Jacobin
@jacobinmag.bsky.social
Jacobin offers socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Support our work and subscribe to our print magazine!
jacobin.com/subscribe
jacobin.com/subscribe
Pinned
Jacobin
@jacobinmag.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Our latest issue, "Borders," is out now!
We examine whether borders are a necessary defense against capital’s race to the bottom or just another tool for sustaining inequality
See the table of contents and sub for just $20
📪 Sub: jacobin.com/subscribe?co...
📖 ToC: jacobin.com/issue/borders
We examine whether borders are a necessary defense against capital’s race to the bottom or just another tool for sustaining inequality
See the table of contents and sub for just $20
📪 Sub: jacobin.com/subscribe?co...
📖 ToC: jacobin.com/issue/borders
Janet Mills, the governor of Maine, is Democratic Party leaders’ choice for the state’s key 2026 Senate race.
She has spent her time in office vetoing protections for workers and tenants and taxes on the wealthy.
She has spent her time in office vetoing protections for workers and tenants and taxes on the wealthy.
Maine Governor Janet Mills Keeps Killing Worker Protections
Janet Mills, the governor of Maine, is Democratic Party leaders’ choice for the state’s key 2026 Senate race. She has spent her time in office vetoing protections for workers and tenants and taxes on the wealthy.
jacobin.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Janet Mills, the governor of Maine, is Democratic Party leaders’ choice for the state’s key 2026 Senate race.
She has spent her time in office vetoing protections for workers and tenants and taxes on the wealthy.
She has spent her time in office vetoing protections for workers and tenants and taxes on the wealthy.
Capitalism is a global economic system, so a proper chronicle of its rise to dominance has to examine the entire world, as historian Sven Beckert does in his massive new book, Capitalism: A Global History.
Sven Beckert’s Chronicle of Capitalism’s Long Rise
Capitalism is a global economic system, so a proper chronicle of its rise to dominance has to examine the entire world, as historian Sven Beckert does in his massive new book, Capitalism: A Global History.
jacobin.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Capitalism is a global economic system, so a proper chronicle of its rise to dominance has to examine the entire world, as historian Sven Beckert does in his massive new book, Capitalism: A Global History.
Authoritarian leaders like to rally their populations against external threats, and Donald Trump has decided that Venezuela is a perfect candidate.
So far, though, the public isn’t buying it.
So far, though, the public isn’t buying it.
Trump’s Cynical Venezuela Saber-Rattling
Authoritarian leaders like to rally their populations against external threats, and Donald Trump has decided that Venezuela is a perfect candidate. So far, though, the public isn’t buying it.
jacobin.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Authoritarian leaders like to rally their populations against external threats, and Donald Trump has decided that Venezuela is a perfect candidate.
So far, though, the public isn’t buying it.
So far, though, the public isn’t buying it.
As private health insurers jack up premiums for tens of millions, a majority of Americans now want Medicare for All — even if it entails eliminating private health insurers and raising taxes.
Momentum Is Building for Medicare for All
As private health insurers jack up premiums for tens of millions, a majority of Americans now want Medicare for All — even if it entails eliminating private health insurers and raising taxes.
jacobin.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
As private health insurers jack up premiums for tens of millions, a majority of Americans now want Medicare for All — even if it entails eliminating private health insurers and raising taxes.
For America’s VC-dominated tech industry, AI hype isn’t just a crazy by-product — it’s a structural part of the US economy in which capital tries to write our destinies. We shouldn’t let it.
Don’t Believe the Hype — or Doom — About AI
For America’s VC-dominated tech industry, AI hype isn’t just a crazy by-product — it’s a structural part of the US economy in which capital tries to write our destinies. We shouldn’t let it.
jacobin.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
For America’s VC-dominated tech industry, AI hype isn’t just a crazy by-product — it’s a structural part of the US economy in which capital tries to write our destinies. We shouldn’t let it.
The Trump administration’s proposals for peace in Ukraine sound like a real estate deal, where the United States gets a payoff for handing over Ukrainian land.
But with Kyiv’s leverage shrinking, the country may be forced to swallow a grim deal.
But with Kyiv’s leverage shrinking, the country may be forced to swallow a grim deal.
Ukraine Faces an Imperial Carve-Up
The Trump administration’s proposals for peace in Ukraine sound like a real estate deal, where the United States gets a payoff for handing over Ukrainian land. But with Kyiv’s leverage shrinking, the country may be forced to swallow a grim deal.
jacobin.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Trump administration’s proposals for peace in Ukraine sound like a real estate deal, where the United States gets a payoff for handing over Ukrainian land.
