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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 19d

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 10h

In her new book, Indignity, Albanian political scientist Lea Ypi discovers that online trolls are accusing her grandmother of having been a communist spy during World War II.

To find the truth, she digs deep into her family and country’s archives.

Lea Ypi’s Reckoning With Family and the Legacy of Revolution

In her new book, Indignity, Albanian political scientist Lea Ypi discovers that online trolls are accusing her grandmother of having been a communist spy during World War II. To find the truth, she digs deep into her family and country’s archives.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 10h

Herbert Matthews of the New York Times was one of the great reporters of his time.

US conservatives still haven’t forgiven him for his 1957 interview with Fidel Castro and even blamed him for the success of the Cuban Revolution.

Herbert Matthews Was a Role Model for Engaged Journalism

Herbert Matthews of the New York Times was one of the great reporters of his time. US conservatives still haven’t forgiven him for his 1957 interview with Fidel Castro and even blamed him for the success of the Cuban Revolution.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 11h

The Criterion Channel’s retrospective on Robert Altman, the auteur behind masterpieces like Nashville, M*A*S*H, and The Long Goodbye, is a reminder that, not long ago, Hollywood backed maverick filmmakers ready to shake up the medium and the culture at large.

Hollywood Could Use Another Robert Altman Right Now

The Criterion Channel’s retrospective on Robert Altman, the auteur behind masterpieces like Nashville, M*A*S*H, and The Long Goodbye, is a reminder that, not long ago, Hollywood backed maverick filmmakers ready to shake up the medium and the culture at large.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 11h

Two years into Israel’s genocide, the US movement in solidarity with Palestinians is far weaker than it should be.

To cut off American arms to Israel, we need to build a powerful movement oriented to ordinary Americans beyond activist circles.

Ultraleftism Can’t Free Palestine

Two years into Israel’s genocide, the US movement in solidarity with Palestinians is far weaker than it should be. To cut off American arms to Israel, we need to build a powerful movement oriented to ordinary Americans beyond activist circles.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 13h

Donald Trump offers a bleak vision of the good life, founded on hierarchy and self-indulgence.

The Left needs to put forward a politics that can counter the affective pleasures of Trumpism, rooted in solidarity rather than cruelty and exclusion.

Trump Doesn’t Win by Bread Alone

Donald Trump offers a bleak vision of the good life, founded on hierarchy and self-indulgence. The Left needs to put forward a politics that can counter the affective pleasures of Trumpism, rooted in solidarity rather than cruelty and exclusion.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 13h

After October 7, Israeli society went into a vengeful genocidal tailspin, carrying out some of the most heinous crimes of this century again and again and again.

Two years on, its leaders are unrepentant and baying for more blood.

Two Years After October 7, the Horrors Are Indescribable

After October 7, Israeli society went into a vengeful genocidal tailspin, carrying out some of the most heinous crimes of this century again and again and again. Two years on, its leaders are unrepentant and baying for more blood.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 14h

Herbert Matthews of the New York Times was one of the great reporters of his time.

US conservatives still haven’t forgiven him for his 1957 interview with Fidel Castro and even blamed him for the success of the Cuban Revolution.

Herbert Matthews Was a Role Model for Engaged Journalism

Herbert Matthews of the New York Times was one of the great reporters of his time. US conservatives still haven’t forgiven him for his 1957 interview with Fidel Castro and even blamed him for the success of the Cuban Revolution.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 14h

Two years into its war on Gaza, Israel faces global condemnation and a growing Palestinian solidarity movement.

Yet, as analyst Mouin Rabbani explains, US support remains unwavering, and Israel shows little concern for the world’s outrage.

October 7, Two Years On

Two years into its war on Gaza, Israel faces global condemnation and a growing Palestinian solidarity movement. Yet, as analyst Mouin Rabbani explains, US support remains unwavering, and Israel shows little concern for the world’s outrage.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 20h

The war on drugs has utterly failed to reduce drug consumption. But it has served to maintain US military and intelligence apparatuses in Latin America.

Toward an Anti-Capitalist Drug Policy

The war on drugs has utterly failed to reduce drug consumption. But it has served to maintain US military and intelligence apparatuses in Latin America.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 20h

Spain’s center-left prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has been one of the Western leaders most critical of Israel.

But words often haven’t translated into action, and rising pro-Palestinian protests are criticizing his government too.

Making Spanish Support for Palestine Real

Spain’s center-left prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has been one of the Western leaders most critical of Israel. But words often haven’t translated into action, and rising pro-Palestinian protests are criticizing his government too.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

At a time of neoliberal triumphalism and the so-called end of history, Samuel Huntington predicted ongoing conflict.

The Clash of Civilizations, 30 Years Later

At a time of neoliberal triumphalism and the so-called end of history, Samuel Huntington predicted ongoing conflict.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

From Rwanda’s Paul Kagame to the Emirati monarchy, some of the world’s most brutal regimes have chosen to use soccer as a promotional tool.

