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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. Get it by starting a subscription for just $3: jacobin.com/subscribe?medium…
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In October 1956, a protest movement in Poland brought a reform-minded communist leadership to power. Unlike Hungary, Poland managed to avoid Soviet intervention, but the opportunity to democratize its political and economic structures was missed. jacobin.com/2026/10/poland-s…
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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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Lula pulled off a historic comeback in Brazil. Despite right-wing voter suppression tactics deployed across the country, further online suppression by Meta, and the US backing his opponent, he’s projected to win 51-48.
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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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Mike Davis, one of the greatest socialist writers in American history, died on this day four years ago.
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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. jacobin.com/2022/11/mike-dav…
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Revolutionary painter, sculptor, and socialist Pablo Picasso was born on this day in 1881.
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