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Reports of Socialism’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated https://jacobin.com/2025/11/mamdani-socialism-democrats-sanders-establishment/

Reports of Socialism’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Centrists have been declaring the socialist movement dead for years in spite of the victories it has racked up. But Zohran Mamdani’s win makes its rise undeniable.

✊🏽 How Labor and the Left Can Bolster Zohran Mamdani
#labor

How Labor and the Left Can Bolster Zohran Mamdani
If Zohran Mamdani wins, he will face fierce resistance from business elites and the political establishment. Unions and grassroots member organizations like the Democratic Socialists of America can play a key role in helping him overcome this opposition.

Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-classifies-anti-capitalism-as-a-political-pre-crime/

Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime
Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change.

Gutes Plädoyer für das AfD-Verbot von Friedrich Burschel. https://jacobin.de/artikel/afd-verbotsverfahren-verbot-demokratie

Das AfD-Verbot ist politische Notwehr
Während ein AfD-Umfragehoch das nächste jagt, darf in der politischen Bekämpfung der Rechten nichts unversucht bleiben. Ein Parteiverbotsverfahren ist notwendig – selbst wenn das bedeutet, dass auch die Linke mit härteren Repressionen rechnen muss. Eine Replik.

🪧 Labor’s Crisis Is Not a PR Problem
#labor

Labor’s Crisis Is Not a PR Problem
Union approval is at historic highs, yet density keeps falling. The problem isn’t messaging but the lack of strategy that can turn popularity into power.

Muntermacher-Tipp: Adeni Chai. https://jacobin.com/2025/10/mamdani-nyc-mayor-election-speech

Zohran Mamdani: We Can Win Freedom for All
At a rally last night in Queens, New York, with Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Zohran Mamdani addressed a crowd of 13,000: “For too long, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it.”

#Jacobin is really the king of commissioning older western white #leftists to write about the global south. This piece does no original reporting, has no Indonesian voices, and makes blanket statements.
It's not bad, but I can think of dozens of Indonesians who could have written a far better pi…

The Nordics Have Low Inequality Mostly Because of Welfare https://jacobin.com/2025/11/redistribution-inequality-nordic-welfare-state/

The Nordics Have Low Inequality Mostly Because of Welfare
The Nordic countries have far less economic inequality than the United States. Most of the difference is due to the Nordics’ welfare states.

#Jacobin #BlackPantherParty

The Black Panthers Who Never Came Home
Fifty-nine years after Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panthers, Charlotte and Pete O’Neal remain in exile in Tanzania. Their story, told through interviews, archives, and firsthand reporting, reveals the movement’s enduring legacy.

☭ Norway’s Red Party Offers a Working-Class Alternative
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Norway’s Red Party Offers a Working-Class Alternative
Norway’s radical-left party, Rødt, has recruited thousands of members in recent years and looks set to boost its scores in Monday’s election. Seher Aydar, MP, told Jacobin about how it’s building on discontent with the established parties.

Interview mit Linn Stalsberg: was Friedensbewegung und Frauenbewegung teilen: "das Beharren darauf, die Prämisse der Debatte und der Gesellschaft selbst zu verändern. Nicht nur neue Geschichten innerhalb des bestehenden Narrativs zu erzählen, sondern das Narrativ als solches infrage zu stellen. Und heute, da der Militarismus so stark ist – zur neuen Normalität geworden ist – müssen Feministinnen wachsam sein. Wir dürfen diese Normalisierung nicht einfach akzeptieren."

»Krieg ist Verachtung von allem, was das Leben lebenswert macht«
In der öffentlichen Debatte werden zunehmend militaristische Positionen als vernünftig und Pazifismus oder Kriegsdienstverweigerung als verrückt dargestellt. Die Antikriegs-Autorin Linn Stalsberg erklärt, warum das Gegenteil der Fall ist.

#health #hypocracy

MAHA Is Going to Make America Sicker
Donald Trump has spent the last seven months flooding our food, water, and air with all kinds of very real, very horrible pollutants, including numerous cancer-causing chemicals — the exact opposite of “making America healthy again.”

1960: The Year the Modern Horror Film Was Born https://jacobin.com/2025/10/1960-modern-horror-film/

1960: The Year the Modern Horror Film Was Born
A combination of the breakdown of the Hollywood studio system, the decline of censorship, and the rise of wildly — and luridly — creative filmmakers across the world looking to cash in on sex and violence made 1960 the year of the modern horror film.

