As socialists expand our footprint in Congress, we will need to articulate a distinctive agenda for US foreign policy — a vision different from both the wanton imperialism of MAGA and the feckless imperialism of mainstream liberals.
Israel imprisoned Khalida Jarrar, a historic leader of the Palestinian left, five times, almost always without charge or trial. She tells Jacobin about how women prisoners copied a library by hand and how Israeli censors never let in Antonio Gramsci.
The Republican Party looks headed for losses in November. But Trumpism will outlast the midterms and even Donald Trump’s own presidency. Defeating it will take a left politics that speaks to working people’s economic pain.
Recent protests in northern Italy draw inspiration from France but also reflect grievances over poverty wages and an out-of-touch government. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s only answer is to demonize the protests, ignoring the discontent behind them.
In the Italian port town of Livorno, workers are intent on disrupting the war machine.
Refusing to concede and trying to overturn the election result isn’t just limited to Donald Trump anymore. This past week makes clear it’s now the playbook for every right-wing politician who loses an election.
Ten months into a US fuel blockade, Cuba’s hospitals, power grid, and economy are buckling, and the threat of invasion has become a midterm talking point in Florida. But the island hasn’t broken. That may make Washington more dangerous, not less.
Cory Doctorow talks to us about the internet, whether machines are conscious, why copyright maximalism won’t save us from ChatGPT, and why workers still have a chance to shape what comes next.
The election win for Serbia’s Student List reflects a deep desire for more democratic ways of doing politics. The test now is to see how the different forces within the movement can collaborate in changing the country’s institutions.
Food systems employ more workers than any other sector of the global economy — roughly 1.4 billion people. And few industries are more rife with worker abuse.
The Rouse follows a secret British effort to weaponize ghosts amid the Cold War and decolonization. A supernatural spy thriller, a Marxist meditation on history, and a stylistic triumph, China Miéville’s novel is a masterwork two decades in the making.
The second International Day of Action of Dockworkers, in solidarity with Palestine and against militarism, begins this Friday — and could be the largest worker action against war in history.