Jacobin Spring 2011 issue

The best new journal to come out of the left, especially the North American student left, in a while…

Editors Note

"And Yet It Moves"

Essays

Burn the Constitution — Seth Ackerman

Beyond the Fields — Steve Early

The Superman Conditional — Peter Frase

Storm the Ivies! — Connor Kilpatrick

Letter to the Next Left — Chris Maisano

Reflections on the Second International — Ian Morrison

In Defense of Grand Narratives — Jason Schulman

Book Reviews

James Petras M.I.A. — Max Ajl

on Zionism, Militarism and the Decline of U.S. Power by James Petras

Pessimism of the Will — Mike Beggs

on How to Change the World by Eric Hobsbawm

Culture

Lil B and the Based Mode of Production — Gavin Mueller

Debate

Lenny Bruce is Not Afraid — Jake Blumgart

a reply to James Heartfield