Resurrecting the Antiwar Movement
Being pro-refugee must also mean being antiwar.
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The Fight to Free Palestinian Organizer Salah Sarsour From ICE
The jailing of Salah Sarsour, a longtime Palestine organizer in Milwaukee, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after baseless accusations by pro-Israel forces is part of the long history of repression of dissent in the United States.
Marc Lamont Hill Was Right
CNN fired Marc Lamont Hill for daring to tell the truth: the Israeli occupation is a brutal, indefensible attack on Palestinians' basic human rights.
Soccer Under Israel’s Assault
Israel’s bloody attack on Gaza has been unsparing and unceasing. It hasn’t stopped the Palestine Football Association from playing soccer.
Australia’s Right Wants to Ban “Globalize the Intifada”
State governments in Australia are trying to outlaw the phrase “globalize the intifada.” It’s an act of censorship that is willfully ignorant of the slogan’s meaning and connection with the Palestinian liberation movement.
Mustafa Barghouti: Palestine Will Be Free
Palestinian leader Mustafa Barghouti talks to Jacobin about why the mass demonstrations of recent weeks are just the beginning of a renewed movement to free Palestine.
Israel’s Universities Are a Key Part of Its Apartheid Regime
Opponents of the academic boycott of Israel claim that its universities are havens of free inquiry. In fact, they supply vital support to Israel’s system of apartheid rule and are complicit in the violent suppression of Palestinian scholarship.
John Fetterman Is Right About Many Things — but He’s Dead Wrong on Palestine
There are many things to like about Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman. But his dismal position on Palestine is a reminder of how foreign policy is so often the weak spot of progressive politicians.
Israel’s Leaders Are Trying to Cancel the Debate Because They Know They’re Losing
Israel and its supporters are ramping up efforts to outlaw solidarity with Palestinians in the name of combating antisemitism. But these authoritarian maneuvers can’t hide the fact that Israel is losing the battle for public opinion over its denial of Palestinian rights.
Why You Should Support Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Against Israel
At its core, the movement calling to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel is about defunding apartheid and military occupation. It’s a movement that’s worth supporting.
The US Wants Saudi Arabia and Israel to Get Cozy
The US is pushing for a peace deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia that could involve the US signing a defense pact with the Gulf monarchy. The US would thus be obligated to militarily defend a state where democratic institutions do not exist, even in name.
On Free Speech, Jacobin Has Always Been Consistent
In recent years, liberals, the Left, and the Right have all waffled on defending free speech when it doesn’t suit them. But not Jacobin. For 15 years, we have insisted that free speech is a basic democratic principle that must be defended.
A Chance to Shake Israel’s Zionist Consensus
While Israel’s Palestinian parties are energized and growing, the constraints of the country’s Zionist institutions have kept them marginalized. But Jewish center-left parties could change that — if only they were willing to put aside Zionist shibboleths and forge an alliance based on common interests.
Putting the Marxism Back Into “Cultural Marxism”
The Palm Springs School for Social Research wants to revitalize historical materialism, revive ideology critique, and ask big questions about social life. We talked to one of its founders, Catherine Liu, about gangster capitalism and the future of socialism.
In Defense of Jacobin Rage
You can’t divorce fiery emotions from the politics of revolution.
Five Lessons for Palestine Activists From the ’60s Student Left
The 1960s saw massive student uprisings for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. Here are five lessons from the ’60s for Palestine solidarity protesters today.
The Problem with Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders' choice to run as a Democrat means he can't present a real alternative to Hillary Clinton.
Keir Starmer’s Anti-Politics Is Taking the Labour Party Further From Workers
This year’s Labour conference will be a jamboree for corporate lobbyists, hungry to influence a future Keir Starmer government. Labour poses as a competent B-team for capital — while telling working people that their needs are simply too pricey to fulfill.
It’s Still Netanyahu’s Israel
Over the past decade, Benjamin Netanyahu has remade Israeli politics in his own image. Though his career now hangs by a thread, his legacy of far-right pandering and cold-blooded “management” of Palestinian oppression will live on.
The Indian Prime Minister Who Mainstreamed the Hindu Right
Before Narendra Modi, there was Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Indian prime minister who spent his formative years promoting anti-Muslim hysteria. A new biography explains how Vajpayee smuggled far-right Hinduism into the political mainstream.