🧑‍🏭 Hyundai’s US Auto Plants Are Rife With Labor Abuses
#hyundai

Hyundai’s US Auto Plants Are Rife With Labor Abuses
The raids at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia earlier this month illustrate the impunity of Donald Trump’s brutal immigration crackdown. They also shine a spotlight on Hyundai’s labor practices, including exploitation of vulnerable migrant workers.

good piece. be warned there's a Garry Tan jump scare. #sfPol
https://jacobin.com/2025/08/san-francisco-zohran-democratic-socialism

San Francisco’s Ultrarich Are Blocking a Zohran-Style Agenda
For years, democratic socialists in San Francisco have been passing Zohran Mamdani–style policies in the city legislature and through ballot measures, only to see them blocked by Silicon Valley billionaires and powerful real estate interests.

Jacobin: https://eyebeemania.net/2025/10/09/jacobin.html

Jacobin
Anyone here read Jacobin? I’m reading the latest …

🪧 The Indonesian Protests Are a Revolt Against Oligarchy
#indonesia

The Indonesian Protests Are a Revolt Against Oligarchy
The Indonesian president, Prabowo, would like to turn the clock back to the dark days of the Suharto dictatorship. But he’s been confronted with an unexpected wave of protest after the killing of a young man by police in Jakarta, the country’s capital.

The Center Left Is in Denial About NATO’s New Normal https://jacobin.com/2025/08/center-left-nato-military-welfare/

The Center Left Is in Denial About NATO’s New Normal
NATO members across Europe have embraced Donald Trump’s call to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense. Many social democrats argue that this shouldn’t come at the cost of welfare cuts, but they refuse to challenge the military spending plan itself.

Proportional Representation Is the Solution to Gerrymandering
https://jacobin.com/2025/09/proportional-representation-voting-democrats-gerrymandering/

😬 Organizing Amazon Should Be a Priority for Labor Globally
#amazon

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.

⏰ The Left Can’t Abandon Nostalgia to the Right
#nostalgia

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.

Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor https://jacobin.com/2025/09/omar-fateh-minneapolis-dsa-mayoral-election/

Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor
What does democratic socialism mean to Omar Fateh, Minneapolis mayoral candidate? “It’s pretty clear cut: you want to take care of everyone.”

🤑 San Francisco’s Ultrarich Are Blocking a Zohran-Style Agenda
#california

San Francisco’s Ultrarich Are Blocking a Zohran-Style Agenda
For years, democratic socialists in San Francisco have been passing Zohran Mamdani–style policies in the city legislature and through ballot measures, only to see them blocked by Silicon Valley billionaires and powerful real estate interests.

✊ Shawn Fain: “We Need More Than a Party — We Need a Movement”
#union

Shawn Fain: “We Need More Than a Party — We Need a Movement”
UAW president Shawn Fain, speaking at a Center for Working-Class Politics and Jacobin event, emphasized the need for a political program that addresses workers’ most basic issues — and how a broad strike in 2028 could put them front and center.

🧑‍🏭 It’s Still Possible to Rebuild a Working-Class Majority
#politics

It’s Still Possible to Rebuild a Working-Class Majority
Labor organizing can’t succeed at scale without a supportive legal and political environment, created by majoritarian coalitions that can win reforms, confront corporate power, and prove to skeptical workers that progressive governance delivers.

writing a piece for Jacobin magazine about how political violence is never okay

⚡ Want to End the EV Culture Wars? Make EVs Affordable.
#ev

Want to End the EV Culture Wars? Make EVs Affordable.
Culture warriors and industry lobbyists have turned electric vehicles into a proxy battle for deeper anxieties about class, control, and who might be left behind in a green economy. But most people just want a car they can afford.

When Genocide Denial Is the Norm https://jacobin.com/2025/08/genocide-israel-west-us-ties/

When Genocide Denial Is the Norm
Genocide scholar Martin Shaw argues that ending Israel’s genocide in Gaza and isolating Israel on the international stage must become the cause of every country that claims to represent human values.

