Backed by Big Pharma, Big Oil, and Wall Street, Republican lawmakers are claiming Donald Trump’s tax bill helps ordinary Americans. In reality, it cuts taxes for the rich while slashing health care and other benefits for tens of millions. Donald Trump's “Big,...
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Ursula von der Leyen Is Waging War on Workers
The European Union’s top official, Ursula von der Leyen, has declared rearmament the bloc’s emergency priority. While military spending soars to new heights, working people face a fresh era of austerity. Ursula von der Leyen speaking at the Annual European Union...
Keir Starmer’s Palestine Action Ban Is a Threat to Democracy
Britain’s government is banning the group Palestine Action for its role in nonviolent direct action against Israeli arms factories — a sinister and unprecedented move from a government that wants to suppress opposition to the Gaza genocide. British prime minister Keir...
28 Years Later and the Social Life of Catastrophe
The latest installment of the 28 Days Later franchise returns with more than zombies — it explores the strange new norms that follow collapse. It’s a vision of survival horror that focuses not just on the infected but on the ways humanity adapts. Alfie Williams, Jodie...
Pay Attention to How Zohran Mamdani Won
Zohran Mamdani won the New York Democratic primary by keeping his focus on voters’ most important issue: affordability. The rest of the Democratic Party should take notice. Zohran Mamdani arrives for a campaign event in New York, NY, on Monday, June 23, 2025. (Adam...
Zohran Mamdani’s Historic Win: 16 Takeaways
Leftists and progressives throughout the country have much to learn from how democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani pulled off an unprecedented upset last night. New York mayoral candidate, state representative Zohran Mamdani (D-NY), speaks to supporters during an...
Zohran Mamdani: “We Can Demand What We Deserve”
Zohran Mamdani spoke to his supporters, New York City, and the world last night: “We have won because New Yorkers have stood up for a city they can afford. A city where they can do more than just struggle.” We publish his speech in full here. Zohran Mamdani speaking...
At a Bleak Political Moment, Zohran Mamdani Offers Hope
Zohran Mamdani’s victory last night was a straightforward triumph of people over money, the kind that capitalist elites try so hard to convince us is impossible. Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters at the Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025, in New York City....
In Zohran Mamdani’s Win, Socialism Beat the Status Quo
There is a hunger for bold, transformative politics in the United States right now. Zohran Mamdani shows how the Left can run on a principled, disciplined message that speaks to voters’ lived concerns — and win. Zohran Mamdani speaking to supporters at the Greats of...
The US Started Both the Old and New Cold Wars
In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber discusses why the US desire for global dominance was responsible for the Cold War — and why the United States is inflaming new rivalries with Russia and China today. Russian president Vladimir Putin poses with cadets at Red...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Legal Battle Is Far From Over
After 104 days in ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil was released on a judge’s order last weekend. But the Trump administration remains committed to deporting him. Mahmoud Khalil marching with supporters after being released from ICE detention during a rally outside of the...
Robert Kaplan Expresses the Nihilism of Our Ruling Class
So much has been written about the naive optimism of the 1990s that trashing it now feels otiose, even cowardly. Few thinkers have been so panned in hindsight (or so widely misrepresented) as Francis Fukuyama and his inauguration of the End of History and the Last...