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Not the Fall of Saigon — Its Liberation
Fifty years since the triumph of national liberation forces, Catalyst editor Vivek Chibber explores the true story of the Vietnam War — not as a tragedy of American overreach but as a triumph of Vietnamese resistance. Vietnamese people celebrate after the liberation...
Will Latin America Unite Against Trump?
Rather than ushering in a new era of Latin American unity, Donald Trump’s tariffs, anti-immigrant policies, and withdrawal of humanitarian aid have mostly highlighted its divisions. US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on...
US Defeat in Vietnam Was the Right Outcome for an Unjust War
The US invasion of Vietnam was a catastrophe for the Vietnamese people, resulting in millions of deaths. Fifty years ago today, the US-backed regime finally collapsed as North Vietnamese forces took control of Saigon. Two Vietnamese women mourn their relatives on...
Taking Stock of Donald Trump’s First One Hundred Days
One hundred days into Donald Trump’s presidency, the primary victim of America’s war against the world is America. Donald Trump talks to reporters he departs the White House on February 28, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) The first hundred...
The Courts Won’t Save Us
Just 100 days into Donald Trump’s second term, some wonder if the US faces a constitutional crisis. Yale law professor Samuel Moyn tells Jacobin that, rather than resisting authoritarianism, the courts have enabled Trump’s rise. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John...
A Hundred Days In, Donald Trump Is Flailing
Donald Trump’s first 100 days have shown what a vigorous use of executive power actually looks like. But aside from permanently hobbling the modern American state, it’s hard to see what he’s actually achieved with it. Donald Trump speaking to members of the press...
Will Utah Compensate Victims of Forced Sterilization?
Of the 32 US states that forcibly sterilized people in the 20th century under the influence of eugenics, only three have taken accountability by compensating survivors. A group of researchers is trying to make Utah the next. Earnest Lewis Reynolds, a victim of the...
May Day 2025 Event: Charting a Socialist Future
This May Day, Jacobin invites you to a conversation about what socialism could look like in the twenty-first century — and how we can build it. A party will follow. Jacobin founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara will moderate a discussion between theorist Nancy Fraser and...
Big Tech Wants Free Rein to Sell Your Data
Tech companies accused of exposing consumers to fraud want the Trump administration to let them freely buy and sell your personal information. Experian North America offices in Costa Mesa, California on October 19, 2018. (Paul Bersebach / Digital First Media / Orange...
How Neoliberalism Has Distorted Human Choice
Humans, it is sometimes said, are defined by our capacity for choice. We are not moved to act merely by instinct: we choose what we do and how we do it. This is part of what it means to be human. Immanuel Kant, the influential Enlightenment-era German philosopher, did...
Inside Syria’s Fight to Keep Patients Alive
Amid war and sanctions, Syria’s health care system has collapsed. These new photos from Jacobin’s correspondent in Syria show how, in the absence of a functioning state, volunteers and doctors have become the last line of defense. A child undergoing open-heart surgery...