But with Kyiv’s leverage shrinking, the country may be forced to swallow a grim deal.
But with Kyiv’s leverage shrinking, the country may be forced to swallow a grim deal.
The shah of Iran faced a secular opposition that wanted to restore constitutional government.
Washington continued to back his dictatorship as it faced mass protests, paving the way for Ruhollah Khomeini to establish a theocratic system after its fall.
Washington continued to back his dictatorship as it faced mass protests, paving the way for Ruhollah Khomeini to establish a theocratic system after its fall.
The US Propped Up the Shah’s Dictatorship to the Bitter End
The shah of Iran faced a secular opposition that wanted to restore constitutional government. Washington continued to back his dictatorship as it faced mass protests, paving the way for Ruhollah Khomeini to establish a theocratic system after its fall.
jacobin.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The shah of Iran faced a secular opposition that wanted to restore constitutional government.
Washington continued to back his dictatorship as it faced mass protests, paving the way for Ruhollah Khomeini to establish a theocratic system after its fall.
Washington continued to back his dictatorship as it faced mass protests, paving the way for Ruhollah Khomeini to establish a theocratic system after its fall.
Despite the inherent contradiction between liberalism and extreme ethnic nationalism, many people still refer to themselves as “liberal Zionists.”
But when liberal principles come under attack by Israel, they’re nowhere to be found.
But when liberal principles come under attack by Israel, they’re nowhere to be found.
Liberal Zionism Is an Inherent Contradiction
Despite the inherent contradiction between liberalism and extreme ethnic nationalism, many people still refer to themselves as “liberal Zionists.” But when liberal principles come under attack by Israel, they’re nowhere to be found.
jacobin.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Despite the inherent contradiction between liberalism and extreme ethnic nationalism, many people still refer to themselves as “liberal Zionists.”
But when liberal principles come under attack by Israel, they’re nowhere to be found.
But when liberal principles come under attack by Israel, they’re nowhere to be found.
Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite, captures the horror and insanity of nuclear war.
But by portraying the US atomic arsenal as an inheritance from the past rather than a product of our own time, it lets our political leaders off the hook.
But by portraying the US atomic arsenal as an inheritance from the past rather than a product of our own time, it lets our political leaders off the hook.
“A House of Dynamite” Is the Wrong Metaphor for US Nukes
Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite, captures the horror and insanity of nuclear war. But by portraying the US atomic arsenal as an inheritance from the past rather than a product of our own time, it lets our political leaders off the hook.
jacobin.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite, captures the horror and insanity of nuclear war.
But by portraying the US atomic arsenal as an inheritance from the past rather than a product of our own time, it lets our political leaders off the hook.
But by portraying the US atomic arsenal as an inheritance from the past rather than a product of our own time, it lets our political leaders off the hook.
In 1975, Wall Street declared war on New York, sending the city into a fiscal crisis.
A forgotten public banking proposal in the state assembly could have stopped it — and put both the city and the country on the path to socialized finance.
A forgotten public banking proposal in the state assembly could have stopped it — and put both the city and the country on the path to socialized finance.
New York City’s Forgotten Public Bank Plan
In 1975, Wall Street declared war on New York, sending the city into a fiscal crisis. A forgotten public banking proposal in the state assembly could have stopped it — and put both the city and the country on the path to socialized finance.
jacobin.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In 1975, Wall Street declared war on New York, sending the city into a fiscal crisis.
A forgotten public banking proposal in the state assembly could have stopped it — and put both the city and the country on the path to socialized finance.
A forgotten public banking proposal in the state assembly could have stopped it — and put both the city and the country on the path to socialized finance.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a $30 million contract last week that moves to convert vacant warehouses into mega detention centers, increasing capacity in the Trump administration’s push to supercharge deportations.
ICE Is Expanding Its Detention Capacity
Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a $30 million contract last week that moves to convert vacant warehouses into mega detention centers, increasing capacity in the Trump administration’s push to supercharge deportations.
jacobin.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a $30 million contract last week that moves to convert vacant warehouses into mega detention centers, increasing capacity in the Trump administration’s push to supercharge deportations.
France’s far right is divided between explicitly free-marketeer forces and ones who still speak of defending parts of the welfare state.
Yet as Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National nears power, it’s made clear to big business that it is no threat to its interests.
Yet as Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National nears power, it’s made clear to big business that it is no threat to its interests.
How Marine Le Pen Seduced Corporate France
Emmanuel Macron has been a president for the rich, but his faltering support has also left big business unsure if it can rely on his party. For many French capitalists, the answer is to build up ties with Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National.
jacobin.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
France’s far right is divided between explicitly free-marketeer forces and ones who still speak of defending parts of the welfare state.
