Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy

A quarterly journal developing a theory and strategy with capitalism as its target. Published by @jacobin.

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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: https://t.co/WAjXe8CkRd

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Last chance to get the latest issue of Catalyst!

Subscribe for $20 to start with our latest issue, which includes essays on the Palestinian liberation movement, municipal socialism, Trump’s deportation agenda, and the carceral state.
https://t.co/gwC1os7fU0

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NYC friends!

Coming up day after tomorrow (Sunday, May 17th):

Me. @SohrabAhmari. @c_cook1988.
7 PM
Bar Freda in Ridgewood

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Even supercomputers won’t solve the problems inherent to central planning.

But that doesn’t mean we don’t need to replace capitalism with something better: https://t.co/ua3b5AAwnN

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Central planners had a rational vision: replace the anarchy of the market with conscious coordination.

Vivek Chibber explains why calculation and incentive problems undermined that vision, but a different sort of socialism can still flourish. https://t.co/hFus4RXPoL

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As our summer issue approaches, time is running out to get your copy of Teen Jacobin.

Only 20 bucks for four print issues and full digital access with an annual subscription: https://t.co/uJd1fJuERF

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What might socialism look like in the 21st century — and what distinguishes that vision from social democracy?

Vivek Chibber of @catalyst_theory discusses on the latest episode of the Confronting Capitalism podcast: https://t.co/eaUqgkOdQS

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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: https://t.co/mQilhZVImB

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"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.

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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.

🎟️: https://t.co/39BMLEDwEa

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Join us for a live recording of "Confronting Capitalism" with @krystalball, @karpmj, Vivek Chibber and Melissa Naschek in Brooklyn on April 6.

🎟️ RSVP: https://t.co/39BMLECYOC

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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.
https://t.co/uSl7hR7LTm

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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: https://t.co/j7yEh7tVVx

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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.

🎙️: https://t.co/7xqkQVryfr

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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: https://t.co/tXRUPwwYlJ

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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: https://t.co/pm8h5E7OwV

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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 👇

🎙️: https://t.co/GPvz98Tu3K

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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. https://t.co/BJzHVRcsiZ

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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.
https://t.co/5W1zM57XkJ

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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. https://t.co/PiVRgBYbv6