Archive - Jason Hickel

Why does the US support Israel's crimes?

Why does the US support Israel’s genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people, even in the face of overwhelming international condemnation, at…

Aug 18 •

June 2025

Climate socialism

I am writing this message to the millions of people who have been involved in the climate movement over the past several years.

Jun 15 •

May 2025

Why capitalism is fundamentally undemocratic

The antidote is economic democracy.

May 3 •

April 2025

No, Israel is not a democracy

More than 11 million people are denied the right to vote for the government that controls their territory.

Apr 2 •

March 2025

Studies show strong public support for China’s political system

Conventional narratives in the West hold that the government in China lacks popular legitimacy and only retains power through coercion.

Mar 21 •

No, the United States is not a "beacon of democracy"

The evidence against this narrative is overwhelming.

Mar 10 •

February 2025

New data on global poverty

What does it show?

Feb 22 •

Universal Public Services:

The power of decommodifying survival

Feb 13 •

How popular are post-capitalist ideas?

Some recent data

Feb 13 •

Accelerationist possibilities in an ecosocialist degrowth scenario

The power of this approach is extraordinary

Feb 13 •

New Afterword for The Divide

Written for the Korean translation of The Divide and updated.

Feb 13 •

New Preface to the Divide

Written for the Korean translation of The Divide

Feb 13 •

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