JACOBIN

AUGUST 22. 2025

With Trump, the Antisemitism Is Coming From Inside the House

Donald Trump’s crackdown on antisemitism seems to have strangely missed all of his appointees and allies who associate with a range of unabashed anti-Jewish bigots. It almost makes you suspect the White House’s charges of antisemitism are purely cynical.

The Far-Right Protest Vote in Romania

In Romania’s integration into European capitalism, the tough years after the 2008 crisis broke the illusion of continuous progress. The losers of that period are today swinging to far-right parties who tell a story of national victimhood.

AUGUST 21. 2025

We Need More Public Pools

Public pools are a vital resource in the United States. We need more of them.

Donald Trump and the Return of Capitalist Nihilism

The Trump administration is frequently operating outside the logic of capitalist self-interest, powered by an appetite for cruelty and destruction for the sake of cruelty and destruction and an all-consuming resentment.

Colombia Against the Fossil Fuel Age

In defiance of global trends, Gustavo Petro’s Colombian government has sought to abandon coal and oil. But the project exposes the limits of post-extractivism in one country.

Spotify Pushes Musicians to Become “Content Creators”

Many musicians don’t like what Spotify stands for, yet increasingly depend on it for earnings. Measures to support artists’ incomes could free music from the grip of the streaming giants.

The Fifth Circuit Ruled That the NLRB Is Unconstitutional

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with SpaceX earlier this week, ruling that the National Labor Relations Board’s current structure is unconstitutional. The decision will keep the agency hamstrung until the case makes its way to the Supreme Court.

The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand

Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, left-wing activists sometimes seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics — it’s just wasting precious time.

AUGUST 20. 2025

The Right’s Arguments Against “Free Stuff” Don’t Make Sense

The Right loves to claim that socialists want a bunch of “free stuff. ” On some level, they’re right. We do. But so do they.

Colorado May Bar Consumers From Suing AI Businesses

In Colorado, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is spearheading state legislation that would prohibit consumers from suing businesses whose AI potentially violates consumer protection laws.

Andrew Cuomo, Somehow, Wants to Weaken Affordable Housing

Proposing a housing policy that will accelerate New York’s housing crisis just to troll Zohran Mamdani is an odd look for Andrew Cuomo, who ran for mayor on seriousness and experience. But badly losing a primary will do that kind of thing to a man.

In Colombia, Álvaro Uribe’s Conviction Is a Flash Point

Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe was convicted this month of bribing witnesses, making him the first head of state in modern Colombia to face a criminal conviction. The case is roiling the country’s political landscape.

Zohran Mamdani Is Part of Municipal Socialism’s Long History

If he wins the New York City mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani will not be in totally uncharted territory. A long line of municipal-level socialists in the United States and around the world have been in his position before.

The Frustrations and Resentment of Working-Class Russians

The lack of popular rebellion in Russia is often cast in terms of mass depoliticization. Yet working-class Russians do express political attitudes, often voicing a familiar frustration that the future has been taken from them.