in an article published in the "weekly worker", jim creegan highlighted the association of a number of the magazine's editors and writers with the democratic socialists of america (dsa), describing "jacobin" as "the closest thing to a flagship publication of the dsa left" whilst also stressing the political diversity of contributors, incorporating "everyone from social democratic liberals to avowed revolutionaries". he also noted several features of the publication's editorial stance, namely its rejection of anti-communism; its skepticism regarding the possibility of the democratic party being transformed into a social-democratic movement through internal pressure, advocating instead the formation of a mass-based independent labor party; criticism of the parties of the socialist international, which they argue have been responsible for imposing neoliberal austerity policies; and a conviction that the nordic model of social democracy is ultimately not viable and that the only alternative to capitalism would be for militant labor and socialist movements to struggle to replace capitalism with socialism.