The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.The COVID-19 crisis has unfolded in predictably troubling ways in Iowa. Acting on a false sense of rural isolation, the state is (four of them in the upper Midwest) never to issue a statewide “shelter-in-place” order. And now, even as the virus continues to take its toll in and , the state is one of a handful to lurch toward “reopening” — a decision, the last week, “all but certain to cause a spike in new COVID-19 patients and potentially overwhelm our health care system.”With Iowa’s legislative...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.The COVID-19 crisis has unfolded in predictably troubling ways in Iowa. Acting on a false sense of rural isolation, the state is (four of them in the upper Midwest) never to issue a statewide “shelter-in-place” order. And now, even as the virus continues to take its toll in and , the state is one of a handful to lurch toward “reopening” — a decision, the last week, “all but certain to cause a spike in new COVID-19 patients and potentially overwhelm our health care system.”With Iowa’s legislative...WW…

The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.Three weeks before the Democratic primary in New York’s 15th Congressional District in the Bronx, things were going pretty well for socialist candidate Samelys López. Perhaps surprisingly well: the newcomer, endorsed by Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), had been gaining traction in an extremely crowded race, with twelve contenders all vying for the same job.This was a once-in-a-generation opportunity in New York politics — an open seat. The well-liked...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.Three weeks before the Democratic primary in New York’s 15th Congressional District in the Bronx, things were going pretty well for socialist candidate Samelys López. Perhaps surprisingly well: the newcomer, endorsed by Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), had been gaining traction in an extremely crowded race, with twelve contenders all vying for the same job.This was a once-in-a-generation opportunity in New York politics — an open seat. The well-liked...WW…

The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.Last year marked the  of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia. Although this grim event is now being discussed in profound and penetrating ways, few in the mainstream media are noting the particularly capitalist character of the New World’s modern form of slavery — a theme that runs through  critique of capital and his  of capitalism and slavery.Marx did not view the large-scale enslavement of Africans by Europeans, which began in the early sixteenth century in...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.Last year marked the  of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia. Although this grim event is now being discussed in profound and penetrating ways, few in the mainstream media are noting the particularly capitalist character of the New World’s modern form of slavery — a theme that runs through  critique of capital and his  of capitalism and slavery.Marx did not view the large-scale enslavement of Africans by Europeans, which began in the early sixteenth century in...WW…

The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.Two years ago, as Serbia’s ( ) “reformed” ultranationalist president gave warm praise to the war criminal who once led the country to disaster, I :The history of countries like Serbia is actually instructive for countries like the US. They show the danger of rehabilitating extreme and criminal elements of national leadership, of whitewashing their legacies, and of re-elevating them to positions of prominence. Unfortunately, they’re lessons Western media doesn’t seem to believe apply to their own...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.Two years ago, as Serbia’s ( ) “reformed” ultranationalist president gave warm praise to the war criminal who once led the country to disaster, I :The history of countries like Serbia is actually instructive for countries like the US. They show the danger of rehabilitating extreme and criminal elements of national leadership, of whitewashing their legacies, and of re-elevating them to positions of prominence. Unfortunately, they’re lessons Western media doesn’t seem to believe apply to their own...WW…

The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.The United States Postal Service (USPS) is in trouble. Long-standing efforts to dismantle the agency have seriously escalated amid the coronavirus crisis, with the Trump administration depriving the USPS of much-needed emergency funding in a bid to drive through a host of neoliberal reforms.On May 6, President Trump longtime GOP donor Louis DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman, as the new postmaster general. Curiously absent from DeJoy’s résumé is any experience working in the USPS — the first time...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.The United States Postal Service (USPS) is in trouble. Long-standing efforts to dismantle the agency have seriously escalated amid the coronavirus crisis, with the Trump administration depriving the USPS of much-needed emergency funding in a bid to drive through a host of neoliberal reforms.On May 6, President Trump longtime GOP donor Louis DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman, as the new postmaster general. Curiously absent from DeJoy’s résumé is any experience working in the USPS — the first time...WW…

The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.“Joe is a union guy. Pass it on,” the AFL-CIO on Election Day 2020. The labor federation, and many of the unions that comprise it, went all-in on Joe Biden, for the Democratic Party presidential candidate as well as donating funds toward the election effort. (Some independent unions, such as the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, or UE for short, were about Biden, but nonetheless focused their efforts on from office.)But what does “Joe is a union guy” mean? After all, while...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.“Joe is a union guy. Pass it on,” the AFL-CIO on Election Day 2020. The labor federation, and many of the unions that comprise it, went all-in on Joe Biden, for the Democratic Party presidential candidate as well as donating funds toward the election effort. (Some independent unions, such as the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, or UE for short, were about Biden, but nonetheless focused their efforts on from office.)But what does “Joe is a union guy” mean? After all, while...WW…

The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.has always been a farce, but even its most ardent skeptics couldn’t have predicted just how absurd the scandal would become. Case in point: newly from the Department of Justice Inspector General report on the FBI’s collusion-related spying on Trump contacts now strongly suggest that the Steele dossier was itself the product of Russian disinformation.It feels like it’s been decades since was the political issue of the day, so let’s first recap some basics. Christopher Steele was a former British spy...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.has always been a farce, but even its most ardent skeptics couldn’t have predicted just how absurd the scandal would become. Case in point: newly from the Department of Justice Inspector General report on the FBI’s collusion-related spying on Trump contacts now strongly suggest that the Steele dossier was itself the product of Russian disinformation.It feels like it’s been decades since was the political issue of the day, so let’s first recap some basics. Christopher Steele was a former British spy...WW…

The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.As protesters continue to meet a massive police presence on the streets of New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city council are under pressure to defund the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and reduce its power. Momentum is building for cuts — the question is how substantial those cuts will be.The uprising in response to the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis is pressing cities and institutions across the country to defund police departments and reinvest in social programs in...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.As protesters continue to meet a massive police presence on the streets of New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city council are under pressure to defund the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and reduce its power. Momentum is building for cuts — the question is how substantial those cuts will be.The uprising in response to the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis is pressing cities and institutions across the country to defund police departments and reinvest in social programs in...WW…

The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.During the capitalist crisis that began in 2008, left-wing observers never tired of pointing out that, when translated into English, the two Chinese symbols for the word “crisis” meant “danger” but also “opportunity.” In medical terms, a crisis is precisely that critical moment when it is decided whether the patient will die or survive.The current pandemic is both an economic and medical crisis. To be more precise, it is a stress test of the health systems in the OECD countries — and the economic...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.During the capitalist crisis that began in 2008, left-wing observers never tired of pointing out that, when translated into English, the two Chinese symbols for the word “crisis” meant “danger” but also “opportunity.” In medical terms, a crisis is precisely that critical moment when it is decided whether the patient will die or survive.The current pandemic is both an economic and medical crisis. To be more precise, it is a stress test of the health systems in the OECD countries — and the economic...WW…

The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.This week Bernie Sanders, now out of the running for the Democratic Party presidential nominee, expressed some skepticism about the demand to defund the police in an . That demand has become a rallying cry for the protests against racist police brutality that have arisen in the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. But while Sanders echoed some of the core concepts animating the demand — like reassigning mental health and addiction services to non-police agencies — he didn’t...…The new issue of Jacobin is out next week. and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.This week Bernie Sanders, now out of the running for the Democratic Party presidential nominee, expressed some skepticism about the demand to defund the police in an . That demand has become a rallying cry for the protests against racist police brutality that have arisen in the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. But while Sanders echoed some of the core concepts animating the demand — like reassigning mental health and addiction services to non-police agencies — he didn’t...WW…