Jacobin

I expect the mood was joyful at Budapest’s Scruton Café following the news of Donald Trump’s election to a second term in office. The café is named after the English philosopher Roger Scruton, revered by...

Last month, Jacobin published an article by Shadman Ali Khan called “Indian Communists’ Muslim Dilemma.” This “large crisis,” the author argues, “is a crisis of imagination regarding the kind of social transformation it aims to...

The Trump administration’s decision this week to overturn rules prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from raiding hospitals and clinics is more than a cruel act of political theater. It is a direct assault on...

Enzo Traverso We need to be very clear here: I don’t compare Gaza with the Holocaust. I don’t claim that what is happening in Gaza today is a repetition of the Holocaust. I simply say...

“The reckless approval of an agreement with the Hamas terror organization . . . represents a disgraceful surrender. This deal forfeits the IDF’s [Israel Defense Forces] hard-won achievements in the war, involves withdrawing forces from...

In April 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the general fertility rate in the United States had dropped to a “historic low.” After a couple years of rising slightly in the...

In the days approaching January 19, 2025, millions of TikTok content creators and consumers prepared to say their final goodbyes to the app. After a TikTok ban was passed in Congress, requiring the app either...

The loss of David Lynch — the great American filmmaker, painter, musician, and transcendental meditation evangelist — is  profound. More than any other American artist, Lynch peered at the opaque conditions of contemporary life and...

If Donald Trump’s trade threats are real, the stakes for Canada’s economy are extremely high. His proposed 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods imported into the United States could lead to a GDP decline of...

Water buffalo gently glide through shallow water canals that snake throughout Iraq’s southern Mesopotamian Marshes, their black skin glistening under the country’s relentless summer heat. Dried and cracked earth expands into the distance, colliding with...

“House Republicans want to pass massive tax breaks for billionaires and wealthy corporations to benefit the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected and to stick the bill with working-class Americans,” House Democratic minority leader Hakeem...

Before the election, much was made of Donald Trump’s promise to be “a dictator on day one.” Trump’s critics and Trump himself said his medium would be executive orders — but this time used not...