Football Shouldn’t Be a Billboard for the World’s Dictators

From Rwanda’s Paul Kagame to the Emirati monarchy, some of the world’s most brutal regimes have chosen to use soccer as a promotional tool.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

Narendra Modi transformed India’s biometric ID system from a tool for promoting social welfare into a mechanism of mass surveillance and disenfranchisement.

Citizenship by Algorithm

Narendra Modi transformed India’s biometric ID system from a tool for promoting social welfare into a mechanism of mass surveillance and disenfranchisement.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

Whether workers can organize Amazon will be pivotal for the fate of the labor movement worldwide. Initial victories in Coventry, England, and elsewhere show that when unions put serious resources into organizing, they can win.

Organizing Amazon Should Be a Priority for Labor Globally

Whether workers can organize Amazon will be pivotal for the fate of the labor movement worldwide. Initial victories in Coventry, England, and elsewhere show that when unions put serious resources into organizing, they can win.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaire Peter Thiel insists that freedom and democracy are incompatible, and his portfolio of data mining and political bets puts that belief into practice.

His is a program of authoritarian control disguised as innovation.

Peter Thiel, Would-Be Philosopher King, Takes on Democracy

Billionaire Peter Thiel insists that freedom and democracy are incompatible, and his portfolio of data mining and political bets puts that belief into practice. His is a program of authoritarian control disguised as innovation.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

Friday’s general strike in Italy was the biggest pro-Palestinian mobilization in any Western country yet. It expressed moral indignation but also resulted from years of movement building.

Italy’s Tide of Solidarity With Gaza

Friday’s general strike in Italy was the biggest pro-Palestinian mobilization in any Western country yet. It expressed moral indignation but also resulted from years of movement building.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

The 21st-century left has often argued that the solution to rampant inequality is income redistribution.

But this may not be a silver bullet.

The Left Needs to Rethink How It Understands Inequality

The 21st-century left has often argued that the solution to rampant inequality is income redistribution. But this may not be a silver bullet. What workers need is power over employers and the market.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

The global right today excels at leveraging nostalgia for reactionary ends. Yet memories of periods of revolutionary hope and collective victories can provide the materials for a form of nostalgia that the Left can use.

The Left Can’t Abandon Nostalgia to the Right

The global right today excels at leveraging nostalgia for reactionary ends. Yet memories of periods of revolutionary hope and collective victories can provide the materials for a form of nostalgia that the Left can use.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

While the fates of Israelis held captive by Hamas regularly make front-page news, US corporate media almost never reports on the Palestinians who die in Israeli captivity.

The US Media Ignores Palestinian Deaths in Israeli Captivity

While the fates of Israelis held captive by Hamas regularly make front-page news, US corporate media almost never reports on the Palestinians who die in Israeli captivity.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

All throughout American history, political and economic elites have insisted that better policies — ending child labor, establishing a weekend — were impossible to achieve.

They were lying then, and they’re lying now.

Elites Always Say We Can’t Have Nice Things. They’re Wrong.

All throughout American history, political and economic elites have insisted that better policies — ending child labor, establishing a weekend — were impossible to achieve. They were lying then, and they’re lying now.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

An exhaustive new survey from the Center for Working-Class Politics and its partners finds that strong economic populism resonates across Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — and that independent candidates outperform Democrats delivering the same message.

Report: Economic Populism Has Broad Appeal in the Rust Belt

An exhaustive new survey from the Center for Working-Class Politics and its partners finds that strong economic populism resonates across Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — and that independent candidates outperform Democrats delivering the same message.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

Just as the Democrats rejected the Uncommitted movement at last year's DNC, they refused to seat Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964.

The 2024 Democratic Convention: More 1964 Than 1968

The media was obsessed with comparing this year’s DNC to Chicago 1968. But given the party’s rejection of the Uncommitted movement, Atlantic City 1964, when Democrats refused to seat Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, is more apt.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

France’s new prime minister has resisted calls to suspend Emmanuel Macron’s 2023 pension reform.

While left-wing opposition parties want to undo Macron’s agenda, the president is defending his attacks on welfare as a prized legacy.

Emmanuel Macron Doubles Down on Austerity

France’s new prime minister has resisted calls to suspend Emmanuel Macron’s 2023 pension reform. While left-wing opposition parties want to undo Macron’s agenda, the president is defending his attacks on welfare as a prized legacy.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

Since becoming leader in 2024, Kemi Badenoch has taken Britain’s Tories onto hard-right territory — and dismal polling. Her call to abandon climate targets shows how Britain’s once dominant party has radicalized.

Britain’s Tories Are Radicalizing — and Losing Hope

Since becoming leader in 2024, Kemi Badenoch has taken Britain’s Tories onto hard-right territory — and dismal polling. Her call this week to abandon climate targets shows how Britain’s once dominant party has radicalized.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 1d

Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer was born on this day in 1917.

“Nobody's free until everybody's free.”