Ours to Master
Our challenge is to see in technology both today’s instruments of employer control and the preconditions for a […]
Beyond the Welfare State
We must fight for a robust and universal welfare state, but the socialist imagination cannot end there.
In Defense of Gamers
Don’t blame gamers for the sins of capitalism.
When Will They Shoot?
Lots of people are at risk on the job. But when it comes to cops, they’re mostly a danger to others.
Smash the Engine
Snowpiercer’s themes go beyond merely pointing out class exploitation to challenge the logic of capital.
Stay Classy
Class is not the universal solvent that does away with all identity.
Gentrification’s Racial Arbitrage
When it comes to housing and gentrification, anti-racism is about more than purifying what’s in our hearts […]
Infotainment Journalism
Shoddy infotainment journalism makes data something to sprinkle on top of your substanceless linkbait.
Adjusting to Apocalypse
Societies are going to adjust to climate change in some way — it’s up to us to push that transformation […]
Dalton Trumbo’s Taxes
On the Hollywood blacklist and Dalton Trumbo’s marginal tax rate.
The Comforts of Dystopia
Elites tell us the future is inevitably bright; left curmudgeons insist it’s inevitably gloomy. We don’t win […]
Work It
Simply saying we should improve the quality and reduce the duration of work doesn’t allow us to ask whether […]
Peter Frase
Peter Frase is on the editorial board of Jacobin.