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Issue 60 of Jacobin, “Municipal Socialism,” is here!
As Zohran Mamdani takes office, we examine the history of socialism at the local level, from Red Vienna to sewer socialism and more.
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As Zohran Mamdani takes office, we examine the history of socialism at the local level, from Red Vienna to sewer socialism and more.
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Donald Trump is leaning heavily on drug-trafficking accusations to justify his recent kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro.
But a new congressional report has found that the vast majority of illegal drugs come to the US via Mexico and China, not Venezuela.
But a new congressional report has found that the vast majority of illegal drugs come to the US via Mexico and China, not Venezuela.
The Lies Behind the US’s Next Forever War
Donald Trump is leaning heavily on drug-trafficking accusations to justify his recent kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro. But a new congressional report has found that the vast majority of illegal drugs come to the US via Mexico and China, not Venezuela.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Donald Trump is leaning heavily on drug-trafficking accusations to justify his recent kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro.
But a new congressional report has found that the vast majority of illegal drugs come to the US via Mexico and China, not Venezuela.
But a new congressional report has found that the vast majority of illegal drugs come to the US via Mexico and China, not Venezuela.
After years of organizing outside electoral politics, a new left formation in Amsterdam is running for city council. Its leaders argue that movements don’t need protest alone — they also need power.
In Amsterdam, the Left Might Bicycle to Power
After years of organizing outside electoral politics, a new left formation in Amsterdam is running for city council. Its leaders argue that movements don’t need protest alone — they also need power.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
After years of organizing outside electoral politics, a new left formation in Amsterdam is running for city council. Its leaders argue that movements don’t need protest alone — they also need power.
One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease.
While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and purposelessness.
While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and purposelessness.
We’re Thinking About Addiction Entirely Wrong
One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and purposelessness.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:29 PM
One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease.
While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and purposelessness.
While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and purposelessness.
If you take a closer look at the data, the generational differences within Jewish New York voters’ embrace of Zohran Mamdani looks a lot like the generational differences within black voters’ embrace of Bernie Sanders in 2016.
The Generational Split Within Jewish Voters on Zohran Mamdani
If you take a closer look at the data, the generational differences within Jewish New York voters’ embrace of Zohran Mamdani looks a lot like the generational differences within black voters’ embrace of Bernie Sanders in 2016.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:29 PM
If you take a closer look at the data, the generational differences within Jewish New York voters’ embrace of Zohran Mamdani looks a lot like the generational differences within black voters’ embrace of Bernie Sanders in 2016.
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
Capitalists Want You to Stop Worrying About Climate Change
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis. But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
Despite rising inequality, poor job numbers, and Donald Trump’s mass deportations, the economy grew by a remarkable 4.3% last year, mostly thanks to the AI industry.
This success masks an economy highly dependent on debt and state subsidies.
This success masks an economy highly dependent on debt and state subsidies.
AI-Led Growth Conceals an Economy Built on Debt and Inequality
Despite rising inequality, poor job numbers, and Donald Trump’s mass deportations, the economy grew by a remarkable 4.3% last year, mostly thanks to the AI industry. This success masks an economy highly dependent on debt and state subsidies.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Despite rising inequality, poor job numbers, and Donald Trump’s mass deportations, the economy grew by a remarkable 4.3% last year, mostly thanks to the AI industry.
This success masks an economy highly dependent on debt and state subsidies.
This success masks an economy highly dependent on debt and state subsidies.
Donald Trump speaks of an expanded Monroe Doctrine that asserts US domination across the Americas.
Chilean ex-diplomat Jorge Heine told Jacobin about the need for a new nonaligned movement that can resist imperialist claims.
Chilean ex-diplomat Jorge Heine told Jacobin about the need for a new nonaligned movement that can resist imperialist claims.
No, It’s Not the US’s Hemisphere
Donald Trump speaks of an expanded Monroe Doctrine that asserts US domination across the Americas. Chilean ex-diplomat Jorge Heine told Jacobin about the need for a new nonaligned movement that can resist imperialist claims.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Donald Trump speaks of an expanded Monroe Doctrine that asserts US domination across the Americas.
