Jacobin

The current freak-out by Donald Trump, J. D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, and other right-wingers about democratic socialism is quite rational. In socialism, they see a formidable foe.

Last year, almost half of all “buy now, pay later” customers missed a payment. But a growing share of Americans are relying on such credit as a routine way to fund even basics like groceries.

Donald Trump and his ally, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, have plumbed new depths with their political antics before and during the World Cup. But as David Goldblatt insists, they still couldn’t destroy the moments of collective joy it gives us.

Anglo-American commentary has lost its mind, blending “VAR-gentina” complaints with outrage over Milei’s cozy relationship with Trump and Netanyahu. Don’t buy the moralizing: Argentina is still worth rooting for.

Democrats are trying to defeat socialism by deploying concepts that, while sounding reasonable, ultimately play to the Right. Words like “practical” and “pragmatic” may sound objective, but they’re used to undermine a left that’s winning elections.

The Kurdish and Palestinian movements were forged in a common anti-colonial tradition. Their different political trajectories now reveal two competing models of liberation in the 21st century.

No matter how many books about Marxism you may have read, a bout of unemployment may find you blaming yourself for your condition. Jobless workers: resist the siren song of self-castigation.

Too many explanations of socialist electoral victories have ignored the democratic politics at the heart of the socialist movement today: employing many volunteers to engage face-to-face with voters and earnestly make the case that socialism is the answer.

Private equity is taking over veterinary services, driving up prices, and putting the pets we love at risk through its relentless pursuit of financial extraction.

After governing in partnership with the Right for three years, the Danish Social Democrats are now reliant on support from the socialist left. The Red-Green Alliance secured a list of reforms that include free dental care and expansion of social housing.

Many candidates for public office in the US tout their status as military veterans. Yet many of those same candidates, like US Senate hopeful Seth Moulton, want to privatize and undermine veterans’ health care.

The only successful coup in US history took place in Wilmington in 1898. It dismantled not a government but a black and white alliance that threatened the ruling class then — and still could today.

Francisco Franco launched his uprising against the Spanish Republic 90 years ago today. The resistance to fascism developed into a social revolution in Republican-held areas that challenged the power of capitalists and landowners.

In the early 1900s, the Jewish People’s Fraternal Order fought for multiracial democracy and Yiddish culture, building solidarity across ethnic and racial lines — until it was destroyed by the Red Scare.

Unwarranted ad breaks, entry bans on some foreign nationals, and political tampering with the game all made this a Trumpian World Cup. But if Donald Trump put his stamp on the world’s game, it’s also set a precedent for future FIFA-organized tournaments.

Wielding the leverage of scheduled World Cup matches, concessions workers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles won the right to strike if ICE poses a threat to their safety. The victory comes amid other World Cup–related worker contract wins across the US.

As American hegemony falters and a new global order emerges, Richard Wolff argues the crises around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz reveal capitalism entering another era of historic upheaval — and the need for a socialist alternative.

Public ownership of AI is no guarantee of democracy. We need democratic public ownership to prevent elites from maintaining control of the technology.

Fifty years ago, British punk made its first breakthrough. From it grew a DIY culture that rejected traditional political labels but expressed a powerful discontent with Britain’s postwar social model.

Maine Senate hopeful Troy Jackson’s history is a case study of something the Left often discusses but rarely sees: a working-class politician who emerged from workplace organizing struggles and used his power to advance pro-worker policies.