Palestine and the Left
The Left has a checkered history when it comes to Palestine.
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A Pro-Palestine Socialist Is Hoping to Unseat an AIPAC-Backed Congresswoman in Houston
In retaliation for their criticism of Israel, the right-wing group AIPAC plans to spend big to unseat the Squad in 2024. But in Houston, a pro-Palestine and democratic socialist candidate for Congress is taking the fight to an AIPAC-endorsed incumbent.
Israel’s Annexation Plan Is the Latest Stage in a Long History of Violent Dispossession
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has missed its first deadline for annexing part of the West Bank, but this Trump-backed scheme for land theft is still firmly on the table. The goal of Netanyahu and his US sponsors is simple: they want to liquidate Palestinian national aspirations.
Taking a Stan
An interview with the anonymous owner of @LegitTayUpdates. She’s a nineteen-year-old Taylor Swift fan in Israel — and she just finished a two-month prison sentence for refusing to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces.
Ilhan Omar Has Absolutely Nothing to Apologize For
Yet again, both Republican and Democratic party leaders are attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar for telling the truth about American and Israeli war crimes. And yet again, Omar has nothing to apologize for.
Euro-Washing the Nakba
Today, Palestinians are observing Nakba Day, which mourns their mass expulsion in 1948. Israel is celebrating with a music festival.
Palestinians Don’t Need Jared Kushner’s Racist Peace Plan
Jared Kushner’s plan to bring peace to Palestine reads like a real estate developer’s brochure laden with “white man’s burden” racism. Palestinians are right to view him with contempt.
Billy Bragg: “On the Class War, I Knew Where I Stood”
For four decades, Billy Bragg’s music has been a soundtrack to the British workers’ movement, enriching its long tradition of political songwriting. In an interview with Jacobin, he explains why his songs about socialism are also love songs.
Israeli NGO: Israel Is an Apartheid Regime
B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights organization, has taken an extraordinary step — following many Palestinian and human rights groups around the world — in calling the state of Israel what it is: an apartheid regime and thus anything but a democracy.
A Palestinian Prisoner on the Nightmare Behind Israeli Bars
Israel imprisoned Khalida Jarrar, a historic leader of the Palestinian left, five times, almost always without charge or trial. She tells Jacobin about how women prisoners copied a library by hand and how Israeli censors never let in Antonio Gramsci.
The Attack on American Muslims
The US government uses the guise of counter-terrorism to squelch the rights of American Muslims.
The Syrian Uprising: Six Years On
With Trump in office, Syrians face a desperate and uncertain future.
What MLK Actually Thought About Israel and Palestine
Some try to paint Martin Luther King Jr as an unswerving supporter of Israel. They're wrong.
What’s Behind the Unrest in Jerusalem?
Don't blame recent bloodshed in Jerusalem on religion. The incitement is Israeli policy.
Israel’s Western Allies Have Done Everything Possible to Criminalize Nonviolent Resistance
Israel’s backers in the US and Western Europe claim to be opposed to violence. But they’ve done everything they can to shut down or criminalize nonviolent action by Palestinians and their supporters, from international legal cases to the BDS movement.
How a Palestinian Soccer Player Went from the West Bank to Europe’s Elite
This summer, Oday Dabbagh became the first homegrown Palestinian footballer to play in Europe’s top leagues. His story is a symbol of Palestinian resistance to decades of Israel’s brutal occupation.
Socialists Need Our Own Foreign Policy Agenda
As socialists expand our footprint in Congress, we will need to articulate a distinctive agenda for US foreign policy — a vision different from both the wanton imperialism of MAGA and the feckless imperialism of mainstream liberals.
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.
If Donald Trump Wins Next Year, Don’t Blame the Voters. Blame Joe Biden.
It’s the job of politicians to appeal to voters. Right now what Joe Biden is selling is two wars and an economy that isn’t working for far too many ordinary people. If Donald Trump wins, don't blame the electorate: this is Biden's election to lose.
It’s Undeniable: Israel Is an Apartheid State
A new Amnesty International report terms Israel an apartheid state. Israel’s defenders have replied by smearing the authors — but there’s no denying that this is a state built on the systematic brutalization of Palestinians.