2023 Was a Year of Hope Amid the Horrors
This year had plenty of horrors. But there was also much cause for hope, from the burgeoning pro-Palestine movement to the UAW’s historic strike.
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Cuomo’s Battle Lines
New York governor Andrew Cuomo's war against BDS is an effort to isolate and suppress the Democratic Party’s left-wing critics.
There’s Nothing Complicated About What’s Happening in Palestine
We should be absolutely clear about what’s going on in Jerusalem: one of the most militarized nations in the world, Israel, is carrying out its brutal occupation using racist violence and ethnic cleansing.
Zionism Killed the Jewish-Muslim World
In an interview with Jacobin, filmmaker and academic Ariella Aïsha Azoulay traces how Western powers’ exploitation of Zionism led not just to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine but to the demise of Jewish communities across the Middle East.
Why We Occupied the British Museum
On Sunday, activists occupied the British Museum to demand that it end its partnership with BP after Israel granted the energy firm gas exploration licenses off the coast of Gaza. Here, the activists write about why they occupied the museum.
Against the Law
By organizing based on international law, the struggle for Palestinian liberation has been transformed into a question of rights.
When Arab-American Detroit Auto Workers Struck for Palestinian Liberation
In 1973, Arab-American workers in Detroit auto plants walked off the job in protest of the UAW’s investment in bonds from the state of Israel. The incident is little-remembered today, but it shows how workers can organize against racism and colonialism — including against the labor movement’s investment in the Israeli occupation of Palestine today.
A Watchdog, Not a Lapdog
Human Rights Watch has not answered for its compromised independence from the US government.
The Radicalization of Ta-Nehisi Coates
The argument of Ta-Nehisi’s Coates’s latest book, The Message, is that Israel is not and will never be a democracy. He describes the racist hierarchy on which Israel was founded in terms that are hard to dismiss.
In Australia, Pro-Palestine Writers Are Defying Censorship
When the State Library of Victoria fired four pro-Palestinian writers earlier this year, they refused to go quietly. Now they’re at the forefront of a fight against censorship designed to silence criticism of Israeli atrocities in Gaza.
Israel Is Begging for a Brutal Regional War
The United States is largely acting like it’s business as usual in the Middle East and Iran right now. But Israel’s assassinations of top leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah have brought us to the precipice of an absolutely disastrous war throughout the region.
Israel Has Nuclear Weapons. It May Use Them.
There is little sign that Israel is achieving its war aims against Iran. But Israel is the only state in the region with nuclear weapons — and it may use them if it feels like it has run out of options.
Spain Says Europe’s Leaders Should Do Everything in Their Power to Stop Israel’s Crimes
Spain is one of the European states most critical of Israel’s collective punishment of Gaza. Here in an op-ed, Spanish social rights minister Pablo Bustinduy calls on Europe to use legal and economic pressure to halt Israel’s crimes.
Free Palestine From German Racism Dressed Up as Guilt
A German judge claimed this week that a protester broke the law by chanting “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” It’s the latest attempt to criminalize the speech of Palestinians by the supporters of mass killing in Gaza.
Rafah May Prove the Most Dire Moment in Israel’s War on Gaza
An invasion of Rafah would be the most dangerous stage of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians yet, causing death on a scale unseen even in these four months of sheer brutality.
Israel Is in the Middle of a Summer of Mass Unrest
Amid this summer’s massive protests, Benyamin Netanyahu’s grip on Israel’s political consciousness began to crack for the first time in a decade. But repairing the damage he’s done to the country’s political landscape will take years.
Gaza Has Sparked Italy’s Biggest Protests in Years
Today’s general strike in Italy paralyzed transport and brought two million people into the streets. Even after years of setbacks for organized labor, it staged a historic protest in solidarity with Palestine.
A New Generation of Resistance
In showing that Palestinians won't submit to Israeli violence, the ongoing youth uprising has given the rest of Palestine hope.
How the American Invasion Unleashed Jihad
Journalist Anand Gopal on Islamism, ISIS, and the role of the United States in Iraqi politics today.