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The ABCs: Isn't the US Already Kind of Socialist?
You’ve probably seen the memes purporting to show just how socialist the United States already is by listing a bunch of government programs, services, and agencies. The idea that any government activity is synonymous with socialism has major politica...
The Dig: Matt Bruenig on Why Welfare Is Great and We Need More of It
Medicaid expansion saved Obamacare from repeal. There’s a lot to hate about Obamacare, but that expansion did something very good on a very large scale — and it made just enough Republicans very nervous about taking it away.
The Dig: Matt Bruenig on Why Welfare Is Great and We Need More of It
Medicaid expansion saved Obamacare from repeal. There’s a lot to hate about Obamacare, but that expansion did something very good on a very large scale — and it made just enough Republicans very nervous about taking it away.
Behind the News: Jodi Dean on Populism and Jane McAlevey on Real Organizing
Doug Henwood interviews Jodi Dean on why the temptations of populism should be resisted, and Jane McAlevey, author of No Shortcuts, on real organizing, not fake organizing.
Behind the News: Jodi Dean on Populism and Jane McAlevey on Real Organizing
Doug Henwood interviews Jodi Dean on why the temptations of populism should be resisted, and Jane McAlevey, author of No Shortcuts, on real organizing, not fake organizing.
Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman: Adam Curtis: The Left Must Present an Alternative Vision
Suzi Weissman interviews documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis on why the Left has to present a compelling, alternative vision of a better future — or it's doomed.
Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman: Adam Curtis: The Left Must Present an Alternative Vision
Suzi Weissman interviews documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis on why the Left has to present a compelling, alternative vision of a better future — or it's doomed.
The ABCs: Is Socialism Just a Western, Eurocentric Concept?
Socialism is in the air. But the idea of socialism is under attack—and not only from the Right. Within the Left itself, there is suspicion of an ideal many view as single-mindedly focused on economic issues and distant from other everyday sufferings,
The ABCs: Is Socialism Just a Western, Eurocentric Concept?
Socialism is in the air. But the idea of socialism is under attack—and not only from the Right. Within the Left itself, there is suspicion of an ideal many view as single-mindedly focused on economic issues and distant from other everyday sufferings,
The Dig: Corey Robin on the Reactionaries' Minds Under Trump
What a moment to read, or to re-read, The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin, political scientist Corey Robin’s 2011 collection of essays — especially if you need to disabuse friends and family of the notion that Trump is s...