When Socialists Run for NYC Mayor, Good Things Can Happen
Socialist legislator Zohran Mamdani is running for New York City mayor against a corrupt, unpopular mayor. Morris Hillquit did the same thing a century ago.
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Tariq Ali, an Anti-Imperialist Life
In a new memoir, Tariq Ali recounts his work and activism across the end of the Cold War era and the era of neoliberal globalization. He spoke to Jacobin about what it means to be an anti-imperialist in a changed world.
Donald Trump Is Weaker Than He Looks
Donald Trump’s administration is doing everything it can to project power and a sense of unstoppability in his first days as president. But the cracks are already starting to show.
The Improbable Resurgence of Die Linke
A burst of enthusiasm among the membership has given Germany’s socialist party Die Linke what might be its last chance at renewal. But becoming a party of the working class will take a lot more than a last-minute turnaround at the polls.
Big Tech Is Under Legal Fire in Trump’s Second Term
After Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the Big Tech firms continue to be battered by antitrust lawsuits stemming from prior administrations. The cases could even lead to the forced breakup of some of the tech giants.
Keir Starmer’s Government Copies Far-Right Migration Plans
Anti-immigration politicians around Europe have increasingly outsourced border policing to authoritarian states in Africa. Britain’s Labour Party has followed the same approach.
There’s No Hope for a Party That Hates Its Own Base
Democratic Party leaders want the benefits of an engaged activist base like the one currently challenging Donald Trump without actually having to listen to or engage with it.
The Left Can Win Without Immigration Restrictionism
The New York Times’ David Leonhardt argues that Danish Social Democrats succeeded by restricting immigration and suggests other center-left parties may need to follow suit. Yet other recent European left parties have succeeded through a different path.
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 Last Thing We Need Is a Military Shock Doctrine
The COVID-19 pandemic should be a time to reduce the military's deadly footprint at home and abroad. We can't let the military use this crisis to expand its powers.
The Bipartisan Consensus in Defense of Israeli Occupation Will Not Hold
On Palestinian rights, Bernie Sanders was a progressive outlier in 2020, sandwiched among Israel hawks and imperialists. But in the coming decades, his candidacy won’t be an outlier at all: progressives are forcing a reckoning on Israel.
In South Africa and Around the World, We Have to Resist the Scapegoating of Immigrants
In South Africa, the political class is scapegoating immigrants to distract from their failure to root out the country’s massive inequality. But just like everywhere else, immigrants aren’t the problem — economic elites and their political handmaidens are.
Washington Must End Its Support for Azerbaijan’s War Crimes
The US has long offered unconditional military assistance to Azerbaijan even as it carries out ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. It’s consistent with Washington’s support for brutal human rights violators from Saudia Arabia to Israel.
Hillary Clinton’s Empowerment
Hillary Clinton isn't a champion of women's rights. She's the embodiment of corporate feminism.
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.
A Battle Over Wine Labels Is Exposing Canada’s Support for Israeli Occupation
A Canadian wine enthusiast’s quest to uncover whether wines produced in Israeli settlements were being misleadingly labeled “Made in Israel” has set off a long legal battle. In the process, he has exposed Canada’s complicity in Israel’s occupation.
In France, the Far Right Is Beating a Divided Left
Two years ago, a left-wing alliance denied Emmanuel Macron his majority in parliament. But today the forces of the Left are deeply divided — making Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National almost the sole contender for power.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: We Should All Be Thanking South Africa
Jean-Luc Mélenchon was at the International Court of Justice yesterday to hear South Africa’s case against Israeli genocide. He argues it's had one success already: bringing international law to bear on an Israel that only recognizes the law of the strongest.
Israel Can’t Destroy the Memory of Shireen Abu Akleh
Two months since the murder of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Israel refuses to admit responsibility for her death. Its brazen denial is part of the apartheid government’s attempt to wipe out the Palestinians’ very existence.