Martial Arts in the Age of Trump
From the UFC to Hollywood, MMA and other ultra-brutal martial arts have gone mainstream — hand in hand with the rise of the far right.
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The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Is a Product of the Soviet Union’s Collapse
The war in Ukraine has overshadowed the ongoing battle between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But both conflicts show the Soviet Union is still unraveling — with devastating, bloody consequences.
In Britain, the Left Is Standing With Jeremy Corbyn
In Thursday’s general election, Jeremy Corbyn is defending his seat from a private health care boss backed by Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. The campaign is a fight over the Left’s most basic values — and has stirred an extraordinary activist turnout for Corbyn.
In Britain, Palestine Action Prisoners Starve for Freedom
Jailed Palestine Action activists in Britain have been on hunger strike for eight weeks already. They are being treated as terrorists, even though they have committed no violent crime.
Josh Shapiro’s Palestine Record Should Disqualify Him as VP
Joe Biden stepping down offered a chance for Kamala Harris to reset the worst of his bloody complicity in Israel’s Gaza genocide. Harris picking Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro as vice president would signal a doubling down on Palestinian slaughter.
A Leftist Analysis of Antisemitism
Disingenuous antisemitism charges are keeping left-wing critics of Israel on the back foot. Meanwhile, right-wing antisemitism is rising. Rather than play defense, the Left should advance an analysis of antisemitism that doesn’t conflate Jews with Israel.
Israeli Genocide Is a Bad Investment
Norway’s recent divestment from Israel Bonds is the latest piece of bad news for an Israeli economy that has nosedived during the war on Gaza — creating a huge opening for other divestment campaigns to hit Israel where it hurts and bring the war to an end.
What Yemen’s Houthis Want
In a wide-ranging interview, Yemen scholar Helen Lackner examines the Houthis’ politics, their support for Palestine, and the long history of a country torn by civil war.
The Syrian Uprising: Six Years On
With Trump in office, Syrians face a desperate and uncertain future.
The Left Has Played a Key Role in the Palestinian Struggle
The rivalry between Fatah and Hamas has dominated Palestinian politics since the 1990s. Yet for many years, the main challenge to Fatah came from the groups of the Palestinian left, which have made a huge contribution to the national movement.
Students at Brown Just Finished a Hunger Strike Against Israel
Earlier this month, 19 Brown University students completed an eight-day hunger strike demanding the school divest from companies profiting from human rights abuses in Palestine. We talked to three of the hunger strikers about the protest.
Socialists Won Big in NYC Last Night and Aren’t Done Winning
With a clean sweep of electoral wins for Zohran Mamdani’s endorsees and nine out of ten victories for NYC Democratic Socialists of America last night, it’s clear the socialist mayor and socialist movement are major political forces to be reckoned with.
Student Palestine Solidarity Activism Proves Hard to Squash
Donald Trump’s administration has cracked down hard on Palestine solidarity activism. But despite profound repression, many students on American campuses continue to demand that universities stop investing in companies that profit from the destruction of Gaza.
Eric Adams’s Indictment Creates an Opening for the Left
Whether Eric Adams resigns as New York mayor or not, the city’s left will have an opportunity to set the narrative of the mayoral election next year — something it failed to do in 2021.
Can Cuba Survive “Maximum Economic Pressure”?
We speak to Cuba’s deputy minister of foreign affairs about bilateral relations with Washington and what remains of Cuban socialism in a period of scarcity and unrest.
Benny Gantz Was Never the Answer
For more than a year, Benny Gantz bestrode the stage of Israeli politics as the standard-bearer of that country’s version of Anyone-But-Trumpism — a hollow politics of “restoring dignity” in the face of Benyamin Netanyahu’s outrages. Now that project has collapsed, leaving Israel’s sclerotic and prostrate left more adrift than ever.
Jamaal Bowman Deserves the Left’s Support
New York congressman Jamaal Bowman is a democratic socialist incumbent under fire by AIPAC for his pro-Palestinian stances and corporate lobbyists for his progressive domestic policy. His defeat would be a serious setback for the Left.
We Spoke to the Palestinian American Refused a DNC Speech
The Uncommitted movement put forward Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman to speak on the horrors in Gaza at the DNC last month. The party refused to let her speak. We talked with her about the refusal and the future of the Democrats and Palestine.
The Return of Genocide Denial
One of the most shocking features of Israel’s 15-month campaign of violence against Gaza’s population was the US political class’s refusal, even in the face of mounting evidence, to call what was happening a genocide.
Why Is There No Antiwar Movement in the US?
We don’t have an effective, mass antiwar movement to push back against Donald Trump’s war on Iran. We need one immediately.