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How to Defeat Milei: The Left's Strategy in a Reactionary Period

Martín Mosquera — 2026-08-21T05:54:32Z

Globally, the left faces a strategic debate on how to respond to the current reactionary surge. The answer depends on how we characterise the period, what we understand by the extreme right, and what kind of political unity we deem necessary to confront it. In Argentina, the discussion is gaining prominence given the gradual decline of Milei's government. Before examining the Argentine case, however, it is worthwhile considering the global scale of the phenomenon.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Argentina

How social media invented the ‘world's most racist country'

Martín Mosquera — 2026-08-07T07:49:17Z

Gabriel Vera Lopes spoke to Argentine socialist and Revista Jacobin editor-in-chief Martín Mosquera to analyse the emotional and political origins of the campaign, discuss the reality of racism in Argentina and question the role played by some of the global progressive intelligentsia.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Argentina, Racism and Islamophobia

The Malvinas and the National Question

Martín Mosquera — 2026-07-27T08:02:02Z

A banner at the World Cup reopened a debate that goes beyond the Malvinas/Falklands issue. Faced with an internationalism that underestimates imperial hierarchies and an anti-imperialism that erases the class struggle, the left needs to recover a democratic conception of nation, sovereignty, and internationalism.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Britain, Argentina, National question

A commitment to left-wing Andalusian nationalism

Brais Fernández, José Ignacio García, Martín Mosquera — 2026-05-13T08:15:52Z

Regional elections will take place in Andalusia on 17 May in a context marked by the consolidation of the PP, which in 2018 broke decades of Socialist dominance, and the rise of an increasingly aggressive right wing. Against this backdrop, the most striking development of the campaign is the growth of Adelante Andalucía: according to the latest CIS poll, the party is on course to secure 8.5% of the vote and win six seats, overtaking the coalition led by the Communist Party, which has (…)

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Spanish state, New parties of the left

Authoritarianism and Democracy in the 21st Century

Enzo Traverso, Martín Mosquera — 2025-08-07T11:27:15Z

Enzo Traverso updates his analysis of post-fascism in light of the events of recent years. Reflecting on the rise of the new right and the global crisis of the left, he offers a diagnosis of contemporary challenges and the dangers facing emancipatory struggles in an increasingly complex world.
In a global context marked by the resurgence of far-right forces, historian Enzo Traverso offers in this interview an updated reflection on the concept of post-fascism, which he has been developing (…)

- Features / Fascism

Ecuador: Indigenous Resistance and Political Challenges – an interview with Leonidas Iza

Iain Bruce, Leonadis Iza, Martín Mosquera — 2024-04-20T18:13:55Z

In an interview with Jacobin, Leonidas Iza, president of Ecuador's CONAIE (Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador - Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador), the country's main indigenous movement, discusses the government's repressive policy, militarization, and the expansion of drug trafficking while criticizing neoliberal policies and examining political debates within the indigenous movement and the left. The interview was conducted by Martín Mosquera and Iain Bruce.

- IV591 - April 2024 / Ecuador

Is Milei a fascist threat?

Martín Mosquera — 2023-11-29T09:26:00Z

The majority of the socialist left opted to abstain in the second round of elections on Sunday 19 November in Argentina, arguing that Javier Milei is not an expression of a fascist movement. But that is no reason to shirk the task of confronting the far right.

- IV586 - November 2023 / Argentina

The Left is Underestimating the Danger of the Extreme Right

Martín Mosquera — 2023-11-01T09:39:20Z

“Even if the extreme right comes to power, it is essential that it does so within a framework of broad democratic mobilisation that is the support point for the social and political battles that are to come. Nothing is more important right now.”

- IV586 - November 2023 / Argentina

Radical Left Against the Rise of Neo-Fascism

Franck Gaudichaud, Martín Mosquera — 2022-08-14T08:26:00Z

“As anti-capitalists we need to advance our own proposals in a unitary but at the same time radically autonomous way from social-liberalism.”

- IV571 - August 2022 / France, Far Right

Nancy Fraser: “Cannibal Capitalism” Is on Our Horizon

Martín Mosquera, Nancy Fraser — 2021-11-06T06:49:39Z

Political theorist Nancy Fraser tells Jacobin that we face several crises at once: in the economy, in social reproduction, in the environment, and in politics. Without dramatic intervention, we may end up with “cannibal capitalism.”

- Features / Marxism, Features