In recent decades, the American economy has been characterized by rising inequality, shrinking free time, and the growing concentration of economic and political power, increasingly undermining the democratic ideals to which the US is ostensibly committed.
Errol Schweizer, a former national vice president of grocery at Whole Foods, argues in Jacobin that the private sector is responsible for ever-rising grocery prices and can’t be relied on to fix the problem. Our food system needs a public option.
Leading French automaker Renault is reportedly converting some production sites to make military drones. It’s stirred discontent among car workers in France, who say they didn’t sign up for Europe’s rearmament push.
Govan Mbeki spent more than two decades in prison for his role in the struggle against apartheid. As a leader of South Africa’s Communist movement, he was also an important theorist who creatively applied Marxist ideas to South African society.
The cordial meeting between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani wasn’t as strange as it looked; both reject the myth of a self-regulating market. The difference is that Trump uses the state to shore up wealth, Mamdani to expand rights and public provision.
Mexico City’s “Gen Z” anti-government protest against President Claudia Sheinbaum bears all the hallmarks of an astroturf campaign.
OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will soon allow erotic features for adult users. The move points toward new and intimate forms of advertising in which Big Tech shapes human desire and manipulates it for profit.
Young people looking to fight climate change should consider jobs in strategic industries to organize new unions or revitalize old ones and advocate for green, pro-labor policies. The fight for a livable future can’t be won without organized labor.
Evangelical Christian Zionism used to be one of the most coherent voting blocs in the US. But cracks are starting to appear in this coalition as its members grow disillusioned with Israel and enamored by Christian nationalism.
Around Europe, old labor parties have alienated their base by forming grand coalitions with center-right forces. In Denmark, Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats have pursued this same strategy with the same dismal results.
After Benjamin Netanyahu bizarrely tweeted a Jacobin story about Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak last week, Israeli politicos are denouncing us as antisemitic conspiracy theorists — without engaging with what’s in the story.
Health insurance giant Anthem is introducing a new policy that will penalize hospitals for using physicians outside of its coverage network, forcing medical facilities to police physicians’ network status and decrease care options for patients.