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Germany’s Social Democrats Failed Miserably
The center-left victory in the German election three years ago was hailed as the rise of a progressive coalition. The government it created achieved little real progress — and it has now collapsed, without even completing its term in office.
Ernst Nolte’s Revenge
Conflations of Bolshevism and Nazism are the order of the day. Ernst Nolte would be pleased.
Joe Biden’s State of the Union Didn’t Offer Much for the Working Class
Last night, Joe Biden sounded like he was about to declare World War III. He won’t, thankfully — but he also won’t do much for working people.
Starmer’s Hymn of Praise to NATO Is Bad History and Worse Politics
Keir Starmer has cynically used the Ukraine crisis to pick a fight with his left-wing opponents. The Labour leader’s denunciation of antiwar activists will reinforce McCarthyite attitudes toward dissent and make fresh disasters like Iraq and Afghanistan more likely.
Belarus’s Workers Are Going on Strike Against the Election Fraud
In the days after Alexander Lukashenko stole Belarus’s election, the state has unleashed intense repression against all who dared to protest. But now workers from metro drivers to oil refinery employees have gone on strike against Lukashenko’s fraud — a powerful stand for their democratic rights.
In Germany, Die Linke Seeks Hope Despite Repeated Splits
Germany’s left-wing party is in trouble, with divides over Gaza adding to the split by former spokeswoman Sahra Wagenknecht. At last weekend’s party congress, a new leadership set out plans to reconnect with working-class voters in order to avoid collapse.
In Georgia, Labor Confronts Two Types of Right Wing
Saturday’s Georgian election is widely cast as a decision on the country’s geopolitical alignment. For labor activists, the task is to put social issues on the agenda, faced with both government autocracy and an opposition that ignores workers’ interests.
Charlie Chaplin in Moscow
Early Soviet filmmakers took great inspiration from Charlie Chaplin, but his critique of mass production put him at odds with them.
A Historian Surveys the Wreckage in Gaza
French historian Jean-Pierre Filiu has visited Gaza many times — but he had to make his most recent visit in December in secret. Defying Israel’s attempt to control reporting, his latest book is a devastating account of the destruction of Gazan society.
Georgia’s Clownish Mikheil Saakashvili Is the Perfect Embodiment of Post-Soviet Capitalism
Ousted from the Georgian presidency in 2013, Mikheil Saakashvili bizarrely moved his anti-Putin crusade abroad, as he became governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region. His recent return to Georgian politics is the latest in a series of quixotic antics — but also expresses the essential shallowness of liberal democracy in the post-Soviet space.
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.
The US’s Priority: Palestinian Slaughter, Not Hurricane Prep
As devastating natural disasters cause mass destruction across the southeastern United States, politicians and leaders are more concerned with arming Israel to the teeth than preparing and rebuilding their own communities.
America’s Nuclear Missiles Make Its Citizens Less Safe
This week, the US tested ICBMs off the California coast. These warheads, which are one of the main contributors to America’s ballooning military budget, are not only strategically impractical but a threat to the lives of millions.
Trump’s Iran War Is a Betrayal We All Saw Coming
It took less than half a year for Donald Trump to renege on the promises he incessantly made on the campaign trail and plunge the country into another dumb, potentially bloody Middle East war no one wants.
Donald Trump Is Doubling Down on All of Joe Biden’s Failures
Wars abroad, the affordability crisis, inflation, censorship of political speech — Donald Trump successfully exploited discontent with Joe Biden’s administration on all these issues and more. Trump is now making all of them far worse.
International Solidarity Can Help Free Boris Kagarlitsky
Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, a prominent Russian Marxist imprisoned by Vladimir Putin’s government on false charges, has had his appeal denied. He deserves our solidarity.
West Papua’s Forever War
Prabowo Subianto first made his name as an Indonesian military leader trying to crush East Timor’s push for independence. Today he is president — and his government is fighting another colonial war in West Papua.
After Pope Francis, a Catholic Move Rightward Seems Likely
Pope Francis brought a limited but desperately needed progressive spirit to the Catholic Church. Under his successor, that spirit is likely to wither.
The Danish Government’s Awful Stance on Gaza
Some European leaders have started to rhetorically distance themselves from Israel — but Denmark’s government hasn’t even gone that far. For all its boasting about its role championing human rights, it turns a blind eye toward Israeli crimes.