The Last Thing This Country Needed
Yesterday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump points to a profound sickness in American political life, whose threats don’t discriminate by party or ideology.
519 Articles by: Branko Marcetic
Branko Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden.
Biden Stepping Down Would Be a Chance for a Democratic Reset
In all but abandoning populist economic rhetoric, the Democratic Party is going the wrong way toward November’s elections. Biden’s stepping down from the reelection campaign could give Democrats an opportunity to change course.
Democrats Can No Longer Pretend Biden Is Fit to Be President
The Democratic establishment has been fretting about Joe Biden’s fitness for years behind closed doors, while misleading and dissembling about it in public. Last night’s presidential debate shattered the facade.
AIPAC’s Defeat of Jamaal Bowman Disguises Its Weakness
Lost in the triumphalism over Jamaal Bowman’s loss is that AIPAC has had to drastically narrow its ambitions, targeting those critics of Israel who are already most vulnerable to electoral defeat in order to inflate its strength.
George Latimer’s History of Slow-Walking Desegregation
New York congressional candidate George Latimer has come under fire for racially insensitive comments. His history of slow-walking federal desegregation efforts has received less notice.
Biden Only Takes Risks When Furthering Right-Wing Policies
The US is facing a wide range of crises that are hurting average Americans and that demand bold action from the executive branch. Yet Joe Biden is only willing to take such action when capitulating to the Right on issues like immigration.
Calling Israel Critics Antisemites Won’t Solve Antisemitism
When pro-Israel voices carelessly accuse their opponents of antisemitism, they reduce a serious and specific charge to just another political slur. The longer this goes on, the harder it is to identify and respond to real and gravely serious antisemitism.
Biden Doesn’t Have a Real “Red Line” for Horrors in Gaza
Joe Biden declared an invasion of Rafah a “red line” that Israel could not cross, then allowed Netanyahu to invade anyway. Why is Biden allowing Israel to openly defy the United States and repeatedly commit war crimes with almost no consequences?
Evidence Is Mounting That the Saudis Had a Hand in 9/11
It’s becoming impossible to deny Saudi government complicity in 9/11. So why does Joe Biden want to sign a security pact with the kingdom that would obligate Americans to fight and die on its behalf?
Biden Should Stop Attacking the International Criminal Court
The ICC seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leaders is a major step forward for international law. US officials’ attacks on the ICC are a major step backward for US global standing.
US Officials and Media Keep Spreading False Gaza Death Info
Pro-war voices spent the past few days gleefully seizing on an erroneous report to claim that the UN had cut the death toll for Palestinian women and children in half. The lie is still spreading like wildfire as you read this.
Israel Rejected a Cease-Fire. The Media Isn’t Telling Us.
Israeli officials just rejected a cease-fire deal that could have brought hostages back because Israel wants to continue waging war. This should be a scandal — but American mainstream media isn’t reporting on it.
Columbia Student Terrorists? NYPD Must Think We’re Pretty Dumb
An NYPD spokesperson waved a scholarly book about terrorism around on TV in an attempt to associate Columbia University protesters with terrorists. Well, we actually read it. The claim is as absurd as you might guess.
Liberals Must Resist the New McCarthyism Over Israel Criticism
The hysteria over Palestine protests on campus that is being ginned up to protect US support for Israel’s war is the beginning of a new Red Scare. Liberals must resist it, because it will come for them, too.
Last Night’s Palestine Crackdown Was Authoritarian
Both the police crackdowns at Columbia University and elsewhere, and the propaganda that enabled it resembled scenes from an authoritarian foreign country. So we wrote about them as if they were.
They Can Always Find More Money for War
The gargantuan military aid bill that passed last week and the Democrats’ Build Back Better package relied on similar legislative strategies for passage. The party saw the strategy through to secure money for war while abandoning it to fund social programs.
Why They’re Calling Student Protesters Antisemites
Backers of Israel’s war have lost the battle for hearts and minds, so they’ve ginned up a controversy over student protests — they want us talking about anything other than the genocide in Gaza.
Biden’s War on Gaza Is in Violation of US Law
There is no ambiguity about the fact that Joe Biden’s administration is in flagrant violation of both international and domestic law for its support of Israel’s brutal war on Gaza.
Democrats Want to Expand New Spy Powers That Trump Could Use
This week could see the radical expansion of government surveillance that would be ripe for abuse by a future authoritarian leader. The twist? It’s Joe Biden and the Democratic establishment who want to pass it.
Netanyahu Has Brought Us to the Brink of War With Iran
The terrifying escalation of attacks between Israel and Iran is a predictable result of Benjamin Netanyahu’s clear desire to start a war with Iran — enabled, like everything else Netanyahu has done since October 7, by Joe Biden.