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Jacobin offers socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Support our work and subscribe to our print magazine!

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Jacobin @jacobin Oct 10

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?medi…

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A proud symbol of German industry, Volkswagen enjoys far-reaching government support.

Yet as it leans on the Chinese market, it’s far from clear that the firm is going to save jobs at its German sites. jacobin.com/2026/11/volksw…

jacobin.com The Volkswagen Crisis Exposes Germany’s Industrial Decline A proud symbol of German industry, Volkswagen enjoys far-reaching government support. Yet as it leans on the Chinese market, it’s far from clear that the firm is going to save jobs at its German...

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Portland DSA’s labor solidarity work helped grow its membership and build its electoral campaigns.

It now holds a third of the seats on the Portland City Council. jacobin.com/2026/11/portla…

jacobin.com Portland’s Socialists Have Built a Political Machine While New York City gets much of the media attention, the Democratic Socialists of America chapter in Portland, Oregon, has quietly built a local political powerhouse over the last few years.

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The exploitation of the countryside for industrial development is emphatically not unique to China.

But its development path has compressed processes of commodification of land and labor that took place over centuries in England into just a few decades. jacobin.com/2026/11/china-…

jacobin.com Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream Has Replaced the Maoist Credo China’s leaders now appeal to the vision of a rejuvenated future rather than a revolutionary past. The new social contract between the people and the party state is a pragmatic one: social stability...

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In the age of globalization, the dollar’s dominance of the global economy has also helped hollow out domestic industry.

The fight against Washington’s imperial primacy is also a fight for democratic control of the US economy. jacobin.com/2026/11/us-imp…

jacobin.com The Bases of US Empire Are Crumbling In recent decades, the basis of US hegemony has shifted from domestic industrial strength to its ability to enforce the rules that organize global production, finance, and money. Today this imperial...