The Left in Purgatory

Socialists in the United States are stuck. How do we become masters of our own fate?

Jacobin in Purgatory

Stuck in the middle with you.

Remembering Michael Jamal Brooks

Michael sought to make the world rather than be made by it.

Fredrick Brennan Is the Founder of 8chan. Now He Wants to Take It Offline.

Fredrick Brennan founded the 8chan image board that became home to QAnon conspiracists. Now he’s horrified by the site — and wants it offline. Brennan talks to Bhaskar Sunkara about free speech in the digital age, how 8chan became such a reactionary cesspool, and what we need to do to build a better internet.

Ecuador’s Likely Next President, Andrés Arauz, Talks to Jacobin

An interview with Andrés Arauz on his surprising journey to the verge of state power, what his ally Rafael Correa accomplished in Ecuador, and how he plans to win April’s election, rebuild his party, and deepen the Citizens’ Revolution.

Don’t Blame Polarization

A discussion on American partisanship, political dysfunction, and why it’s not our passions that are the problem — it’s the Constitution itself.

We’re Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary. Help Us Stick Around for Many More.

Jacobin just turned 10. Here’s how you can help us stick around until the fight is won.

Remembering Our Friend and Comrade Michael Brooks

We lost an irreplaceable part of the Jacobin family today. Let’s honor the life and legacy of Michael Brooks.

The Long Shot of Democratic Socialism Is Our Only Shot

Mass workers’ movements transformed much of the world in the twentieth century, but they couldn’t overcome the power of capital. Today, we need a new democratic socialism to remake politics and revive working-class organizing.

Joe Biden Reminded Us That He’s Just Another Liberal Elitist

Yesterday, somebody asked Joe Biden a question about his failson Hunter. He responded by calling him fat and dumb. It’s just another reminder that “everyman” Joe Biden hates working-class people.

From Socialism to Populism and Back

The Working Families Party Has Written Itself Out of History

Make no mistake: the Working Families Party’s opaque presidential endorsement process signaled a rejection of not only Bernie Sanders but the movement emerging around him.

Elizabeth Warren Is Thirty Years Too Late

Both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are political throwbacks. But whereas Warren wants to fix the policies that went astray in the Clinton era, Sanders wants to change the economic foundations of American life.

The Exercise of Power

The “class-struggle social democracy” of Bernie Sanders is exceedingly difficult to pull off. If he wins, he’ll face structural pressure to compromise: administering a capitalist state requires maintaining corporate profits. We’ll need to create our own pressure through strikes and protests.

Let’s Talk Bernie 2020

Should Bernie Sanders be the Left’s presidential candidate in 2020? Hamilton Nolan and Bhaskar Sunkara revive the great American tradition of arguing about Bernie online.

A Make or Break Year

The future of socialism hangs in the balance — and Jacobin has an important role to play.

We Need a Socialist Caucus in Congress

To make sure newly elected socialists don’t end up looking like corporate Democrats, we need a democratic socialist caucus in Congress.

Standing Up to Merkel

We talk to Die Linke MP Sahra Wagenknecht about her controversial Aufstehen initiative and the future of the German left.

Brazil’s Next President

Jacobin’s Bhaskar Sunkara talks to Fernando Haddad, the Lula-backed, Workers Party candidate for president about the Brazilian elite’s contempt for democracy and whether his party can return to power.

Jacobin Is for the Children

Help keep Jacobin alive for generations to come.