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Jacobin Is Fueling the Lies About Syria

Daniel Lazare / Truthdig Feb 2, 2018 The greater the bloodshed, the more harm the misinformation put out by the magazine/website will wind up doing. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Politics Is the Solution to Our Problems

By Jacobin Staff Nov 10, 2016 We can’t move to Canada or hide under the bed. This is a moment to embrace democratic politics, not repudiate them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

If Things Are So Bad, Why Don’t We Do Something About It?

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2016 "Mass collective action against exploitation and oppression is rare. If humans everywhere are committed to defending their individual interests, why don’t we resist more?" ask Jacobin magazine's Bhaskar Sunkara and Adaner Usmani. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Swedish Socialism Failed

By Louis Proyect / The North Star May 11, 2016 By the lights of its founding ideals, the Swedish model of socialism invoked by Bernie Sanders has been in decline since the 1970s, thanks to pressure from globalization and its original failure to concentrate ownership in the hands of workers. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Karl Marx Is More Relevant Than Ever

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 26, 2013 “For many in my generation, the ideological underpinnings of capitalism have been undermined,” writes Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara at The Guardian. “That a higher percentage of Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 have a more favorable opinion of socialism than capitalism … signals that the cold war era conflation of socialism with Stalinism no longer holds sway.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )