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Recent Articles (15)
Jacobin Is International
began in the United States, but our emancipatory project has always been internationalist. The questions we’re focused on — about who holds power in our societies, about how capitalism shapes our live
The Video Game Industry’s Crisis Is a Crisis of Capitalism
Montreal has been touted as a major creative hub for the video game industry for over twenty years, leading the province of Quebec’s efforts to develop its digital creative sector. The industry gener
Anwar Shaikh Changed My Life
Anwar Shaikh, one of the most important Marxist economists of his generation, died on October 6 at the age of eighty in New York City. Two years ago, a conference was held to mark his retirement from
Tax the Rich and Slash the Military Budget
Here’s a question progressives get asked constantly: Fine, you want universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy — but how are you going to pay for it? As part of the , economists Gerald
The Political Economy of the Restaurant
English food does not have a good reputation. In 1806, Grimod de La Reynière, a pioneering French food critic, wrote that “[England’s] cooking is limited to boiled chickens.” More than two hundred yea
Workers Can Govern, but They Need Power First
According to data from a sweeping new study of working-class legislators by political scientists Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu, only about 2 percent of legislators across the world’s democracies held
Colombia’s President Wants US Boots on the Ground
In the ten weeks since multimillionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella was inaugurated as Colombia’s president, the country has undergone a significant political shift with respect to asserting its n
Exploring the Mirror World of the Chinese Internet
China’s internet is known for a vast system of censorship and surveillance that has evolved alongside its booming digital economy. Yet the story of the Chinese internet is not simply one of authoritar
The Left Needs an Answer to the Center’s New Cold War Program
Between the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the calamitous stalemate of Donald Trump’s war in Iran, the American foreign policy consensus has been coming apart. Popular support for the United States’ vio
The British State Is Dodging Accountability for the Troubles
Britain’s latest prime minister, Andy Burnham, raised hackles on his first trip to the North of Ireland when he declared a referendum on Irish unity to be “off the table.” Burnham may simply have inte
Dattner’s Architects Say They Want a Union
On the west side of Manhattan, near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel, there is a nearly seventy-foot-tall concrete building containing five thousand tons of road salt. The walls of the Spring Street
In India, “Cockroaches” Are Leading the Fight for Democracy
On October 10, India’s capital city, New Delhi, was turned into a fortress as protesters tried to oppose a countrywide exercise to revise the electoral rolls. The protests were called by the Gen Z mov
The Social Reckoning Needed David Fincher
Reporting on how badly Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook drama is flopping, I won’t bother to do any better than ’s , “Moviegoers are unfriending The Social ReckoningUSA TodayThe Social Reckoning.”mild zinger
Leftists Should Learn to Organize Like Evangelicals
If progressives and radicals had all read Rick Warren’s when it came out in 1995, we’d be far stronger today. It’s the most important book on organizing that most leftists haven’t read. Luckily, it’s
Sweden’s Left Faces a Political Deadlock
After four years of a right-wing government that the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) heavily influenced, the parties that refuse to cooperate with the SD secured a narrow victory in the general electi