From JacobinSerious environmentalists exhaled with relief when it became clear that Donald Trump would leave office in January. The planet could not have endured four more years of deliberate destruction of the nation’s regulatory apparatus, flanked by gleeful drilling in … [Read more...] about Why Is Joe Biden Considering an Anti–Green New Dealer for Energy Secretary?
Social Justice/社会正義
Diego Maradona Loved Naples — And It Loved Him Back
From JacobinSeptember 16, 1984 was the day that Diego Armando Maradona discovered how some parts of Italy’s … [Read more...] about Diego Maradona Loved Naples — And It Loved Him Back
BREAKING: Potential Biden Officials’ Firm Is Promising Big Profits Off Administration Access
From JacobinPine Island Announces $200 Million IPO After The Election, Projects COVID-Related Profits On November 16, two weeks after Election Day, Pine Island announced an initial public offering of $200 million in its new investment vehicle, called Pine Island Acquisition Corp. In that filing, … [Read more...] about BREAKING: Potential Biden Officials’ Firm Is Promising Big Profits Off Administration Access
What Engels Gave To Marx and Marxism
From JacobinDispelling the Fog The project in the “Outlines” is to dispel the fog of obfuscation, hypocritical self-interest, and moralizing displacement that underlies the theorizations of political economy. To do that Engels examines “the basic categories” — they are as “right” as they are … [Read more...] about What Engels Gave To Marx and Marxism
Friedrich Engels, a Thinker for Today
From JacobinThe Condition of the Working Class in England Engels’s 1845 study on The Condition of the Working Class in England is considered a classic today, and not only by leftists. Those working on empirical social studies view this text as a kind of forerunner for their own efforts. In fact, … [Read more...] about Friedrich Engels, a Thinker for Today