Listening to Trump
What did millions of voters see in Trump? His speeches hold the answer.
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A Coup Around Every Corner
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has consolidated his power in Turkey by quashing dissent and winning over liberal elites.
They’re Not Sending Their Best People to Stage a Coup in Venezuela
The recent failed invasion of Venezuela by several clown cars worth of idiotic “freedom fighters” is almost too absurd to believe. But the goofballs aside, this misadventure can only be understood in the context of Donald Trump’s increased aggression toward Venezuela and open desire to overthrow its government.
We Have to End the Permanent Wars
The publication of the “Afghanistan Papers” has underscored what a bloody disaster the US occupation has been. Whether it’s Trump or Obama or Bush, we must oppose US imperialism no matter who is in the White House.
The Quiet Merger Between Online Platforms and the National Security State Continues
The Department of Homeland Security is helping to coordinate tech company censorship efforts according to recent reporting. The line between tech firms and the national security state is only getting blurrier.
Nawaz Sharif’s Endless War
Support for Pakistan's counterterrorism campaign is widespread. But it is waged largely against the poor and disenfranchised.
Trump Is No Friend of the Kurdish Struggle
Trump has settled on a cynical strategy in Syria: use the Kurds to try to promote regime change. He doesn’t care about the democratic aspirations of Kurdish revolutionaries.
Bahrain’s Fate
On Ibrahim Sharif and the misleadingly-dubbed “Arab Spring.”
Migrant-Led Movements Are Leading the Charge Against Australian Border Barbarism
Australia’s sadistic border regime doesn’t stop at its offshore detention camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. As those island prisons are wound down, a new asylum-seeker-led organization is campaigning for basic rights for those living in precarious situations inside Australian borders.
NATO’s Scribes
Recent smears against Jeremy Corbyn are part of an ongoing attempt to undermine his opposition to imperial foreign policy.
The Oil Crash Should Be Our Chance to Transform Energy Production
The oil industry, long characterized by boom and bust cycles, has crashed, with prices hitting below zero. The White House will reach for a corporate bailout, but now’s the opportunity to move away from oil extraction and build a rational system of clean energy.
The North Korea Summit Through the Looking Glass
As much of the world celebrates a modest step towards peace in Korea, Western pundits seem to be panicking.
The Ultimate Winner of the World Cup Was Transnational Capital
Western nations rightly accused World Cup host Qatar of worker exploitation and authoritarianism. The postcolonial world responded with well-founded accusations of Western hypocrisy. In the meantime, transnational capital has been let off the hook.
The War on Syria
Foreign intervention has only worsened the situation in Syria.
The Saudi Royal Family Is Using K-Pop to Distract From Its Domestic Problems
K-pop sensation Blackpink is set to play to a sold-out stadium in Riyadh tomorrow. The concert marks 60 years of Saudi–South Korean diplomatic ties — and a long history of brutal collaboration.
Between Rojava and Washington
The Kurdish struggle has been undermined by world-power clashes over the future of Syria.
Israeli Unionist: Grow the Mass Movement to Stop the War in Gaza
As the repression of Palestinians and dissenting Israelis escalates amid Israel’s renewed onslaught in Gaza, domestic tensions are getting harder to conceal. Jacobin spoke to an Israeli trade unionist who stands against the war and the occupation.
Anti-Capitalist Politics in the Time of COVID-19
As Marxist geographer David Harvey argues, forty years of neoliberalism has left the public totally exposed and ill prepared to face a public health crisis on the scale of coronavirus.
A Petrodollar and a Dream
Any reversal of neoliberalism in the Middle East would require challenging powerful Gulf States.
In the Lead-Up to Iraq, Antiwar Dissent Was Silenced. Not This Time.
The last time the US government marched to war in the Middle East, there was an all-out attack on anti-war voices in the media and in local communities across the country. Let’s make sure the Bush-era crackdown on dissent doesn’t happen again.