Chilean ex-diplomat Jorge Heine told Jacobin about the need for a new nonaligned movement that can resist imperialist claims.
Chilean ex-diplomat Jorge Heine told Jacobin about the need for a new nonaligned movement that can resist imperialist claims.
In 2021, the January 6 Capitol attack exposed deep connections between the US state and far-right groups.
When something similar happened in Brazil in 2023, it prompted a national attempt to reform the government.
The US has failed to do the same.
When something similar happened in Brazil in 2023, it prompted a national attempt to reform the government.
The US has failed to do the same.
What Brazil’s January 8 Can Teach Us About January 6
In 2021, the January 6 Capitol attack exposed deep connections between the US state and far-right groups. When something similar happened in Brazil in 2023, it prompted a national attempt to reform the government. The US has failed to do the same.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
In 2021, the January 6 Capitol attack exposed deep connections between the US state and far-right groups.
When something similar happened in Brazil in 2023, it prompted a national attempt to reform the government.
The US has failed to do the same.
When something similar happened in Brazil in 2023, it prompted a national attempt to reform the government.
The US has failed to do the same.
Donald Trump is once again threatening war with Iran just six months after bombing the Islamic Republic in June.
Part of the reason for his hawkishness is his closeness to Israel, whose increasingly reckless actions threaten the whole Middle East.
Part of the reason for his hawkishness is his closeness to Israel, whose increasingly reckless actions threaten the whole Middle East.
America’s Ties to Israel Might Lead It to War With Iran
Donald Trump is once again threatening war with Iran just six months after bombing the Islamic Republic in June. Part of the reason for his hawkishness is his closeness to Israel, whose increasingly reckless actions threaten the whole Middle East.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Donald Trump is once again threatening war with Iran just six months after bombing the Islamic Republic in June.
Part of the reason for his hawkishness is his closeness to Israel, whose increasingly reckless actions threaten the whole Middle East.
Part of the reason for his hawkishness is his closeness to Israel, whose increasingly reckless actions threaten the whole Middle East.
Jailed Palestine Action activists in Britain have been on hunger strike for eight weeks already.
They are being treated as terrorists, even though they have committed no violent crime.
They are being treated as terrorists, even though they have committed no violent crime.
In Britain, Palestine Action Prisoners Starve for Freedom
Jailed Palestine Action activists in Britain have been on hunger strike for eight weeks already. They are being treated as terrorists, even though they have committed no violent crime.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Jailed Palestine Action activists in Britain have been on hunger strike for eight weeks already.
They are being treated as terrorists, even though they have committed no violent crime.
They are being treated as terrorists, even though they have committed no violent crime.
Aijaz Ahmad belonged to a generation of South Asian left intellectuals who came of age in the heyday of anti-colonial revolution.
He was an uncompromising opponent of the Hindutva right that betrayed the heritage of India’s struggle against colonialism.
He was an uncompromising opponent of the Hindutva right that betrayed the heritage of India’s struggle against colonialism.
Aijaz Ahmad’s Marxism Challenged India’s Hindutva Regression
Aijaz Ahmad belonged to a generation of South Asian left intellectuals who came of age in the heyday of anti-colonial revolution. He was an uncompromising opponent of the Hindutva right that betrayed the heritage of India’s struggle against colonialism.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Aijaz Ahmad belonged to a generation of South Asian left intellectuals who came of age in the heyday of anti-colonial revolution.
He was an uncompromising opponent of the Hindutva right that betrayed the heritage of India’s struggle against colonialism.
He was an uncompromising opponent of the Hindutva right that betrayed the heritage of India’s struggle against colonialism.
In Brazil, the jailing of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva served a far-right takeover.
The Turkish government is following the same playbook as it stifles the opposition.
The Turkish government is following the same playbook as it stifles the opposition.
