Mystifying Poverty
The jargon of school reformers only masks the poverty that stifles student achievement.
198 Articles by: Bhaskar Sunkara
Bhaskar Sunkara is the founding editor of Jacobin, the president of the Nation magazine, and the author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality.
Free the Land: An Interview with Chokwe Lumumba
Chokwe Lumumba discusses popular power and the past and future of revolutionary struggle in the American South.
$14.95 Subscriptions and Some May Day News
By 2036, we’ll move Labor Day to May 1. Maybe Christmas, as well, but these things take time.
Power to Which People?
Progressives should be less concerned about how people are protesting and more concerned about who is mobilizing and what they’re fighting for.
Issue 14 Preview: “A World to Win”
The new issue of Jacobin will be out in May. Here’s a sneak peek and an animated GIF to share with your friends.
Chokwe Lumumba: A Revolutionary to the End
Chokwe Lumumba (1947–2014).
Class Action: An Activist Teacher’s Handbook
After numerous delays, Class Action: An Activist Teacher’s Handbook is finally ready.
Pete Seeger, American Communist
Seeger did good — because he was a communist, not in spite of it.
Our Plans for 2014: Jacobin Needs Your Help
Moving forward, on a shoestring as ever before, here are some projects that we’re excited for in the coming year.
11/25 Event, Last Chance for Books, Posters
The first wave of Jacobin books will be released in early March 2014, with several more to come.
A Different Kind of Shutdown
Does the Left have anything to learn from the Tea Party?
An Interview With Bill de Blasio
The New York City mayoral candidate talks about labor issues and more.
Issue 11/12 Preview: “Misery Index”
Our next issue will be mailed to subscribers on August 16 and released online on September 2.
What is Union Democracy?
Bob Fitch on the Left, the Right, and what a real labor movement would look like.
Italian Lessons
On the Italian Communist Party and the path not taken between the horrors of state socialism and the bankruptcy of modern social democracy.
Like Mike?
Michael Harrington was wrong about a lot of things, but not quite in the way Joe Allen describes.
The Next Left
A new New Deal alliance would bode well for the liberal-left, but rejuvenating American liberalism will only be a means to an end.
Fellow Travelers
It’s impossible to deny that institutionally the socialist left is in disarray.
Curriculum for a New American Century
What would a national core curriculum to prepare students for work in the Age of Service look like?