Western defense giants tout cutting-edge tech, but their “state-of-the-art” systems often fall short in asymmetrical warfare. From faulty missile defense systems to overpriced carriers, the only thing that consistently works is the profit machine.
Under Donald Trump, Congress moved swiftly to block a president from starting a war with Iran. As Joe Biden allows the country to be dragged into such a war, criticism is nearly nonexistent.
In response to violent drug gangs, Colombians have taken to employing private security who are trained to kill and outnumber the police and the army. But their close ties to the far right and the cartels means they often only make Colombians more unsafe.
Donald Trump’s first 100 days have shown what a vigorous use of executive power actually looks like. But aside from permanently hobbling the modern American state, it’s hard to see what he’s actually achieved with it.
The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg reveal a revolutionary who was deeply committed and defiantly humane.
Drone assassination is now the first resort of the state. Inside the CIA's new dystopian novel.
Profit is the motor of capitalism. What would it be under socialism?
Through petrodollar recycling and arms sales, Gulf states have melded seamlessly into US capital circuits.
How the PLO went from building a developmental state in exile to accepting a neoliberal economy under colonialism.
Rasmea Odeh is a dedicated community leader and Palestinian-American activist. No wonder the US government went after her.
Hillary Clinton isn't a champion of women's rights. She's the embodiment of corporate feminism.
The demand for recognition of the Armenian Genocide is inseparable from the defense of democratic freedoms in Turkey.
Climate change will displace millions within decades. But where will they go and how will governments receive them?
Despite the best efforts of Egypt's elite, the struggle for democracy has not been extinguished.
It's telling that sections of the media think that Islam is the decisive factor in cases like Orlando.
Five ways Hillary Clinton used the State Department to maintain and expand US power across the globe.
Everybody loves Justin Trudeau. But his policies are bad for workers, the environment, and struggling people everywhere.
No matter which party has held office over the last fifty years, Henry Kissinger has been in power.
Socialist writing is less about the genius of the author and more about the community they're speaking with.
Behind the humanitarian disaster of the Syrian civil war is a political crisis the Left urgently needs to understand.