Meet the Ricketts
For the Ricketts family, shuttering Gothamist and DNAInfo is part of a decades-long anti-union crusade.
87 Articles by: Branko Marcetic
Branko Marcetic is an editorial assistant at Jacobin. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
Yesterday Was a Good Day
Socialists and leftists performed well in races around the country.
Against Conspiracy Theories
Forget JFK plots and 9/11 “truth.” What elites do out in the open gives us enough to be outraged about.
Unity Is a One-Way Street
By purging Sanders backers from top positions, the DNC has shown what it means when it talks about “unity” and “compromise.”
Steven Rattner, Kickback Hack
Meet the latest self-interested pundit urging Democrats not to move left.
The Clinton Double Standard
There’s little in the Weinstein story that doesn’t apply to Bill Clinton.
The Only Right That Matters
For conservatives, civil liberties are always negotiable after a tragedy — except for gun rights.
What’s Good for Facebook…
Mark Zuckerberg’s barely concealed political ambitions are an extension of his company’s lobbying efforts.
Tony Blair’s Ghoulish Last Decade
The Iraq War salesman may be getting into politics again. Here’s a nauseating look back at his appalling post–Downing Street years.
Bernie vs. the Washington Consensus
Yesterday, Bernie Sanders showed his commitment to a sharp break from the foreign policy platforms of both the Democratic and Republican establishments.
New Zealand’s Paper Left
By all appearances, tomorrow’s election in New Zealand could sweep a young, energetic left into power. But appearances are deceiving.
It Keeps Happening
We already knew that Hillary Clinton was a hypocrite, but she’s taking it to a whole new level this week.
End the Sanctions
Trump’s draconian sanctions against Venezuela will hit the country’s workers and poor the hardest.
Take Your Guns to Town
US warmongering left North Korea with a simple lesson: it might be worth hanging on to its nuclear weapons.
Saving, Not Invading
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, here’s an idea: bring the troops home. Retrain them. And use them for disaster relief.
Before the Hurricane
Cuba is a world leader in hurricane preparedness and recovery. What can we learn from the small island nation?
Fighting the Klan in Reagan’s America
The KKK was on the march in the 1980s. What strategies worked to stem their rise?
Populist Billionaires
The face of right-wing anti-elitism is surprisingly elite.
People Make the World Go Round
How the Sierra Club came to dabble with neo-Malthusianism.
Burying the Lie of the “Alt-Left”
It’s time to stop pretending that the same people fighting white supremacists are somehow exactly like them.