The Party Has Logged On
After decades of decline, left parties are in the midst of a renaissance. But without a commitment to social roots in the working class, twenty-first century “digital parties” could decline just as their predecessors did.
68 Articles by: Chris Maisano
Chris Maisano is a Jacobin contributing editor and a member of Democratic Socialists of America.
Turning to the Working Class
Kim Moody reflects on his time in the New Left, turning to the working class, and opportunities for socialists in the labor movement today.
Labor’s Choice After Janus
The Supreme Court Janus decision is a devastating defeat for labor. Public-sector unions now have two choices: continued decline, or a reversion to the kind of militant collective action of the movement’s early years.
Politics Without Politics
A new book offers a flawed road map for rebuilding the Left.
The Fall of Working-Class New York
The history of the 1970s New York City fiscal crisis shows how power under capitalism is ultimately located outside electoral politics — and must be defeated at its source.
The Left Option
Today, there’s a real chance Unidos Podemos will become the most important force in Spanish politics. What do they stand for?
Isn’t America Already Kind of Socialist?
No, socialism isn’t just more government — it’s about democratic ownership and control.
The Road to Friedrichs
A case before the Supreme Court threatens to devastate public-sector unions. How did it come to this?
Alberta’s Orange Crush
What’s behind the New Democratic Party’s surprise win in Alberta?
The New Disruption
Only rank-and-file workers can build a better labor movement.
Bringing Labor Back
Labor-management partnerships will not revive the union movement.
Friendly FIRE
Social impact bonds offer private interests yet another opportunity to enrich themselves at public expense.
Chicken Soup for the Neoliberal Soul
The problems of our time will be solved by our collective capacity to change the world, not self-therapy.
Social Democracy’s Incomplete Legacy
Our impulse should not be to reject social democracy’s legacy, but to build on and complete its promise.
Social Democracy for Our Time
Most dismiss social democracy as the fading echo of a bygone age — Lane Kenworthy disagrees.
What Would Machiavelli Do?
The popular imagination gets Machiavelli all wrong — he was a patron saint of class struggle.
Hardhats and Hippies: An Interview with Penny Lewis
In the popular imagination, opposition to the Vietnam War was driven largely by the privileged, while supposedly reactionary blue-collar workers supported the war effort. That memory is wrong.
The Crisis in American Labor: An Interview with Sam Gindin
The class war against workers demands a class response.
Doing More with Less
Fewer workers are in unions, but density in itself doesn’t always translate into power.
The Soul of Student Debt
Not quite feudalism, student debt is a peculiarly capitalist form of social control.