You Aren’t Allowed in These Billionaire Towns
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Recognizing a Palestinian State Doesn’t Mean a Free Palestine
Western plans for a Palestinian state fall far short of Palestinian self-determination, imposing tight limits on its future sovereignty.
Serbia’s Protests Have Destabilized Aleksandar Vučić’s Rule
A student-led protest movement has kept Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić under pressure for a full year. By refusing to bow in the face of intimidation, the protesters have exposed the corrupt authoritarianism of Vučić’s government.
First Raze Gaza, Then Build a Playground for Global Capital
Profit-hungry developers, Gulf monarchs, Donald Trump, Tony Blair, and the Israeli far right are all united in their vision for Gaza: a tech-fueled special economic zone governed by billionaires, with no question of self-determination for Palestinians.
The Poisoned Lives That US Bombs Leave Behind
Reporting from Fallujah, Jacobin documents how US-made weapons laced with toxic metals and depleted uranium have turned cities razed by war into biohazards. Soil, bodies, and whole generations are being poisoned in their wake.
In Media MergerMania 2025, We All Lose
Whoever comes out on top of the scramble to gobble up Warner Bros. Discovery, media consumers will lose out as a smaller and smaller number of rich people determine what our media looks like.
Steve Bannon Was Much Closer to Epstein Than You Realize
Steve Bannon’s whole pitch is that he’s leading a movement against a decadent, borderless elite. Except according to newly released messages and emails, that movement has been heavily reliant on the most decadent, borderless elite of all: Jeffrey Epstein.
The Bannon Ultimatum
Steve Bannon, the president's nativist consigliere, has left his post in a stronger position than Trump himself.
Resource Competition With China Lay Behind Trump’s Iran War
The US war on Iran may have seemed like an irrational move by a president who is as reckless and impulsive as he is destructive. But there was a geopolitical logic behind the attack, based on Washington’s desire to deny China access to vital resources.
Trump Family Prediction Market Conflicts Are a Good Bet
Donald Trump Jr is raising money for Polymarket and lobbying to shield prediction markets from regulation. There should be a thick wall between Trump family business and the presidency. An event contract on whether one exists might be a good investment.
How the UAE Built an Empire of Kleptocrats
From Libya to Yemen and Palestine to Sudan, the United Arab Emirates has built a regional network of militias, autocrats, and oligarchs that perpetuate violence for power and profit.
Tony Blair Is a Demon the British Left Needs to Exorcize
Tony Blair’s capacity for malevolence appears to be without limit. Blair’s latest intervention in British politics is yet another bid to make the world an uglier, nastier place, brought to you in association with his tech billionaire sponsors.
Gavin Newsom’s Closely Curated Vulnerability Isn’t Convincing
In Young Man in a Hurry, Gavin Newsom tries to get in front of the critiques he knows are coming. But reading the book, you can’t escape what he himself establishes: Newsom is a product of one of the most gilded patronage networks in modern US politics.
Filmed in Western Sahara, The Odyssey Endorses Colonialism
For five decades, Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara. The shooting of part of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in the territory, backed by state subsidies, serves a far-reaching effort to normalize Morocco’s colonial rule.
Again and Again and Again
The same racist rhetoric used against Syrians was also used to shut the door to Jewish refugees escaping the Holocaust.
Remembering Triangle
108 years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the struggle of Jewish-American workers offers a stirring radical vision for Jews and non-Jews alike.
The Privatization Prophets
For years, millionaires and religious zealots have teamed up to preach "school choice" in an effort to dismantle public education.
David Friedman’s Anti-Palestine Politics
The past writings of the US's ambassador to Israel show just how committed he is to deepening the Israeli state's brutality.
Philip Roth (1933–2018)
Philip Roth's work could only have been written by someone who came of age during the peak of postwar liberalism.
Could Henry Kissinger Possess the Pee Tape?
Many suspect Putin is blackmailing Trump. But could there be a different culprit? A plausible theory of mind-boggling confusion.