1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (581+ words) For Bastille Day, yearlong introductory subscriptions to Jacobin are only $7.89. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work and waiting, now is the time to get our magazine in print or online. Fifty years ago, British punk made its first…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1400+ words) When James Cameron’s Aliens was released 40 years ago, film critics dismissed it as a dumb blockbuster, a defense of patriarchy, and a reflection of US scorched-earth military policy. They were wrong on all counts. As Aliens marks its 40th anniversary, we…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1418+ words) A hostile caricature depicts Friedrich Engels as an arch-determinist who presented human beings as the puppets of economic forces. In fact, his historical writings were subtle and sophisticated, showing how human agency can change the course of history. There is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (559+ words) Since October 7, academic institutions have applied overt and covert pressure to discourage Holocaust and genocide scholars from criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza. Still, many academics are organizing new networks to defend free inquiry. Since October 7, the atmosphere in Holocaust and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (277+ words) Karla Murthy’s new documentary film about her immigrant father’s tumultuous journey up and back down the class ladder turns the mythology of the American dream on its head. It’s a story many native-born Americans will find strikingly familiar. In The…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (196+ words) The mid-1970s were a good time for film buffs. But the industry was on the precipice of a long decline that has stripped productions of not only their political content but their seriousness. (LMPC / Getty Images) Looking back fifty years at…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (134+ words) Long before Fidel Castro, José Martí warned that Cuban independence would mean little if US domination replaced Spanish rule. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images) Review of José Martí Reader: Writings on the Americas, ed. Deborah Shnookal and Mirta Muñiz (Seven Stories…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (239+ words) Jacobin When Augustus set Virgil to work on the Aeneid, Rome had already won. The civil wars had exhausted themselves; the principate was consolidating its hold on the Mediterranean world. And yet the Greeks, subdued and provincialized, retained one thing…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1116+ words) The Cannes Film Festival might seem like an elite event, but it has deep roots in anti-fascism and the labor movement. Its early history in the years after World War II tells us how cinema can truly belong to the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (603+ words) Gad Saad is a staple of the anti-woke dark web. But his new book, Suicidal Empathy, is proof that the supposedly “intellectual” wing of the New Right is running on fumes. Gad Saad’s new book is an attempt to create…...