Beyond Social Democracy
It is precisely social democracy’s history that shows why we need a more radical socialist politics today.
Disaster Capitalism in the NHS
Years of austerity and marketization have wreaked havoc on Britain’s National Health Service. The crisis is now reaching a breaking point.
The Fate of the Party
The crisis of today’s Italian left has its roots in the transformations of the Italian Communist Party in the 1960s and ’70s.
“There’s No Trick”
Unions will have to go back to the fundamentals of labor organizing if they want to survive national right to work.
Under Neoliberalism, You Can Be Your Own Tyrannical Boss
A new study finds an alarming rise in a novel form of psychological distress. Call it “neoliberal perfectionism.”
Red Diaper Babies
In America, school is preparation for “real” life. In the early Soviet Union, school was filled with life.
Trump After One
A Jacobin roundtable on Trump’s first year in office.
Left Americana in Trumpland
Vigo County, Indiana is Trump country now — but nestled somewhere between Dean’s Party Mania and USA Fireworks Superstore is a vital piece of American socialist history.
Erdoğan and His Opponents
Erdoğan’s would-be dictatorship is anything but stable. Here’s a look at the contradictions and fractures roiling Turkish society.
Tough Love Can Be Deadly
In the midst of an unprecedented opioid crisis, the US is neglecting the single most effective way to prevent overdose deaths.
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Pablo Iglesias Thinks There Is an Alternative
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias talks to Jacobin about the Catalan elections, the future of Spain’s left, and the fight for state power.
The Corbyn Generation
The 2010 student protests in the UK seemed to end in failure. But they foreshadowed Jeremy Corbyn’s improbable rise to the top of the Labour Party.
Unions Held Their Own in 2017
And we’re all better off because of it.
The Privatization Agenda Goes Bust
A UK construction giant’s failure should be the last nail in the coffin for twenty-five years of privatization dogma.
Obama’s Year of #Resistance
One year after leaving the White House, Obama’s centrist, technocratic politics are clearer than ever.
