One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and purposelessness.Addiction results from desperation and alienation, not...
If you take a closer look at the data, the generational differences within Jewish New York voters’ embrace of Zohran Mamdani looks a lot like the generational differences within black voters’ embrace of Bernie Sanders in 2016.If we start connecting the threads from...
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis. But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.At a time when...
Donald Trump speaks of an expanded Monroe Doctrine that asserts US domination across the Americas. Chilean ex-diplomat Jorge Heine told Jacobin about the need for a new nonaligned movement that can resist imperialist claims.According to Jorge Heine, Chile is not alone...
Despite rising inequality, poor job numbers, and Donald Trump’s mass deportations, the economy grew by a remarkable 4.3% last year, mostly thanks to the AI industry. This success masks an economy highly dependent on debt and state subsidies.Much of the recent growth...
In 2021, the January 6 Capitol attack exposed deep connections between the US state and far-right groups. When something similar happened in Brazil in 2023, it prompted a national attempt to reform the government. The US has failed to do the same.With Donald Trump’s...
The Right had a spectacular meltdown about Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration speech rejecting “rugged individualism” in favor of what he called the “warmth of collectivism.” But Mamdani is right that community is a value worth extolling.Zohran Mamdani became the mayor of...
In Brazil, the jailing of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva served a far-right takeover. The Turkish government is following the same playbook as it stifles the opposition.The Turkish government is making parallel use of repression and legal tactics to...
Aijaz Ahmad belonged to a generation of South Asian left intellectuals who came of age in the heyday of anti-colonial revolution. He was an uncompromising opponent of the Hindutva right that betrayed the heritage of India’s struggle against colonialism.Aijaz Ahmad’s...
Bryan Johnson’s sexless brand of “wellness vampirism” is the perfect metaphor for Silicon Valley. It’s a utopian promise of a limitless future disguising a brutal, extractive reality that leaves us all drained.Bryan Johnson has spent millions trying to become immortal...
Financial fraud has exploded in the past few years, with consumers reporting more than $12.5 billion in losses in 2024. President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda isn’t helping.ACH fraud is becoming ever more common due to an increase in digital...
Before Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro, corporations filed lawsuits against Venezuela seeking damages tied to state nationalization, international sanctions, and political instability. A Trump-installed government could tilt the courts in their...