Jacobin
The War on Christmas isn’t fully a figment of Fox News’s imagination. But the villains are today’s capitalist Scrooges, relentlessly exploiting their workers with long hours and low wages through the holidays.
In Georgia, a National Election Is a Geopolitical Struggle - Jacobin
Oct 25, 2024 · Georgian liberals hope Saturday’s election will see a shift toward pro-EU parties. Yet the Georgian state’s dependence on bigger powers is making the country’s politics part of a wider geopolitical contest, as tensions rise between the US, Russia, and China.
Don’t Despair: Trump Isn’t Invincible - Jacobin
After spending a few days in shell-shocked mode, I started thinking seriously about what went wrong on Tuesday and how we can defeat Trumpism. And I’m here to tell you that the news isn’t all bad. 1. Blame the Democratic Party establishment. Tuesday’s loss is what happens when you leave workers behind for decades, from Bill Clinton’s ...
Jordan Peterson’s Take on the Bible Is as Bad as You’d Think
Dec 18, 2024 · Review of We Who Wrestle With God: Perceptions of the Divine by Jordan Peterson (Portfolio, 2024). Jordan Peterson is back with a five-hundred-plus-page book about, nominally, the Old Testament. It is the Canadian psychologist and culture warrior’s first volume of biblical exegesis, and he has promised to follow it up with at least one more on the “many other stories of the Old and New ...
Israel Is Ethnically Cleansing Northern Gaza - Jacobin
Oct 21, 2024 · One year into genocide, Israel continues to massacre Palestinians with impunity in Gaza. On Saturday, Israel carried out a horrific massacre in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, killing at least one hundred Palestinians, mostly women and children. The death toll is expected to rise dramatically, as hundreds are fatally wounded, missing, or trapped under rubble.
Americans Hate Their Private Health Insurance - Jacobin
Dec 7, 2024 · If you want to get a sense of just how deep and widespread Americans’ rage at this often absurd and unfair system is, just look at the public reaction to the shocking news of the assassination of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare (UHC), one of the country’s most cruel and rapacious health insurance companies. Whatever his killer ...
Why Is Health Care Reform Absent This Election? - Jacobin
Despite polling consistently showing that voters are deeply concerned about medical care and its costs, neither Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris is offering a sweeping vision of health care reform.
There’s No Pride in a Dick Cheney Endorsement - Jacobin
Oct 25, 2024 · During a recent appearance on The Daily Show, Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz touted the broad coalition supporting him and his running mate, Kamala Harris.“Dick Cheney, Bernie Sanders, Taylor Swift . . .” It’s the kind of reference to former Vice President Cheney that Harris, Walz, and their surrogates have …
In Austria, Communists Could Get Back Into Parliament - Jacobin
Austria’s Communist Party hasn’t had an MP since 1959. But after years showing its worth in bread-and-butter local campaigns, the party has a realistic chance of a breakthrough in Sunday’s general election.
Confronting the Death Drive in Trump’s America - Jacobin
Oct 27, 2024 · Jacob Chansley, also known as the "QAnon Shaman," screams "Freedom" inside the US Senate chamber after the US Capitol was breached by a mob during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)