😓 The Problem With Israel Is So Much Bigger Than Netanyahu
#israel

The Problem With Israel Is So Much Bigger Than Netanyahu
Increasingly, mainstream Democrats have sought to carve out a space for “acceptable” Zionism by saying that they support Israel but oppose Bibi Netanyahu. But the horrors of Gaza are a result of processes far more vast than one right-wing leader.

Using Protected Identity to Suppress History https://jacobin.com/2025/08/israel-anti-zionism-antisemitism-education-palestine/

Using Protected Identity to Suppress History
Legislation on protected identities is supposed to foster good intercommunal relations. When it’s used to protect Zionism, it means shielding a 19th-century nationalist ideology from criticism as if it were an innate characteristic of all Jews.

What Trump’s Decertification of Federal Employee Unions Means https://jacobin.com/2025/08/trump-decertification-federal-employee-unions/
If there is a god, Trump will be struck dead by lightning then next time he’s on a golf course.

What Trump’s Decertification of Federal Employee Unions Means
The Trump administration moved ahead last week with its plans to void the collective bargaining agreements covering hundreds of thousands of federal workers. The labor movement appears largely quiescent in the face of this historic union busting.

🛠️ New England Unions Lead the Way on Offshore Wind
#union

New England Unions Lead the Way on Offshore Wind
Building trades unions in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are successfully fighting for offshore wind projects that create good union jobs and revitalize the economy. In the process, they’re showing how to defend clean energy from Donald Trump.

Performative Politics Is a Dead End https://jacobin.com/2025/09/ndp-leadership-race-social-democracy-identity-politics/

Performative Politics Is a Dead End
Canada’s New Democratic Party once rallied workers around a bold social democratic vision. The leadership contest now unfolding shows a center left so busy virtue signaling it forgets how to build power.

🛠️ Colombia Against the Fossil Fuel Age
#energy

Colombia Against the Fossil Fuel Age
Colombia’s energy transition is not just playing out in policy papers — it’s unfolding in oil fields, coal towns, and courtrooms. Jacobin spoke with engineers, unionists, and President Petro himself about trying to realize a post-extractivist economy.

Political Violence Is Wrong. Charlie Kirk Didn’t Think So. https://jacobin.com/2025/09/kirk-posobiec-political-violence-far-right/

Political Violence Is Wrong. Charlie Kirk Didn’t Think So.
The murder of Charlie Kirk was a moral travesty. We can recognize that without ignoring that he repeatedly fanned the flames of political violence himself.

🎲 Luck Shouldn’t Determine Our Fates
#inequality

Luck Shouldn’t Determine Our Fates
Socialists accept that some degree of inequality may be inevitable in a complex society. But there’s one kind of inequality that’s intolerable: the kind where resources are allocated according to factors that individuals can’t control.

🌹 An Electoral Strategy for a New York City Socialist Agenda
#politics

An Electoral Strategy for a New York City Socialist Agenda
New York City socialists have to figure out how to scale up quickly with a potential Zohran Mamdani mayoralty on the horizon.

🌹 New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream
#politics

New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream
A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies.

📉 Why the Left Should Care About Population Decline
#population

Why the Left Should Care About Population Decline
Population decline is not just about human extinction. Before it ends, human civilization will grow increasingly unpleasant — and communal ideals associated with left-wing politics will become increasingly difficult to sustain.

💗 The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand
#politics

The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand
Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, sometimes we leftists seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics — it’s just wasting precious time.

⛏️ Lula’s Coalition Beat the Right. Can It Deliver for the Left?
#politics

Lula’s Coalition Beat the Right. Can It Deliver for the Left?
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s experience in power in Brazil illustrates that a broad-front strategy in campaigning is decidedly weaker as a case for how to actually govern.

🌹 Zohran Mamdani Is Part of Municipal Socialism’s Long History
#politics

Zohran Mamdani Is Part of Municipal Socialism’s Long History
If he wins the New York City mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani will not be in totally uncharted territory. A long line of municipal-level socialists in the United States and around the world have been in his position before.

💥 Trump’s EPA Hid Risks at the Steel Plant That Just Exploded
#workers

Trump’s EPA Hid Risks at the Steel Plant That Just Exploded
The US Steel plant where two workers were killed and ten injured in an explosion on Monday had a history of chemical accidents. It was one of hundreds of chemical facilities whose risks were hidden from the public after lobbying by the chemical industry.