Turkey’s Brazil-Style Lawfare Means Harder Authoritarianism
In Brazil, the jailing of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva served a far-right takeover. The Turkish government is following the same playbook as it stifles the opposition.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
In Brazil, the jailing of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva served a far-right takeover.
The Turkish government is following the same playbook as it stifles the opposition.
The Turkish government is following the same playbook as it stifles the opposition.
Bryan Johnson’s sexless brand of “wellness vampirism” is the perfect metaphor for Silicon Valley.
It’s a utopian promise of a limitless future disguising a brutal, extractive reality that leaves us all drained.
It’s a utopian promise of a limitless future disguising a brutal, extractive reality that leaves us all drained.
Bryan Johnson Is Silicon Valley’s Sexless Vampire Future
Bryan Johnson’s sexless brand of “wellness vampirism” is the perfect metaphor for Silicon Valley. It’s a utopian promise of a limitless future disguising a brutal, extractive reality that leaves us all drained.
jacobin.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Bryan Johnson’s sexless brand of “wellness vampirism” is the perfect metaphor for Silicon Valley.
It’s a utopian promise of a limitless future disguising a brutal, extractive reality that leaves us all drained.
It’s a utopian promise of a limitless future disguising a brutal, extractive reality that leaves us all drained.
Fear of killer robots has obscured a deeper shift in warfare: The fetish of automation masks the commodification of combat judgment.
Corporate software reshapes war while preserving just enough procedural “human control” to deflect responsibility.
Corporate software reshapes war while preserving just enough procedural “human control” to deflect responsibility.
Killer Robots and the Fetish of Automation
Fear of killer robots has obscured a deeper shift in warfare: The fetish of automation masks the commodification of combat judgment. Corporate software reshapes war while preserving just enough procedural “human control” to deflect responsibility.
jacobin.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Fear of killer robots has obscured a deeper shift in warfare: The fetish of automation masks the commodification of combat judgment.
Corporate software reshapes war while preserving just enough procedural “human control” to deflect responsibility.
Corporate software reshapes war while preserving just enough procedural “human control” to deflect responsibility.
Nothing about Donald Trump’s brazenly illegal actions against Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro suggests that the American ruling class has learned any lessons from US imperial overreach and failure in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Venezuela itself.
Trump Has Tried This — and Failed — in Venezuela Before
Nothing about Donald Trump’s brazenly illegal actions against Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro suggests that the American ruling class has learned any lessons from US imperial overreach and failure in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Venezuela itself.
jacobin.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Nothing about Donald Trump’s brazenly illegal actions against Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro suggests that the American ruling class has learned any lessons from US imperial overreach and failure in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Venezuela itself.
Financial fraud has exploded in the past few years, with consumers reporting more than $12.5 billion in losses in 2024.
President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda isn’t helping.
President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda isn’t helping.
Digital Robbery Scams Are on the Rise
Financial fraud has exploded in the past few years, with consumers reporting more than $12.5 billion in losses in 2024. President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda isn’t helping.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Financial fraud has exploded in the past few years, with consumers reporting more than $12.5 billion in losses in 2024.
President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda isn’t helping.
President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda isn’t helping.
Jessica Mitford was born the child of aristocrats and the sister of fascists who celebrated the rise of Adolf Hitler.
But she betrayed her class to become a communist, embedding herself in the life of the working class and railing against the powerful.
But she betrayed her class to become a communist, embedding herself in the life of the working class and railing against the powerful.
Jessica Mitford Had Every Reason to Side With Power and Refused
Jessica Mitford was born the child of aristocrats and the sister of fascists who celebrated the rise of Adolf Hitler. But she betrayed her class to become a communist, embedding herself in the life of the working class and railing against the powerful.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Jessica Mitford was born the child of aristocrats and the sister of fascists who celebrated the rise of Adolf Hitler.
But she betrayed her class to become a communist, embedding herself in the life of the working class and railing against the powerful.
But she betrayed her class to become a communist, embedding herself in the life of the working class and railing against the powerful.
