Power in Podemos
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/podemos-congress-vistalegre-iglesias-errejon-anticapitalistas
Podemos’s second congress reaffirmed Pablo Iglesias’s power. But there were also openings towards a more democratic, left party.
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The Lie of ‘Rebuilding’ the Military
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/trump-rebuilding-military-budget-entitlement-spending-john-mccain-paul-rA right-wing misinformation campaign and timid liberal pushback has obscured how absurdly bloated the US military budget is.
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The Anticapitalist Bodybuilder
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/bodybuilding-arnold-sports-festival-taylorism-ymca-roosevelt-sportsThis weekend’s Arnold Sports Festival showed that many seek in bodybuilding what they can’t find in their jobs.
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Losing West Virginia
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/losing-west-virginiaFew states better illustrate the contradictions and failures of the Democratic Party than West Virginia.
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The Myth of the Fiscal Conservative
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/fiscal-conservative-social-services-austerity-save-moneyAusterity measures don’t actually save money. But they do disempower workers. Which is why governments pursue them in the first place.
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Something’s Off
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/get-out-review-racismGet Out has tapped into the fears of millions of people who have a growing sense that something is very wrong in this country.
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The Specter of Materialism
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/debate-postcolonial-theory-review-chibber-subalternWe need our social theory to be rigorous and accessible. At least one side of the debate over Vivek Chibber’s recent book does that.
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No More Saturday Marches
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/day-without-immigrants-womens-strike-protests-marches-trumpThe brilliance of strikes and stoppages like the Day Without Immigrants and the Women’s Strike lies in organizers’ willingness to halt business as usual.
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Lords of Disorder
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/national-front-theo-luhaka-police-protestMarine Le Pen’s National Front tries to sow the seeds of chaos to make their far-right rhetoric appear more sensible.
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Why Wagenknecht Will Fail
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/die-linke-germany-immigration-sahra-wagenknecht-oscar-lafontaine-afd-merIn Germany and elsewhere, making tactical concessions to the Right isn’t just bad socialist politics — it won’t work.
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Still No Victory in Sight
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/afghanistan-war-troop-surge-mick-nicholson-vietnam-graveyard-empiresThe United States has been losing the war in Afghanistan. Whether or not Trump delivers a “surge” of new troops there, he will continue to lose that war.
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It’s Not Just Uber
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/uber-harassment-susan-fowler-hr-sexismThe dysfunction and harassment Susan Fowler experienced doesn’t just happen at Uber. It pervades our working lives.
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What the Women’s Strike Means
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/international-womens-strike-march-8-capitalismThe International Women’s Strike is about taking on the degradations of capitalism in all spheres of life.
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Marx on the Silver Screen
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/young-karl-marx-review-raoul-peckThe Young Karl Marx is an entertaining and surprisingly funny portrait of the Old Man.
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Same Trump, New Shine
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/donald-trump-joint-session-speech-presidential-xenophobia-navy-seal-voicTrump’s Congressional address gave his nightmarish agenda a newly “presidential” gloss. We should be worried.
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Supporting a Feminism for the 99%
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/hillary-clinton-feminism-lean-in-trump-reaganHillary Clinton’s failed candidacy exposed the limits of corporate feminism. We need something better.
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After Privatization
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/health-care-privatization-nhs-private-finance-intiative-blair-new-labourEven after public services have been privatized, workers have opportunities to fight back.
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Still in the Shadow of Terror
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/colombia-right-wing-paramilitaries-fln-farc-peace-dealThe greatest threat to Colombia’s peace deal doesn’t come from the Left, but from right-wing paramilitaries.
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Capitalism’s Theologian
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/michael-novak-obituary-democratic-capitalism-socialismMichael Novak made his name by providing theological cover for capitalism. The passing of his generation signals a new opening for religious socialism.
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How the Left Can Win
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/robert-brenner-bhaskar-sunkara-suzi-weissman-jacobin-radioRobert Brenner and Bhaskar Sunkara on how the Left can seize the momentum and build a majority.
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What Happened to Keith Ellison?
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/what-happened-to-keith-ellisonThe Democratic establishment waged war on Keith Ellison. We should respond in kind.
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A Socialist Approach to Free Speech
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/garton-ash-free-speech-milo-yiannopoulosLiberal defenses of free speech ring hollow. How should socialists respond?
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When Jail Becomes a Death Sentence
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/jail-deaths-broome-county-alvin-rios-salladin-barton-upstate-new-york-prIncarceration is on the rise in small, poor towns across the country — often with deadly consequences.
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Where Are the People of Color?
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/left-diversity-people-color-white-identitarian-solidarity-differenceGuilt is a sad, passive emotion — and it won’t help us build a more diverse left.
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Bob Crow in Rojava
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/rojava-ypg-bob-crowe-volunteers-left-politicsWho are the British volunteers fighting with the Kurdish YPG in Rojava?
