Joe Biden Was a Leader in Building Up the Carceral State
These days, Joe Biden likes to tout his civil rights credentials. But he was central to the racist drive to lock people up and throw the key.
791 Article(s) by: Branko Marcetic
Branko Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden.
Joe Biden Helped Pull the Democrats to the Right
Ronald Reagan successfully dismantled the New Deal order and pulled liberals rightward. Reagan transformed the Democratic Party — and he was aided by Democrats like Joe Biden.
The Making of Joe Biden’s Conservative Democratic Politics
Joe Biden’s early years in politics established a pattern he would follow for the rest of his career: champion progressive values at select times to select audiences while on the whole running away from any association with such values.
Get Bernie
Trump’s inauguration set off an unprecedented dirty war from the Washington establishment. A President Sanders would face even worse.
The Orwellian Assault on Bernie Sanders
Pundits who once decried Joe Biden’s attacks on Social Security are now insisting he never made them, while self-declared “fact-checkers” with an ax to grind are treated like an infallible Ministry of Truth. The anti-Sanders attack machine has taken an Orwellian turn.
Ronald Reagan’s “October Surprise” Plot Was Real After All
A batch of quietly released documents confirms what many have long suspected: Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign worked behind the scenes to delay the release of US hostages in Iran, for the benefit of Reagan’s election campaign. It raises the question: When was the last time a Republican won a presidential election without the help of dirty tricks?
Joe Biden Tried to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare for 40 Years
Joe Biden was once a New Deal Democrat. Then he “evolved” and starting backing decades of Republican plans to cut Medicare and Social Security.
In Last Night’s Debate, Joe Biden Continued Rewriting His History on Foreign Policy
How can Joe Biden reconcile his history as one of the Democrats’ leading hawks with the party’s more antiwar direction today? Simple: lie through his teeth.
Brace Yourself Sanders Supporters, It’s Going to Get Ugly
Bernie’s surging in the polls so get ready — we’re all about to be deluged by manufactured controversies. This weekend, the Warren campaign, in concert with a media itching for controversy, tried to turn a nonstory into a scandal and attack Sanders with a narrative recycled from Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.
In the Lead-Up to Iraq, Antiwar Dissent Was Silenced. Not This Time.
The last time the US government marched to war in the Middle East, there was an all-out attack on anti-war voices in the media and in local communities across the country. Let’s make sure the Bush-era crackdown on dissent doesn’t happen again.
The Imperial Presidency Helped Bring Us to the Brink of War in Iran
Trump is trying to drag us into war with Iran. We have to stop him — and the imperial presidency that so many Democrats continue to help expand.
In the 2010s, the People Began Saying No to Endless War
The decade began with Bush-era jingoism intact. Then, the unthinkable happened: radical critiques of America’s endless wars and reflexive militarism that were once hopelessly marginal went mainstream.
Bernie’s First Political Revolution
In 1981, Bernie Sanders achieved the unthinkable — dethroning a deeply entrenched city establishment in Burlington, Vermont, with an upset victory in the city’s mayoral race that no one saw coming. His methods were familiar: a populist, working-class message, door-to-door grassroots organization, and a dogged refusal to bow to elite pressure.
The Bernie Sanders Origin Story, Part 1
In the first part of an ongoing series covering Bernie Sanders’ time as mayor of Burlington, we look at Sanders’ years in the wilderness and the circumstances that made his rise possible.
Yet Another Round of Clinton Smears
Two-time presidential loser Hillary Clinton has dusted off her time-worn excuses and leveled another round of attacks on the Left. Someone should remind her she’s in a glass house.
Bernie Sanders Needs a Plan for the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest is close to an irreversible tipping point. By centering it in his foreign policy, Bernie Sanders can further distinguish himself while pushing his rivals.
A Conspicuous Silence at the Democratic Debate
Despite a team of moderators who didn’t think viewers needed to hear much from him or about climate change, Bernie Sanders roared back with a strong debate performance.
Bernie Isn’t Going Anywhere
Relax: getting heart stents is extremely common, and Bernie Sanders will be back in action soon. But millions of Americans who lack the senator’s generous health insurance aren’t so lucky.
In Joe Biden, the Health Care Industry Has Found Its Guy
A new survey conducted by a Biden-linked firm is workshopping Biden’s own attacks against Medicare for All. His campaign is part of a multifront corporate effort to defeat the policy.
Elizabeth Warren’s Strategy Within the Democratic Party Is All Wrong
Anyone who wants to enact "big, structural change" will find themselves stymied by the Democratic Party establishment. So why is Elizabeth Warren cozying up to that establishment?