Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy

The new issue of Catalyst is out now! This issue has fantastic commentary on Palestinian liberation, sewer socialism, Trump’s immigration politics, mass incarceration, and much more. Get a yearlong print subscription for just $20: catalyst-journal.com/subscribe/?cod…

In celebration of May Day, we’re offering one-year digital subscriptions for just $1 and print ones for $10 — our most affordable rate of the entire year. Subscribers get four beautiful issues of our magazine and access to our entire back catalog: jacobin.com/subscribe/?typ…

"Zohran Mamdani is a test case for the type of politics that are possible right now." — @krystalball at Jacobin's live recording of the Confronting Capitalism podcast.

Low ticket warning 🚨 Join us for a live recording of "Confronting Capitalism" with @krystalball, @karpmj, Vivek Chibber and Melissa Naschek in Brooklyn on April 6. 🎟️: eventbrite.com/e/jacobin-who-…

Join us for a live recording of "Confronting Capitalism" with @krystalball, @karpmj, Vivek Chibber and Melissa Naschek in Brooklyn on April 6. 🎟️ RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/jacobin-who-…

Markets in a socialist system — with social ownership, worker control, and competitive allocation — create the material surplus, embedded information, and dispersed initiative that makes large-scale planning and democracy in key sectors possible. catalyst-journal.com/2025/12/the-pl…

Our special double issue of Catalyst is out today! Subscribe to get instant digital access and a print copy shipped directly. Featuring must-read articles on the history of central planning, the abundance agenda, the courts and capitalism, and more: catalyst-journal.com/subscribe/?cod…

Democrats may have won their recent elections, and recent polling shows the importance of focusing on affordability. But the future of the party is anything but settled. 🎙️: pnc.st/s/jacobin/a704…

We're offering our best subscription rate of the year, just in time for our upcoming double issue — which will tackle the crisis of liberalism, the Supreme Court’s role within the American political economy, literature and the ecological crisis, and more: catalyst-journal.com/subscribe/?cod…

We started Catalyst to combine scholarly rigor with a close attention to the questions confronting organizers today. Whether you’re organizing a union or campaign, or just studying the history of socialist theory and politics, you should sub for just $10: catalyst-journal.com/subscribe/?typ…

The professional-managerial class is better understood as a layer within capitalism rather than a distinct class. Vivek Chibber explains why the middle strata have expanded and what has pushed so many professionals toward anti-capitalist politics 👇 🎙️: pnc.st/s/jacobin/6246…

In the past, frustration with the slow progress of reformism often led socialists to advocate for revolution. But today, the Left will need to figure out how to march toward socialism through social democracy rather than around it. catalyst-journal.com/2025/07/the-fa…

Narendra Modi’s rise to power in India was fueled by the emergence of new business groups representing big capital. This political coalition has led to the acceleration of neoliberal reforms, deepening the state’s alliance with capital against labor. catalyst-journal.com/2025/07/the-mo…

Theorists have recently argued that capitalism has been replaced by a super exploitative but less productive system called technofeudalism. But their case depends on an overly narrow definition of capitalism, which is unfortunately alive and well. catalyst-journal.com/2025/07/techno…

Lula da Silva defeated Jair Bolsonaro by cobbling together a wide political coalition and diverse interests. But his third presidency has been marked by the challenge of turning this coalition into an ambitious political program. catalyst-journal.com/2025/07/lulas-…

The Democratic Party’s transformation into a network without mass-membership or structural power has left it incapacitated as an opposition party. An adequate response to Donald Trump’s attack on the state will require re-centering organized labor. catalyst-journal.com/2025/07/why-th…

The new issue of Catalyst is out now! This issue has fantastic commentary on the Democratic Party’s failures, Lula’s new challenges, Modi’s elite coalition, the end of revolution, and much more. Get a yearlong print subscription today for just $20: catalyst-journal.com/subscribe/?cod…

My article "The Democrats Embrace Dealignment" is in the latest issue of Catalyst. A long-form essay based on my research into the history of the Democrats' right turn on economic policy and embrace of middle-class voters. Hope you'll check it out and let me know what you think.

This is absolutely spot on from @classreductress - holding on to the left-liberal alliance has only made the left weaker, more distant from the working-class, and less sure of itself.

The new issue of Catalyst is out now! Get yearlong print and digital access for $20. catalyst-journal.com/subscribe/?cod… Don’t miss must-read essays on the future of party politics in America, elite fragmentation under Trump, hyperpolitics, rudderless Democrats, and much more.