New Future

For years, the loudest opposition to school privatization has come from public-school advocates and teachers’ unions, who argue that vouchers steal tax dollars from local public schools. They are now increasingly being joined by critics on the Right.

Rural Americans need good internet and good jobs. And they were poised to get them — until Elon Musk saw an opening to grow his fortune with a plan that will provide worse internet and fewer jobs.

It’s been a rough year for movies so far — which makes the new horror hit The Monkey an enjoyable surprise.

Recent pro-European demonstrations in Italy saw top liberals call for the EU to rearm. For some, it’s a passionate rallying cry — but the diversion of more funds to the military is weakening any prospect of serious European social policy.

Yesterday Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, oversaw the imprisonment of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu. In jailing his political rival, Erdoğan has joined a global club of authoritarian leaders unwilling to tolerate challengers of any kind.

The “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” rallies headlined by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can become something much bigger — if Bernie and AOC direct their rally attendees into sustained organizing efforts against Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Throughout US history, reactionary forces have used immigration law to silence political speech — just as the Trump administration is trying to do against Mahmoud Khalil and several others.

Without a massive change in leadership, strategy, political pitch, or all of the above, the Democratic Party under Sen. Chuck Schumer is basically dead in the water.

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book Abundance has plenty of merits, writes Matt Bruenig, but its emphasis on growth and innovation must be married to other egalitarian concerns.

German right-wing tabloid Bild ran a smear campaign against civil servant Melanie Schweizer because of her solidarity with Palestine — and then she was fired. She told Jacobin what her case says about the reality of free speech in Germany.

Argentina’s biggest football stars, from Maradona to Messi, got their start in the country’s ubiquitous neighborhood sports clubs. These community centers urgently need government support, not the ruthless privatization on offer from far-right president Javier Milei.

The unconventional artistic rebellion of surrealism may seem a long way removed from the sober, disciplined work of Marxist revolutionaries. But French writer Pierre Naville brought surrealism and Marxism together amid the turmoil of interwar Europe.

European leaders claim to be champions of the liberal international order that Donald Trump is repudiating. But they’re lining up with Trump to support the resumption of Israel’s murderous onslaught against Palestinian civilians.

Poorer Americans work long hours to afford basic necessities. Richer Americans work long hours in pursuit of “the good life” that’s perpetually just beyond their grasp. All of this tedious work is a waste of our precious time and resources.