Yet as Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National nears power, it’s made clear to big business that it is no threat to its interests.
Yet as Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National nears power, it’s made clear to big business that it is no threat to its interests.
A recent panel of three US journalists aboard the Gaza aid flotillas say they faced assault and threats from Israeli soldiers — and that the US government did little to help them.
US Journalists on Aid Flotillas Allege Israeli Soldier Abuse
A recent panel of three US journalists aboard the Gaza aid flotillas say they faced assault and threats from Israeli soldiers — and that the US government did little to help them.
jacobin.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A recent panel of three US journalists aboard the Gaza aid flotillas say they faced assault and threats from Israeli soldiers — and that the US government did little to help them.
Behind South Korea’s economic growth, there’s a system that grinds workers to the bone at every stage of the life cycle, from high school students to retirees.
The film Next Sohee dramatizes the impact of that system to devastating effect.
The film Next Sohee dramatizes the impact of that system to devastating effect.
Next Sohee Is Korean Cinema at Its Bleak and Brilliant Best
Behind South Korea’s economic growth, there’s a system that grinds workers to the bone at every stage of the life cycle, from high school students to retirees. The film Next Sohee dramatizes the impact of that system to devastating effect.
jacobin.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Behind South Korea’s economic growth, there’s a system that grinds workers to the bone at every stage of the life cycle, from high school students to retirees.
The film Next Sohee dramatizes the impact of that system to devastating effect.
The film Next Sohee dramatizes the impact of that system to devastating effect.
The first round of voting in Chile’s general election in November saw the shocking rise of the far right and the collapse of the country’s new left.
It’s a crushing but not total defeat for the movement helmed by President Gabriel Boric.
It’s a crushing but not total defeat for the movement helmed by President Gabriel Boric.
The Rise of Chile’s Hard Right
The first round of voting in Chile’s general election in November saw the shocking rise of the far right and the collapse of the country’s new left. It’s a crushing but not total defeat for the movement helmed by President Gabriel Boric.
jacobin.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The first round of voting in Chile’s general election in November saw the shocking rise of the far right and the collapse of the country’s new left.
It’s a crushing but not total defeat for the movement helmed by President Gabriel Boric.
It’s a crushing but not total defeat for the movement helmed by President Gabriel Boric.
Hans-Adam II is Europe’s richest monarch despite ruling one of its tiniest states.
The prince of Liechtenstein flaunts his contempt for democracy, blending feudalism and financial capitalism to supply a model for the Right in much bigger countries.
The prince of Liechtenstein flaunts his contempt for democracy, blending feudalism and financial capitalism to supply a model for the Right in much bigger countries.
Liechtenstein’s Feudal Prince Has Become a Libertarian Hero
Hans-Adam II is Europe’s richest monarch despite ruling one of its tiniest states. The prince of Liechtenstein flaunts his contempt for democracy, blending feudalism and financial capitalism to supply a model for the Right in much bigger countries.
jacobin.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hans-Adam II is Europe’s richest monarch despite ruling one of its tiniest states.
The prince of Liechtenstein flaunts his contempt for democracy, blending feudalism and financial capitalism to supply a model for the Right in much bigger countries.
The prince of Liechtenstein flaunts his contempt for democracy, blending feudalism and financial capitalism to supply a model for the Right in much bigger countries.
The extrajudicial murders carried out by the Trump administration in the Caribbean build on a dangerous power grab forged by Dick Cheney and expanded under Barack Obama.
Cheney and Obama Enabled Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings
The extrajudicial murders carried out by the Trump administration in the Caribbean build on a dangerous power grab forged by Dick Cheney and expanded under Barack Obama.
jacobin.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The extrajudicial murders carried out by the Trump administration in the Caribbean build on a dangerous power grab forged by Dick Cheney and expanded under Barack Obama.
The UK’s Labour government wants to copy Danish measures to make refugees’ status more temporary and even confiscate their valuables.
It’s a dangerous policy that will only fuel a race to the right, as it’s already doing in Denmark.
It’s a dangerous policy that will only fuel a race to the right, as it’s already doing in Denmark.
Labour Is Copying Denmark’s Shameful Anti-Refugee Policies
The UK’s Labour government wants to copy Danish measures to make refugees’ status more temporary and even confiscate their valuables. It’s a dangerous policy that will only fuel a race to the right, as it’s already doing in Denmark.
jacobin.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The UK’s Labour government wants to copy Danish measures to make refugees’ status more temporary and even confiscate their valuables.
It’s a dangerous policy that will only fuel a race to the right, as it’s already doing in Denmark.
