Gustavo Petro’s Dream
Leftist candidate Gustavo Petro’s success shows that whatever happens in Colombia’s elections today, change has come to the country.
Understanding the Vietnam War Machine
A look at the radical Vietnam-era research collective that exposed US companies profiteering off the war.
No, Nordic Countries Don’t Have Less Regulation
Conservatives like to claim that Nordic countries succeed because they have low regulation. That’s nonsense.
Ed Sadlowski (1938–2018)
“The workers and the boss have nothing in common. It is a class question.”
An Interview With Nina Turner
Our Revolution president Nina Turner on the Democratic Party, immigration reform, democratic socialism, and a Sanders 2020 presidential run.
Issue No. 29 Out Now!
- Issue No. 29
- Spring 2018
1968
In This Issue
Half the Way with Mao Zedong
How Students for a Democratic Society went from building a mass movement to embracing the politics of self-destruction.
How Beautiful It Was
For a few brief weeks in France, not just a government but an entire system was called into question.
Against Janša, Against Brussels
The far right won elections this month in Slovenia. Can the Left mount a challenge?
The Gig Economy Fantasy
Stories about a new age of precarity are overblown. Workers have had to deal with economic insecurity since the dawn of capitalism.
The Jacobin World Cup Jersey
We made 100 football jerseys to celebrate the World Cup and support our work.
Testaments Betrayed
How Yugoslavia’s vibrant Marxist humanists morphed into right-wing nationalists.
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Socialism and Black Oppression
Though not unblemished, socialists in the United States have a record in confronting black oppression that is unmatched by other political traditions.
Poets and Scoundrels of the Beautiful Game
As another World Cup begins, there is no better guide to its joys and iniquities than the late Eduardo Galeano — a lifelong fighter for justice and “beggar for good soccer.”
A Hunger Strike for Chinatown’s Soul
Tenant organizers in New York’s Chinatown are challenging the city’s pro-landlord policies.
The North Korea Summit Through the Looking Glass
As much of the world celebrates a modest step towards peace in Korea, Western pundits seem to be panicking.
Microsoft and the Yeoman Coders
Microsoft’s purchase of Github is the latest chapter in capitalism’s oldest story: the absorption of artisan labor into the circuits of capital.
Africa* Is a Country
*Not the continent with 54 countries
“I love Africa Is a Country, because it is basically the inside of my head.”
— Teju Cole
