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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…
A sudden offensive by Ansar Allah this summer took its Yemeni opponents and their Saudi allies by surprise.
But the resumption of conflict is likely to be long and protracted, with disastrous consequences for Yemen’s civilian population. jacobin.com/2026/10/yemen-wa…
The Milwaukee Brewers are in the World Series for the first time since 1982.
The small-market team’s success this season is a reminder of Milwaukee baseball’s progressive heritage and the city’s proud socialist history. jacobin.com/2026/10/baseball…
Vancouver’s Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) elected all 12 candidates it ran in the city’s recent election.
The democratic socialist party is now part of a progressive council majority. jacobin.com/2026/10/vancouve…
Victory for Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s election would bring mafiosi to power and reward interference by the White House and Miami reactionaries.
In the final stretch of the campaign, Bolsonaro no longer looks invincible. jacobin.com/2026/10/election…
If you want to know whether artificial intelligence is a gigantic economic bubble, don’t just take pundits’ word for it.
Major investors are now moving their money to try to protect themselves from the AI bubble popping. jacobin.com/2026/10/artifici…
The British medieval historian Chris Wickham, who died earlier this month, transformed our understanding of the Middle Ages.
Rooted in the great tradition of British Marxist historiography, Wickham covered a staggering range of case studies in his work. jacobin.com/2026/10/wickham-…
Since the resumption of Yemen’s internal conflict, more than 250,000 people have been displaced, most of whom are moving from one active front line to areas that might be swept up in the conflict within hours.
The humanitarian situation is disastrous.jacobin.com/2026/10/yemen-wa…
The Milwaukee Brewers are playing in the World Series for the first time in decades.
It’s as good a time as any to revisit the city’s proud, interconnected histories of baseball and radical working-class politics. jacobin.com/2026/10/baseball…
In Vancouver’s recent municipal election, the Greens won the mayor’s office, and COPE, the city’s democratic socialist party, won all 12 seats it ran for.
Together, COPE, the Greens, and OneCity, a social democratic party, hold the keys to city hall. jacobin.com/2026/10/vancouve…
In the first round of Brazil’s election, incumbent Lula da Silva’s campaign looked lackluster.
But the last three weeks have energized the contest and could prove decisive in turning out the left-wing, low-income electorate. jacobin.com/2026/10/election…
The math behind both AI firms’ business model and their future fiscal projections don’t add up.
We know this because the people who have actual money on the line — investors, bond traders, insurers — are acting like it. jacobin.com/2026/10/artifici…
Chris Wickham rewrote the economic and social history of the Middle Ages, overturning past interpretative paradigms (including his own).
He could move from microstudies of local societies to the macroeconomic factors shaping the premodern world economy. jacobin.com/2026/10/wickham-…
Having spent billions on high-tech weaponry, the Saudi military finds itself unable to stop missile strikes by its Yemeni opponent Ansar Allah.
Saudi vulnerability weakens the kingdom’s potential for regional domination: jacobin.com/2026/10/yemen-wa…
During the first half of the 20th century, in both politics and baseball, Milwaukee’s have-nots often beat the odds.
The histories of baseball and socialist politics in the city are intertwined in ways not often appreciated: jacobin.com/2026/10/baseball…
.@COPEVancouver, the Coalition of Progressive Electors, elected all 12 candidates it ran in the city’s recent election.
The democratic socialist party now shares a progressive council majority: jacobin.com/2026/10/vancouve…
President @LulaOficial's supporters have occupied public space, hoping that their mobilization can drive up turnout and defy the polls: jacobin.com/2026/10/election…
It’s not just radicals and doomers screaming the sky is falling.
The financiers who move money around for a living are starting to have serious doubts about how sustainable the AI boom actually is: jacobin.com/2026/10/artifici…
A sudden offensive by Ansar Allah this summer took its Yemeni opponents and their Saudi allies by surprise.
But the resumption of conflict is likely to be long and protracted, with disastrous consequences for Yemen’s civilian population. jacobin.com/2026/10/yemen-wa…
Eugene Debs: America's forgotten socialist xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1AJEmvpLV…
With the passing of Chris Wickham, we have lost the greatest medieval historian since Marc Bloch, and one of the most original Marxist historians ever.
His work revolutionized our understanding of how societies function and change across time: jacobin.com/2026/10/wickham-…