The Right had a spectacular meltdown about Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration speech rejecting “rugged individualism” in favor of what he called the “warmth of collectivism.”
But Mamdani is right that community is a value worth extolling.
But Mamdani is right that community is a value worth extolling.
Zohran Mamdani Is Right About the Warmth of Collectivism
The Right had a spectacular meltdown about Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration speech rejecting “rugged individualism” in favor of what he called the “warmth of collectivism.” But Mamdani is right that community is a value worth extolling.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The Right had a spectacular meltdown about Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration speech rejecting “rugged individualism” in favor of what he called the “warmth of collectivism.”
But Mamdani is right that community is a value worth extolling.
But Mamdani is right that community is a value worth extolling.
A former Venezuelan diplomat speaks to Jacobin about how the state, military, and popular forces are responding to US military aggression — and what comes next.
Inside Venezuela’s Response to Donald Trump’s Attack
A former Venezuelan diplomat speaks to Jacobin about how the state, military, and popular forces are responding to US military aggression — and what comes next.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
A former Venezuelan diplomat speaks to Jacobin about how the state, military, and popular forces are responding to US military aggression — and what comes next.
The attack on Venezuela signals a new phase of US power in Latin America — one defined by coercion, intimidation, and open-ended intervention.
Trump’s War on Latin America Must Be Stopped
The attack on Venezuela signals a new phase of US power in Latin America — one defined by coercion, intimidation, and open-ended intervention.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The attack on Venezuela signals a new phase of US power in Latin America — one defined by coercion, intimidation, and open-ended intervention.
The kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is a crude act of Trumpian aggression.
Yet it also illustrates the US leadership’s weakness, as it moves to lock down control of the Western Hemisphere.
Yet it also illustrates the US leadership’s weakness, as it moves to lock down control of the Western Hemisphere.
The US Is a Weakened and Dangerous Empire
The kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is a crude act of Trumpian aggression. Yet it also illustrates the US leadership’s weakness, as it moves to lock down control of the Western Hemisphere.
jacobin.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is a crude act of Trumpian aggression.
Yet it also illustrates the US leadership’s weakness, as it moves to lock down control of the Western Hemisphere.
Yet it also illustrates the US leadership’s weakness, as it moves to lock down control of the Western Hemisphere.
Venezuela is only the opening salvo in a blatantly imperial project aimed at crushing the Latin American left.
The Fake Antiwar Right Goes to War
Venezuela is only the opening salvo in a blatantly imperial project aimed at crushing the Latin American left.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Venezuela is only the opening salvo in a blatantly imperial project aimed at crushing the Latin American left.
Before Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro, corporations filed lawsuits against Venezuela seeking damages tied to state nationalization, international sanctions, and political instability.
A Trump-installed government could tilt the courts in their favor.
A Trump-installed government could tilt the courts in their favor.
Corporations Are Ready to Cash In on Venezuela
Before Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro, corporations filed lawsuits against Venezuela seeking damages tied to state nationalization, international sanctions, and political instability. A Trump-installed government could tilt the courts in their favor.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Before Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro, corporations filed lawsuits against Venezuela seeking damages tied to state nationalization, international sanctions, and political instability.
A Trump-installed government could tilt the courts in their favor.
A Trump-installed government could tilt the courts in their favor.
C. L. R. James, Marxist theorist and author of The Black Jacobins, was born this day in 1901.
“The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression.”
“The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression.”
January 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
C. L. R. James, Marxist theorist and author of The Black Jacobins, was born this day in 1901.
“The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression.”
“The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression.”
From Milwaukee’s sewer socialists to La Guardia’s New Deal metropolis, urban reformers changed their cities by forging alliances beyond local power.
What Zohran Can Learn From the Sewer Socialists
From Milwaukee’s sewer socialists to La Guardia’s New Deal metropolis, urban reformers changed their cities by forging alliances beyond local power.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
From Milwaukee’s sewer socialists to La Guardia’s New Deal metropolis, urban reformers changed their cities by forging alliances beyond local power.