It’s a dangerous policy that will only fuel a race to the right, as it’s already doing in Denmark.
Radical abolitionist John Brown was executed on this day in 1859 for trying to spark a revolution to free millions held in bondage.
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Radical abolitionist John Brown was executed on this day in 1859 for trying to spark a revolution to free millions held in bondage.
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
Swedish Social Democracy is often idealized as a reformist force that delivered welfare to the grateful masses.
Yet the Swedish social model was the product of conflict — and a working-class radicalism that the Social Democrats have now turned against.
Yet the Swedish social model was the product of conflict — and a working-class radicalism that the Social Democrats have now turned against.
Sweden’s Welfare State Was a Product of Class Struggle
Swedish Social Democracy is often idealized as a benign reformist force that delivered welfare to the grateful masses. Yet the Swedish social model was the product of conflict — and a working-class radicalism that the Social Democrats have now turned against.
jacobin.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Swedish Social Democracy is often idealized as a reformist force that delivered welfare to the grateful masses.
Yet the Swedish social model was the product of conflict — and a working-class radicalism that the Social Democrats have now turned against.
Yet the Swedish social model was the product of conflict — and a working-class radicalism that the Social Democrats have now turned against.
Socialists’ path to supporting Mayor Zohran Mamdani will build on the strategy that socialists there have developed over the past decade, writes NYC Democratic Socialists of America cochair Grace Mausser.
Building Municipal Socialism in New York With DSA
Socialists’ path to supporting Mayor Zohran Mamdani will build on the strategy that socialists there have developed over the past decade, writes NYC Democratic Socialists of America cochair Grace Mausser.
jacobin.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Socialists’ path to supporting Mayor Zohran Mamdani will build on the strategy that socialists there have developed over the past decade, writes NYC Democratic Socialists of America cochair Grace Mausser.
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is touting a trade deal with the UAE. Behind the talk of investment and partnership lies a trade agenda that weakens rights protections, boosts natural gas, and reinforces one of the world’s most repressive states.
Canada’s “Diversification” Trade Deal Is a Gift to Autocrats
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is touting a trade deal with the UAE. Behind the talk of investment and partnership lies a trade agenda that weakens rights protections, boosts natural gas, and reinforces one of the world’s most repressive states.
jacobin.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is touting a trade deal with the UAE. Behind the talk of investment and partnership lies a trade agenda that weakens rights protections, boosts natural gas, and reinforces one of the world’s most repressive states.
If the late Dick Cheney’s Never-Trump rehabilitation is any indication, Larry Summers’s public-facing career is far from over — despite not just his Jeffrey Epstein ties but his principal role in laying waste to America’s working class.
The Ruling Class Is Uncancelable
If the late Dick Cheney’s Never-Trump rehabilitation is any indication, Larry Summers’s public-facing career is far from over — despite not just his Jeffrey Epstein ties but his principal role in laying waste to America’s working class.
jacobin.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If the late Dick Cheney’s Never-Trump rehabilitation is any indication, Larry Summers’s public-facing career is far from over — despite not just his Jeffrey Epstein ties but his principal role in laying waste to America’s working class.
France Insoumise legislator Emma Fourreau was recently scheduled to speak about the Gaza aid flotillas at Die Linke’s Berlin headquarters, but her talk was canceled. She writes in Jacobin about why speaking up for Palestine is a duty for the Left.
Palestine Is a Fundamental Moral and Political Compass
France Insoumise legislator Emma Fourreau was recently scheduled to speak about the Gaza aid flotillas at Die Linke’s Berlin headquarters, but her talk was canceled. She writes in Jacobin about why speaking up for Palestine is a duty for the Left.
jacobin.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
France Insoumise legislator Emma Fourreau was recently scheduled to speak about the Gaza aid flotillas at Die Linke’s Berlin headquarters, but her talk was canceled. She writes in Jacobin about why speaking up for Palestine is a duty for the Left.
In the early years of the AIDS crisis, the US government left people with HIV to fend for themselves.
Desperate, they turned to a new and little-understood financial instrument: selling their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash.
Desperate, they turned to a new and little-understood financial instrument: selling their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash.
When the Market Came for the Dying
In the early years of the AIDS crisis, the US government left people with HIV to fend for themselves. Desperate, they turned to a new and little-understood financial instrument: selling their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash.
jacobin.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In the early years of the AIDS crisis, the US government left people with HIV to fend for themselves.
Desperate, they turned to a new and little-understood financial instrument: selling their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash.
Desperate, they turned to a new and little-understood financial instrument: selling their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash.