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Palestine and the Left
The Left has a checkered history when it comes to Palestine.
Google and the Liberal Man’s Burden
As Silicon Valley is learning, "pinkwashing" is the perfect tool for political misdirection.
A New War on Speech
Campaigns against Rabab Abdulhadi and other activists are calls for state-sponsored political harassment.
Liberalism = Conservatism + Time
What Hillary Clinton, Antonin Scalia, and a reactionary nineteenth-century judge have in common.
In Search of Alternatives
How I became a socialist.
Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929–2018
Ursula Le Guin's masterful works pushed readers to expand their vision of what's possible.
Capitalism and Orientalism
A new book examines the work of Edward Said in the light of Marxism, showing why imperialism can’t be understood in terms of culture alone.
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.
Anti-Colonialists Wanted the World
The anti-colonial struggle of the twentieth century wasn’t just about winning political independence — it was about shattering the global hierarchies that subjugated the Global South and winning an egalitarian world for all.
Why I’m Still Thinking About the Amy Cooper “Black Birder” Episode in Central Park
Amy Cooper’s calling the police on a black man in New York’s Central Park represents an extreme example of racist behavior. But it also offers a window onto the experiences of black Americans that highlights the importance of affirmative action and radical redistributive policies as central to anti-racism today.
What’s Really Driving the Azerbaijan-Armenia Conflict
The bloody conflict that has erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia isn’t the result of ancestral hatreds or deep-seated animosity between Muslims and Christians. It is the product of a long history of colonialism, nationalism, and authoritarianism.
Sylvia Pankhurst Fought to “Make the Future a Place We Want to Visit”
British suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst was a militant campaigner for women’s right to vote. As a socialist, she also refused to uncouple the women’s movement from the fight for equality across all of society.
The Self-Determination Act Could Finally End US Colonization of Puerto Rico
For more than 120 years, the US has colonized Puerto Rico. But a new bill cosponsored by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would finally give Puerto Ricans the chance to decide their political relationship with the United States — and recognize their right to self-determination.
In Israel, Zionism Prevents Working-Class Solidarity
Despite unionization rates more than twice that of the United States, many Israeli workers continue to be committed to apartheid and the racist ideology enabling it. The Zionist project is preventing Israeli workers from organizing alongside Palestinians.
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.
The CIA Undermined Postcolonial Africa From the Start
From undermining national liberation leaders to playing a central role in the assassination of Congolese radical Patrice Lumumba, not enough attention is paid to the CIA’s shameful role in Africa. A new book aims to correct that.
No, the European Union Doesn’t Need Its Own Army
French president Emmanuel Macron has renewed calls for the creation of a joint EU army. The proposal smacks of a desperate attempt to reverse the old European powers’ declining influence in global politics.
One Hundred Years of Ousmane Sembène
This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. His films — dazzling portraits of Senegalese and French society — represent some of the most brilliant attempts to think about the limits and possibilities of political art.