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The fall issue of Jacobin is out now!
Among other topics, “The New Empire” examines why the erosion of US dominance has bred more violence, not less, and why militarism remains so politically durable.
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Adolph Reed Jr: “You can’t elect your way to social transformation, at least not without an organizational base.” jacobin.com/2026/10/reed-fas…
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Israel’s parliamentary elections are fast approaching on October 27.
But whoever wins, there is not going to be any change to Israel’s denial of basic rights to the Palestinian people.
Both main coalitions are adamantly opposed to a Palestinian state. jacobin.com/2026/10/israeli-…
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“We can do this to any country we want,” Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump's ambassador to Greece, allegedly told a Greek minister.
Her real legacy is a US natural gas deal that enriches American exporters and Greek capital while households pay the price. jacobin.com/2026/10/greece-g…
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In a wide-ranging interview, political scientist Adolph Reed explores the tensions between capitalist accumulation and democratic legitimacy and critiques neoliberalism’s displacement of class-based politics. jacobin.com/2026/10/reed-fas…
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Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of Israel’s opposition coalition, has been very clear about his opposition to Palestinian self-determination.
As Eisenkot stressed in August this year: “No Palestinian state will be established under the government we form.” jacobin.com/2026/10/israeli-…
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Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump's ambassador to Greece, allegedly said of toppling governments: “We can do it here too.”
Behind the scandal lies a story of US natural gas, Greek capital, and lobbyists cashing in on Southeast Europe's new energy order. jacobin.com/2026/10/greece-g…
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Donald Trump’s popularity may be waning, but the political-economic conditions that gave rise to Trumpism remain, Adolph Reed argues.
To defeat the Right, the Left needs to rebuild durable working-class organization and a universalistic politics. jacobin.com/2026/10/reed-fas…
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The rival blocs contesting Israel’s general election differ over many questions, but they converge in their opposition to a Palestinian state.
Even if Benjamin Netanyahu loses power, the occupation will continue. jacobin.com/2026/10/israeli-…
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The US military invaded Grenada on this day in 1983.
We should remember not only the crisis and imperialist invasion that brought the Grenadian Revolution to an end, but also its tremendous accomplishments. jacobin.com/2021/03/grenada-…
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Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump’s ambassador to Greece, has resigned.
Her farewell statement lays bare the bigger story: how American exporters and Greek capital collude to make ordinary households foot the bill for their new energy order. jacobin.com/2026/10/greece-g…
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In “Late Victorian Holocausts,” Mike Davis showed how late 19th-century state violence and neglect created colonial markets and infrastructures, which, combined with shifting weather patterns, led to astonishingly brutal famines across the Global South.
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Mike Davis’s first book was "Prisoners of the American Dream," a deep exploration of how the US labor movement became so weakened.
Davis revisited the book in an interview with Jacobin nearly four decades later.
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In the imbroglio over Picasso’s misogyny and many personal flaws, the memory of his unabashed leftist politics has been lost — and with it our ability to fully consider his place in history.
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Israel’s election on Tuesday is the first since October 7, 2023.
Even if Benjamin Netanyahu’s government loses, it’s unlikely to lead to a real shift in Israeli policy. jacobin.com/2026/10/israel-p…
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To understand the global appeal of the far right, look to Brazil, where Bolsonarismo has capitalized on social disintegration to cement brute exploitation as the dominant social logic. jacobin.com/2026/10/brazil-f…
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