Jacobin #60
205 x 275 mm, 152 pages
New York, US
Quarterly
Editorial director: Bhaskar Sunkara
Design director: Lauren Traugott-Campbell
With the strap line ‘Reason In Revolt’, Jacobin tackles politics from a firmly leftist standpoint, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Recent issues of Jacobin have seen the New York-crafted magazine expand; in terms of its physical size, pagination, and (by the looks of things) its team, which has also seen a reshuffle.
The cover feature, ‘How Zohran Won’, celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s victory as New-York’s mayor; inside, Liza Featherstone recalls a conversation they had two years prior on his aspirations to provide affordable necessities and more to the New Yorkers who have built the city. The article goes on to delve into the obstacles he faced—initially polling at 1%—before his ultimate success, lead by a genius social media campaign that played to his strengths as a relatable Gen Z politician.