire class of people.
Katha Pollitt’s Quality Control
The nature of a product is irrelevant to how we should theorize, legislate, or organize the labor involved in producing it.
Bro Bash
There’s nothing feminist about leaving numbers to the bros.
The Wrong Kind of UBI
Without the right design, a universal basic income would do little to advance radical change.