US Journalists on Aid Flotillas Allege Israeli Soldier Abuse
A recent panel of three US journalists aboard the Gaza aid flotillas say they faced assault and threats from Israeli soldiers — and that the US government did little to help them.
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Next Sohee Is Korean Cinema at Its Bleak and Brilliant Best
Behind South Korea’s economic growth, there’s a system that grinds workers to the bone at every stage of the life cycle, from high school students to retirees. The film Next Sohee dramatizes the impact of that system to devastating effect.
The Rise of Chile’s Hard Right
The first round of voting in Chile’s general election in November saw the shocking rise of the far right and the collapse of the country’s new left. It’s a crushing but not total defeat for the movement helmed by President Gabriel Boric.
Liechtenstein’s Feudal Prince Has Become a Libertarian Hero
Hans-Adam II is Europe’s richest monarch despite ruling one of its tiniest states. The prince of Liechtenstein flaunts his contempt for democracy, blending feudalism and financial capitalism to supply a model for the Right in much bigger countries.
Cheney and Obama Enabled Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings
The extrajudicial murders carried out by the Trump administration in the Caribbean build on a dangerous power grab forged by Dick Cheney and expanded under Barack Obama.
Labour Is Copying Denmark’s Shameful Anti-Refugee Policies
The UK’s Labour government wants to copy Danish measures to make refugees’ status more temporary and even confiscate their valuables. It’s a dangerous policy that will only fuel a race to the right, as it’s already doing in Denmark.
AI Price-Fixing Is Protected by . . . the First Amendment?
Tech giant RealPage filed a federal lawsuit asserting that AI companies have a free speech right to help landlords collude to raise rents, part of a broader trend of corporations advancing new interpretations of the First Amendment to protect their power.
Building Municipal Socialism in New York With DSA
Socialists’ path to supporting Mayor Zohran Mamdani will build on the strategy that socialists there have developed over the past decade, writes NYC Democratic Socialists of America cochair Grace Mausser.
Canada’s “Diversification” Trade Deal Is a Gift to Autocrats
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is touting a trade deal with the UAE. Behind the talk of investment and partnership lies a trade agenda that weakens rights protections, boosts natural gas, and reinforces one of the world’s most repressive states.
The Ruling Class Is Uncancelable
If the late Dick Cheney’s Never-Trump rehabilitation is any indication, Larry Summers’s public-facing career is far from over — despite not just his Jeffrey Epstein ties but his principal role in laying waste to America’s working class.
Palestine Is a Fundamental Moral and Political Compass
France Insoumise legislator Emma Fourreau was recently scheduled to speak about the Gaza aid flotillas at Die Linke’s Berlin headquarters, but her talk was canceled. She writes in Jacobin about why speaking up for Palestine is a duty for the Left.
When the Market Came for the Dying
In the early years of the AIDS crisis, the US government left people with HIV to fend for themselves. Desperate, they turned to a new and little-understood financial instrument: selling their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash.