Jacobin

Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general...

In Cameroon, history seems frozen in time. For forty-three years, power has had only one face: that of Paul Biya....

The biggest left-wing political story of the week is democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City. But...

I went to see Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon because I’m one of the extremely niche group of people still living...

This summer, a small group of tenants in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park made history when they successfully...

Canada’s new declarations of independence disguise continued economic and cultural reliance on its threatening neighbor. From Mark Carney’s trade diplomacy...

In February, at the start of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, news broke that a group of military contractors was...

The next issue of Jacobin, out next month, centers on the promise and limits of municipal socialism. Subscribe now at a discount to...

Nobody will be more surprised than me that I quite liked Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, because I hate biopics...

Fifty years ago, Morocco threatened to start a war with Spain in order to seize Madrid’s colony in Western Sahara....

In 1985, Nancy Pelosi ran for chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and lost. The contours of that fight...

For former governor Andrew Cuomo’s corporate allies and ultrawealthy megadonors, purchasing New York City’s 2025 mayoral race should have been...